Uniform Title |
The witch : a New-England folktale (Motion picture : 2015) |
Title |
The witch : a New-England folktale. |
Published |
Australia : Distributed by Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Australia, ©2016. |
©2015 |
Description |
1 DVD-video (89 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment : DG5665. |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2015. |
Co-production between United States and Canada. |
Credits |
Directed and written by Robert Eggers ; produced by Rodrigo Teixeira, Daniel Bekerman, Lars Knudsen, Jodi Redmond, Jay Van Hoy. |
Performers |
Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, Harvey Scrimshaw, Ellie Grainger, Lucas Dawson. |
Summary |
A family in 1630s New England faces destruction by the forces of witchcraft, black magic, and possession. When one of their five children goes missing and their life-sustaining crops fail, they fall victim to paranoia and fear as they begin to turn on one another. |
Target audience note |
Censorship classification : MA 15+ |
System details |
DVD video ; Dolby Digital 5.1 ; PAL ; Region 2,4,5 ; anamorphic widescreen 1.66:1. |
Language note |
English, Czech, Hungarian, Polish (V.O.) & Russian. Subtitles Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Finnish, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Swedish. [CC] English Captions [descriptive subtitles for the hearing impaired]. |
Awards note |
Sundance, Best Director, 2015. |
Subjects |
Witchcraft -- New England -- Drama |
Demonology -- New England -- Drama |
Families -- New England -- Drama |
Feature films -- United States |
Motion pictures, American |
New England -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Drama |
Genre |
Thrillers (Motion pictures) |
Horror films |
Historical films |
Feature films |
Fiction films |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired |
Other Names |
Eggers, Robert, 1983- screenwriter, director. |
Teixeira, Rodrigo producer. |
Bekerman, Daniel producer. |
Knudsen, Lars producer. |
Redmond, Jodi producer. |
Taylor-Joy, Anya, 1996- actor. |
Ineson, Ralph, 1969- actor. |
Dickie, Kate actor. |
Scrimshaw, Harvey actor. |
Grainger, Ellie actor. |
Dawson, Lucas actor. |
Added Corporate Names |
Parts and Labor (Firm) presenter. |
RT Features (Firm) presenter. |
Rooks Nest Entertainment (Firm) presenter. |
Links to Related Works |
Subject References:
See Also:
Authors:
- Bekerman, Daniel .
- Dawson, Lucas .
- Dickie, Kate .
- Eggers, Robert, 1983- .
- Grainger, Ellie .
- Ineson, Ralph, 1969- .
- Knudsen, Lars .
- Parts and Labor (Firm) .
- Redmond, Jodi .
- Rooks Nest Entertainment (Firm) .
- RT Features (Firm) .
- Scrimshaw, Harvey .
- Taylor-Joy, Anya, 1996- .
- Teixeira, Rodrigo .
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