| Uniform Title |
Handmaid's tale (Motion picture : 1990) |
| Title |
The handmaid's tale. |
| Published |
Australia : Distributed by Umbrella Entertainment, ©2019. |
| ©1990 |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (109 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Umbrella Entertainment : DAVID4083. |
| Originally co-produced between Germany and the United States and released as a motion picture in 1990. |
| Based on the book of the same name by Margaret Atwood. |
| "One woman's story. Every woman's fear." --Container. |
| "Branded, Sold, Controlled. Now she belongs to the State"--Cover |
| Credits |
Directed by Volker Schlondorff ; screenplay by Harold Pinter. |
| Performers |
Natasha Richardson, Aidan Quinn, Faye Dunaway, Robert Duvall. |
| Summary |
In the not-so-distant future, strong-willed and beautiful Kate possesses a precious commodity that most women have lost and most men want to control: fertility. Forced into a brain-washing boot camp that turns fertile women into surrogate mothers for social-elite men and their infertile wives, Kate thinks she's made out well when she's assigned to an eminent party leader. But when she learns that he's sterile, she's faced with an impossible choice: produce him an heir or die. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : M. |
| System details |
DVD video, Dolby Digital 2.0, NTSC, Region 4, aspect 1.77:1, widescreen 16:9. |
| Language note |
English. No subtitles. |
| Subjects |
Atwood, Margaret, -- 1939- Film adaptations |
| Women -- Drama |
| Theocracy -- Drama |
| Misogyny -- Drama |
| Pregnancy -- Social aspects -- Drama |
| Man-woman relationships -- Drama |
| Infertility -- Drama |
| Feature films -- Germany |
| Motion pictures, German |
| Genre |
Dystopian films |
| Science fiction films |
| Film adaptations |
| Feature films |
| Fiction films |
| Other Names |
Schlondorff, Volker director. |
| Pinter, Harold, 1930-2008 screenwriter. |
| Richardson, Natasha actor. |
| Quinn, Aidan actor. |
| Dunaway, Faye actor. |
| Duvall, Robert actor. |
| Atwood, Margaret, 1939- Handmaid's tale Motion picture adaptation of (work): |
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