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Defiance / Paramount Vantage presents a Grosvenor Park/Bedford Falls production ; an Edward Zwick film ; executive producer, Marshall Herskovitz ; produced by Edward Zwick, Pieter Jan Brugge ; director of photography, Eduardo Serra ; screenplay by Clayton Frohman & Edward Zwick ; directed by Edward Zwick.

Format Video (DVD)
EditionWidescreen.
Publication InfoHollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Entertainment, ©2009.
Description1 videodisc (136 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject(s)
Other author/creatorZwick, Edward producer, screenwriter, director.
Other author/creatorHerskovitz, Marshall, producer.
Other author/creatorBrugge, Pieter Jan producer.
Other author/creatorFrohman, Clayton, screenwriter.
Other author/creatorFahy, Kate, actor.
Other author/creatorSpruell, Sam, actor.
Other author/creatorParamount Vantage.
Other author/creatorBedford Falls Company.
Other author/creatorParamount Home Entertainment (Firm)
Uniform titleDefiance (Motion picture : 2008)
Contents Special features: Widescreen presentation -- Commentary by director Edward Zwick -- "Return to the forest: The making of Defiance" -- "Children of the Otriad: the families speak" -- Language: English Dolby digital surround 5.1; French Dolby digital surround 5.1 ; Spanish Dolby digital surround 5.1 -- Subtitles: English, French, Spanish.
Abstract The deep forests of Poland and Belarus are the domain of the occupying Germans during World War II. The three Bielski brothers go into the forests to undertake the impossible task of foraging for food, weapons and survival, not just for themselves but for a large mass of Polish Jews fleeing from the German war machine. The brothers, living with the fear of discovery, must contend with neighboring Soviet partisans and deciding whom to trust. They take on the responsibility of guardians and motivate hundreds of women, men, children and elderly to join their fight against the Nazi regime while hiding in makeshift homes in the dark, cold, unforgiving forest. At the same time, the brothers turn a band of war defectors into powerful freedom fighters. Based on true events.
Local noteLittle-3051310595830
General noteBased on the book "Defiance: the Bielski Partisans" by Nechama Tec.
General noteOriginally released as a motion picture in 2008.
General noteSpecial features: Commentary by director Edward Zwick; "Return to the forest : the making of Defiance"; "Children of the Otriad : the families speak"; "Bielski Partisan survivors" (photo montage of the living survivors).
CreditsProduction designer, Dan Weil ; editor, Steven Rosenblum ; costume designer, Jenny Beavan ; music by James Newton Howard ; violin solos performed by Joshua Bell ; co-producers, Clayton Frohman, Roland Tec.
Cast Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell, Alexa Davalos, Allan Corduner, Mark Feuerstein, Tomas Arana, Jodhi May, Kate Fahy, Iddo Goldberg, Iben Hjejle, Martin Hancock, Ravil Isyanov, Jacek Koman, George MacKay, Jonjo O'Neill, Sam Spruell, Mia Wasikowska.
Audience MPAA rating: R, for violence and language.
Technical detailsDVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen (1.85:1) aspect ratio; Dolby digital 5.1 surround.
LanguageIn English, German, and Russian; dubbed French or dubbed Spanish dialogue with optional English, French, or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Genre/formHolocaust films.
Genre/formFeature films United States.
Genre/formHistorical films.
Genre/formFeature films.
Genre/formVideo recordings for the hearing impaired.
ISBN1415747598
ISBN9781415747599
UPC 097363527244
UPC 097363527268
Publisher number35272 Paramount Home Entertainment

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