North country / Warner Bros. Pictures presents in association with Participant Productions ; a Nick Wechlser production ; a Niki Caro Film ; produced by Nick Wechsler ; screenplay by Michael Seitzman ; directed by Niki Caro.

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Josey Aimes needs a job and goes to work at a Minnesota steel mine after splitting with her violent husband. But the job proves to be almost as harrowing as her marriage. The male miners are resentful of women taking their jobs, so the men verbally abuse and play humiliating pranks on the female min...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Author: Warner Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Theron, Charlize
Caro, Niki, 1967-
Peterson, Elle, 1999-
Curtis, Thomas
McDormand, Frances
Bean, Sean
Menges, Chris, 1940-
Santaolalla, Gustavo
Bingham, Clara
Leedy, Laura
Language:English
French
Spanish
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned; dialogue in English (Dolby Surround 5.1) or French (Dolby Surround 5.1) with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish.
Published: [Burbank, Calif.] : Warner Home Video, [2006]
Edition:Full screen edition.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Women iron and steel workers > Minnesota > Drama.
Sexual harassment of women > Minnesota > Drama.
Steel-works > Minnesota > Drama.
Melodrama.
Women > Feature.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films.
Genre:
Drama.
Feature.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films.
Melodrama.
Women
Physical Description:1 videodisc (126 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Josey Aimes needs a job and goes to work at a Minnesota steel mine after splitting with her violent husband. But the job proves to be almost as harrowing as her marriage. The male miners are resentful of women taking their jobs, so the men verbally abuse and play humiliating pranks on the female miners. After being physically assaulted by a coworker, Josey tries to fight against the harassment, but none of the other women will join her case for fear that things will only get worse. A fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the U.S. - Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines, where a woman who endured a range of abuse while working as a miner filed and won a landmark 1984 lawsuit.
Note:Based on the book "Class action: the story of Lois Jensen and the landmark case that changed sexual harassment law" by Clara Bingham and Laura Leedy.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2005.
Special features: Deleted scenes; documentaries.
Videorecording.
Call Number:CN2 D0062865 VideoDVD
PN1995.9.W6 N6784 2006 VideoDVD
Audience:
MPAA rating: R; for sequences involving sexual harassment including violence and dialogue, and for language.
ISBN:9781419802324
1419802321
Credits:Director of photography, Chris Menges ; art director, Gregory S. Hooper ; editor, David Coulson ; music, Gustavo Santaolalla ; costume designer, Cindy Evans ; production designer, Richard Hoover ; visual effects supervisor, Eric Durst.
System Details:DVD; region 1 encoding; full screen (1.33:1) presentation;
Cast:
Charlize Theron, Elle Peterson, Thomas Curtis, Frances McDormand, Sean Bean, Woody Harrelson, Jeremy Renner, Richard Jenkins, Sissy Spacek.