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Uniform Title Magdalene Sisters (Motion picture)

Title The Magdalene Sisters [videorecording] / Miramax Films ; Scottish Screen, the Film Council and the Irish Film Board (Bord Scannan na InElreann) presents in association with Momentum Pictures a PFP Films production in association with Temple Films ; a film by Peter Mullan ; written and directed by Peter Mullan ; produced by Frances Higson ; executive producers, Ed Guiney & Paul Trijbits ; director of photography, Nigel Willoughby.

Imprint

[New York] : Miramax Home Entertainment ; Burbank, Calif. : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2004]

Copies

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe DVDs 1st Floor	791.4372 M271s 2004	---	Available

Edition	Widescreen.
Description	1 videodisc (119 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details	DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation enhanced for 16x9 televisions; Dolby digital 5.1 surround sound.
Language	In English or dubbed French with optional English (SDH), French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Cast	Geraldine McEwan, Anne-Marie Duff, Nora-Jane Noone, Dorothy Duffy, Eileen Walsh, Mary Murray, Britta Smith, Frances Healy, Eithne McGuinness, Phyllis McMahon, Rebecca Walsh, Eamonn Owens, Chris Simpson, Sean Colgan, Daniel Costello.
Credits	Co-producer, Alan J. (Willy) Wands ; production designer, Mark Leese ; film editor, Colin Monie ; original music composed, conducted and arranged by Craig Armstrong ; costume designer, Trisha Biggar ; sound recordist, Colin Nicolson ; special effects supervisor, Steve Breheney.
Note	Originally released as a motion picture in 2002.
	"Inspired by the documentary 'Sex in a cold climate'"
Audience	MPAA rating: R; for violence/cruelty, nudity, sexual content and language.
Summary	A group of four young Irish women are forced to enter into a "Magdalen laundry", a Catholic reformatory where they are physically, psychologically, and sexually abused.
Note	Special features: "Sex in a cold climate" original documentary (1997; 50 min.) / Testimony Films for Channel Four ; producer [and director], Steve Humphries ; narrator, Dervia Kirwan.
Contents	Margaret -- Bernadette -- Rose -- Prayer, cleanliness and hard work -- The first night -- "No talking" -- No Home -- A holy telephone -- Removing temptation -- Between right and wrong -- Demeaning games -- Falling ill -- "I wanted to die" -- A glimpse of the outside -- Keeping a promise -- "Not a man of God" -- A liberating Christmas -- All they care about -- "We have to go".
Subject	Catholic Church -- Ireland -- Drama.
	Reformatories for women -- Ireland -- Drama.
	Women -- Institutional care -- Ireland -- Drama.
	Women -- Crimes against -- Ireland -- Drama.
Genre/Form	Historical films.
	Feature films.
	Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Added Author	Mullan, Peter, 1959-
	Higson, Frances. Producer.
	Guiney, Ed. Producer.
	Trijbits, Paul. Producer.
	Willoughby, Nigel. Cinematographer.
	McEwan, Geraldine. Actor.
	Duff, Anne-Marie. Actor.
	Noone, Nora-Jane. Actor.
	Duffy, Dorothy, actress.
	Walsh, Eileen, 1977- Actor.
	Murray, Mary. Actor.
	Smith, Britta. Actor.
	Armstrong, Craig, 1959- Composer.
	Humphries, Stephen.
	Miramax Films.
	Scottish Screen (Organization)
	Film Council (Great Britain)
	Bord Scannan na hEireann.
	Momentum Pictures.
	PFP Films.
	Temple Films.
	Testimony Films.
	Channel Four (Great Britain)
	Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm)
	Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)
Added Title	Sex in a cold climate.
ISBN	0788850881
	9780788850882
Standard No.	786936233094
Music No.	33435 Miramax Home Entertainment