Uniform Title |
The great Gilly Hopkins (Motion picture : 2015) |
Title |
The great Gilly Hopkins. |
Published |
Australia : Distributed by Defiant Screen Entertainment, ©2016. |
©2015 |
Description |
1 DVD-video (99 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
Defiant Screen Entertainment : DEF2582. |
Originally released as a motion picture in 2015. |
Based on the award-winning novel by the same name by Katherine Paterson, originally published in 1978. |
"From the creators of Bridge to Terabithia" --Container. |
Credits |
Directed by Stephen Herek ; screenplay by David L. Paterson. |
Performers |
Sophie Nélisse, Kathy Bates, Julia Stiles, Octavia Spencer, Glenn Close. |
Summary |
Gilly Hopkins is the meanest girl in town: she has a birth mother she has never seen and has moved from one foster home to another. Learning that she will be sent to a new home, she wastes no time stirring up trouble. Then she meets a woman named Trotter, who wants to be the mother Gilly needs. With Gilly posing a challenge, Trotter must prove that a good relationship will benefit them both. |
Target audience note |
Censorship classification : PG. |
System details |
DVD video ; Dolby Digital 5.1 ; PAL ; Region 4 ; Widescreen 16:9, Letterbox 2.40:1. |
Language note |
In English. |
Subjects |
Paterson, Katherine -- Film adaptations |
Foster care homes -- Drama |
Orphans -- Drama |
Foster children -- Drama |
Birthmothers -- Drama |
Families -- Drama |
Genre |
Domestic comedy films |
Domestic drama (Motion pictures) |
Film adaptations |
Feature films |
Fiction films |
Other Names |
Herek, Stephen director. |
Paterson, David, 1966- screenwriter. |
Nélisse, Sophie actor. |
Bates, Kathy, 1948- actor. |
Stiles, Julia, 1981- actor. |
Spencer, Octavia actor. |
Close, Glenn, 1947- actor. |
Paterson, Katherine. Great Gilly Hopkins Motion picture adaptation of (work): |
Links to Related Works |
Subject References:
Authors:
- Bates, Kathy, 1948- .
- Close, Glenn, 1947- .
- Herek, Stephen .
- Nélisse, Sophie .
- Paterson, David, 1966- .
- Paterson, Katherine. Great Gilly Hopkins .
- Spencer, Octavia .
- Stiles, Julia, 1981- .
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