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The handmaid's tale Season one

"The Handmaid's Tale is the story of life in the dystopia of Gilead, a totalitarian society in what was formerly the United States. Facing environmental disasters and a plunging birthrate, Gilead is ruled by a twisted fundamentalism in its militarized "return to traditional values." As one of the fe...

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Main Author: Miller, Bruce (Television producer and writer) (Creator, Screenwriter)
Other Authors: Boccia, Joseph (Television producer), Moss, Elisabeth, 1982- (Television producer, Actor), Atwood, Margaret, 1939- (Television producer), Morano, Reed, 1977- (Television director), Barker, Mike, 1966- (Television director), Sigismondi, Floria, 1965- (Television director), Dennis, Kate (Television director), Skogland, Kari (Television director), Gerstein, Leila (Screenwriter), Fortenberry, Dorothy (Screenwriter), Straker, Wendy (Screenwriter), Maxcy, Lynn Renee (Screenwriter), Snyder, Kira (Screenwriter), Tuchman, Eric (Screenwriter), Strahovski, Yvonne, 1982- (Actor), Fiennes, Joseph, 1970- (Actor), Bledel, Alexis, 1981- (Actor), Brewer, Madeline, 1992- (Actor), Dowd, Ann (Actor), Fagbenle, O-T, 1980- (Actor), Minghella, Max, 1985- (Actor), Wiley, Samira (Actor), Taylor, Adam (Composer) (composer (expression)), Watkinson, Colin (director of photography.), Crabtree, Ane (Costume designer)
Format: Videos DVD
Language:English
French
Spanish
Published: Beverly Hills, CA : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2018]
Subjects:
Atwood, Margaret, > 1939- > Television adaptations.
Theocracy > Drama.
Totalitarianism > Drama.
Misogyny > Drama.
Pregnancy > Social aspects > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Infertility > Drama.
Dystopian television programs.
Television adaptations.
Television series.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Summary:"The Handmaid's Tale is the story of life in the dystopia of Gilead, a totalitarian society in what was formerly the United States. Facing environmental disasters and a plunging birthrate, Gilead is ruled by a twisted fundamentalism in its militarized "return to traditional values." As one of the few remaining fertile women, Offred ... is a Handmaid in the Commander's household, belonging to the caste of women forced into sexual servitude as a last desperate attempt to repopulate the world. In this terrifying society, Offred must navigate between Commanders, their cruel wives, domestic Marthas, and her fellow Handmaids - where anyone could be a spy for Gilead - with one goal: to survive and find the daughter who was taken from her"--Container.
Item Description:Title from disc surface.
Based on the novel by Margaret Atwood.
Originally made available for online streaming by Hulu in 2017.
Special features: Script to screen : the salvaging (8 min.) ; Hope in Gilead (6 min.).
Physical Description:3 videodiscs (approximately 525 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Audience:TV rating: TV-MA.
Awards:2018 Golden Globe Awards for best television series, drama and Best performance by an actress in a television series (Moss).
2017 Primetime Emmy Awards: Outstanding drama series, Outstanding lead actress in a drama series (Moss), Outstanding supporting actress in a drama series (Dowd).
Production Credits:Music by Adam Taylor ; director of photography, Colin Watkinson ; costume design by Ane Crabtree.
ISBN:9786317122536
6317122539
0883904360995

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