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Snowpiercer

The film is set in the future (AD 2031) where, after a failed experiment to stop global warming, an ice age kills off all life on the planet except for the inhabitants of the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe and is powered by a sacred perpetual-motion engine. Its inhabitants are di...

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Other Authors: Pong, Chun-ho, 1969- (Film director, Screenwriter), Masterson, Kelly (Screenwriter), Jeong, Tae Sung (Film producer), Nam, Steve (Film producer), Chan-Wook, Park (Film producer), Hun, Lee Tae (Film producer), Evans, Chris, 1981- (Actor), Swinton, Tilda (Actor), Bell, Jamie, 1986- (Actor), Baltrami, Marco (composer (expression)), Lob, Jacques, 1932-
Format: Videos DVD
Language:English
Korean
Spanish
Published: Beverly Hills, CA : Anchor Bay Entertainment, [2014]
Subjects:
Railroad trains > Drama.
Social classes > Drama.
Weather control > Drama.
Environmental disasters > Drama.
Lob, Jacques, > 1932- > Film adaptations.
Action and adventure films.
Dystopian films.
Science fiction films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Summary:The film is set in the future (AD 2031) where, after a failed experiment to stop global warming, an ice age kills off all life on the planet except for the inhabitants of the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe and is powered by a sacred perpetual-motion engine. Its inhabitants are divided by class; the lower-class passengers in one of the last cars stage an uprising, moving car by car up to the front of the train, where the oppressive rich and powerful live.
Item Description:Based on the graphic novel 'Le transperceneige" by Jacques Lob, Benjamin Legrand and Jean-Marc Rochette.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2013.
Special features: Critics' commentary hosted by Scott Weinbert; The birth of Snowpiercer; The characters; animated prologue; Concept art galleries; Chris Evans & Tilda Swinton on Snowpiercer; The train brought to life: behind the scenes of a special screening; Transper ceneige: from the blank page to the black screen.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (126 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD, NTSC, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Audience:Rating: R; for violence, language and drug content.
Production Credits:Music by Marco Baltrami ; cinematographer, Hong Kyung Pyo ; editor, Steve M. Choe, Changju Kim ; screen story by Bong Joon Ho.

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