The handmaid's tale / Cinecom Entertainment Group, Inc. presents ... in association with Cinetudes Film Productions and Odyssey/Cinecom International ; screenplay by Harold Pinter ; produced by Daniel Wilson ; directed by Volker Schlondorff.

Set in the near future, the handmaids of the title are women who can still bear children after the ravages of war caused wide-spread sterility. One of the handmaids, Kate, is caught trying to escape the Republic of Gilead and sent to the prison-like training center. She is sent from there to the hom...

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Uniform Title:	Handmaid's tale (Motion picture)
Corporate Authors:	Cinecom Entertainment Group, Cinetudes Film Productions, Odyssey Productions, Cinecom International Films, MGM Home Entertainment Inc
Other Authors:	Wilson, Daniel, Pinter, Harold, 1930-2008, Schlöndorff, Volker, Richardson, Natasha, Dunaway, Faye, Quinn, Aidan, McGovern, Elizabeth, 1961-, Tennant, Victoria, 1950-, Duvall, Robert, Luther, Igor, Ray, David, 1932-, Sakamoto, Ryūichi, 1952-, Atwood, Margaret, 1939-
Language:	English French Spanish
Language and/or Writing System:	In English with optional English, French and Spanish language subtitles ; closed-captioned.
Published:	Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, [2001], ©2001.
Series:	Avant-garde cinema. Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:	Atwood, Margaret, > 1939- > Film adaptations. Infertility > Drama. Man-woman relationships > Drama. Dystopian films. Misogyny > Drama. Atwood, Margaret, > 1939- Dystopias. Infertility. Man-woman relationships. Misogyny. Feature films > United States. Feature films. Science fiction films. Films for the hearing impaired. Drama. Film adaptations.
Genre:	Film adaptations. Drama. Feature films Feature films. Science fiction films. Films for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	Video DVD