North Country (Widescreen Edition)

starring: Charlize Theron, Jeremy Renner, Frances McDormand, Elle Peterson, Thomas Curtis directed by: Niki Caro See Larger Image List Price: $14.98 You Pay Only: $9.99 You Save: $4.99 (33%) Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Brand: Warner Brothers EAN: 0012569593404 Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Label: Warner Home Video Manufacturer: Warner Home Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Warner Home Video Region Code: 1 Release Date: February 21, 2006 Running Time: 126 minutes Sales Rank: 15144 Studio: Warner Home Video Theatrical Release Date: October 21, 2005 Related Items: Iron Jawed Angels Monster Crash (Widescreen Edition) A History of Violence (New Line Platinum Series) The Constant Gardener (Widescreen Edition) see more Editorial Review: Description: When Josey Aimes (Academy Award winner CHARLIZE THERON) returns to her hometown in Northern Minnesota after a failed marriage, she needs a good job. A single mother with two children to support, she turns to the predominant source of employment in the region - the iron mines. The mines provide a livelihood that has sustained a community for generations. The work is hard but the pay is good and friendships that form on the job extend into everyday life, bonding families and neighborhoods with a common thread. DVD Features: Deleted Scenes Documentaries Amazon.com: A sterling cast and vivid direction give North Country an emotional heft to match its political convictions. Charlize Theron (Monster) plays Josey Aimes, who goes to work at a Minnesota steel mine after splitting with her violent husband. Frances McDormand and Charlize Theron in North Country. But the job proves to be almost as harrowing as her marriage; the male miners, resentful of women taking jobs, verbally abuse and play humiliating pranks on the female miners. After being physically assaulted by a coworker, Josey tries to fight against the harassment, but none of the other women will join her case for fear that things will only get worse. North Country, directed by Niki Caro (Whale Rider), makes the women's experience palpable for the audience without overdoing it. But the lawsuit is only part of the movie; the gut impact of North Country comes from the devastating effect the lawsuit has on Josey's family, friends, and coworkers--thanks to an incredible ensemble cast that includes Sissy Spacek (In the Bedroom), Sean Bean (Lord of the Rings), Richard Jenkins (Six Feet Under), Woody Harrelson (The People vs. Larry Flynt), and the always powerful Frances McDormand (Fargo, Mississippi Burning). The courtroom histrionics don't always ring true, but the family conflict is riveting and deeply moving. Based on the book Class Action: The Story of Lois Jenson and the Landmark Case That Changed Sexual Harassment Law. --Bret Fetzer Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - North Country Review This was a movie that completely took me off guard in so many ways. Based on a true story, it made it even more compelling. The story of a young wife who was beaten, so took her 2 children and fled to start over at her parent's home. She had kept a secret for years that had cost her reputation in the town and with her own family. She took a job for a mining company when women working in the field was very rare. She and the other women suffered horrendous working conditions, as they all fight hard to simply provide a better life for their families. As the abuse at work becomes unbearable, she hires a burnt out lawyer to bring a class action suit against the company, something that had never been done before. Nearly the entire town turns against her. When her father finally stands up for his daughter in the face of this onslaught of slander, lies & viciousness, I was crying. This situation turned to victory at the darkest hour. This is an amazing woman that I feel is a current unsung hero. Rating: - One of those instances where a heavy hand would have been welcome... It's true that `North Country' sports a weighty message; but it is also true, very true, that for the most part that heavy message manages to feel light. A lot of directors struggle with finding a balance between sentiment and saccharine; between weighty importance and muddy self-importance. Some directors have made a career out of defining this genre or brand of drama (take Ron Howard and Penny Marshall for instance) and yet still others have attempted and failed at the very same feat. In this regard, director Niki Caro succeeds; to an extent. `North Country' never feels too thick. The film tells the true story (or at least the parts they want to tell) of a young woman pushed the brink of her tolerance who is eventually forced to take action against those persecuting her. Josey Aimes has had a bad life. She got pregnant while still in high school, has pretty much been disowned by her father and has just left her abusive husband, toting her two young children back to mom and dads house. In an attempt to get her life in order she takes a job up at the mine, doing man's work, and quickly finds that the abuse she faces at the workplace is just as severe and almost more degrading than anything she faced with her ex-husband. As she struggles through each and every day of work she comes home to a family that shuns her, a son that hates her, a father that blames her for everything and a town that is growing tired of her complaints. She has no where to turn, but when things ... Read More Rating: - North Counrty Oscar winner Chalize Theron stars in 'North Country'. -All she wanted to do was work and be able to earn a living at her job -- nothing doing!!! Wonderful movie in the way 'Silkwood' was a wonderful movie... Doing the Best they can: This type of GRIT and earned success doesn't come around everyday: Senator Hillary Clinton has it: In the 2008 Presidential Primary race, Hillary Clinton not only earned more votes than any of her rivals, she earned more votes than any other Presidential Primary candidate in the history of America (and earned 311 electoral votes, to her Party's presumptive nominee who earned 227 - 270 needed to win in November - On August 28,2008, the Party chooses it's nominee for President) Rating: - North Country I searched high and low at various outlet stores for this movie (I had borrowed it from a friend and while on a trip lost the DVD) and was not having any luck. A friend suggested I try AMAZON.com and I could not believe my luck, not only did I find it, but at a great price too. I had the DVD within a week of ordering. I will definitely turn to AMAZON for my future purchases. Rating: - IT'S ONLT ME BUT: GOOD STORY ABOUT A SINGLE MOM TRYING TO IMPROVE HER LIFE WORKING A A COAL MINE TO EARN MORE MONEY. SHOWS THE PREJUDICE SHOWN BY THE MEN WHO DON'T WANT WOMEN TO WORK THERE. A SECONDARY ISSUE IS THE STORY ABOUT THE RAPE THAT RESULTED IN HER SON, THAT SHE HAS NEVER TALKED ABOUT. IT ALL COMES OUT IN THE END. JM More North Country (Widescreen Edition) Reviews Browse for similar items by category: Drama - Genres - DVD - Video - General By Theme - Drama - Genres - DVD - Video - Fighting the System By Theme - Drama - Genres - DVD - Video - Small Town Life By Theme - Drama - Genres - DVD - Video - True Story By Theme - Drama - Genres - DVD - Video - Underdogs

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