| 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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