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North Country
on DVD (2005)
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| Starring: |
Charlize Theron, Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Thomas Curtis, Sean Bean, Sissy Spacek, Richard Jenkins, Jim Cada, Elle Petersen, Rusty Schwimmer, Michelle Monaghan, Marjorie Monaghan, Brad Henke, Jillian Armenante, Linda Edmond |
| Director: |
Niki Caro |
| Studio: |
WARNER BROS |
| Run time: |
121 mins |
| Certificate: |
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| Genres: |
Drama |
| Languages: |
English, Audio Description |
| Hearing-impaired: |
English |
| Subtitles: |
Arabic, Dutch, English, Hebrew, Icelandic |
| Released: |
05/06/2006
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Brief synopsis of North Country
This melodrama for the modern age is based on the true story of the first successful sexual harassment case in America. Niki Caro's (WHALE RIDER) inspirational tale traces one woman's determined struggle for independence and equality in a male-dominated environment, a struggle that set a precedent for improved working conditions for women across the country. Charlize Theron plays Josey Aimes, a young mother of two who has just left her abusive husband and returned home to live with her parents (Sissy Spacek and Richard Jenkins). Reconnecting with her old friend Glory (Frances McDormand), she learns of a well-paid job at the mines that would allow her a modicum of independence for the first time in her life. But Josey soon finds out about the drawbacks to the job, as the men mount a war of escalating cruelty against the women, who are expected to take it like a man. Dildos in lunch boxes, obscene graffiti, and a harrowing episode in a Porta-Potty are just some of the indignities the women have to suffer in silence. Finally, Josey is pushed too far and decides to fight back, but she finds herself hard-pressed to find allies willing to sacrifice their bread and butter.
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Tom Charity, LOVEFiLM
Pale and resolute, Charlize Theron stares out of the poster for North Country, eyes uplifted, her blonde coif hidden beneath a pale yellow headscarf. The anonymous masses at her back... read more »
USA Today
NORTH COUNTRY conveys what it's like to be a small-town social pariah and to fear for yourself in the workplace. It even says a little something about the refuge and sanctity of a neighborhood tavern.
Uncut
Caro successfully captures a sense of community dynamic, and contrasts the forbidding landscape with Josie's inner resolve
Time Out
Real-life legal cases are often slow, protracted, intricate affairs; hardly the stuff of tense, T-shirt-over-the-nose...
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