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Red Joan / Quickfire presents ; in association with Embankment Films and Twickenham Studios ; a Trademark Films production ; in association with Cambridge Picture Company ; screenplay by Lindsay Shapero ; produced by David Parfitt ; directed by Trevor Nunn.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: SF 20258 | Shout! Factory2120685 | Shout! Factory | (disc)Language: English Original language: English Subtitle language: Spanish Publisher: Los Angeles, CA : Shout Factory, [2019]Description: 1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Related works:
  • Motion picture adaptation of (work): Rooney, Jennie, 1980- Red Joan
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Music, George Fenton ; editor, Kristina Hetherington ; director of photography, Zac Nicholson.
Cast: Judi Dench, Stephen Campbell Moore, Sophie Cookson, Tom Hughes, Ben Miles, Nina Sosanya, Tereza Srbova.Summary: Joan Stanley is a widow living out a quiet retirement in the suburbs when, shockingly, the British Secret Service places her under arrest. The charge: providing classified scientific information, including details on the building of the atomic bomb, to the Soviet government for decades. As she is interrogated, Joan relives the dramatic events that shaped her life and beliefs: her student days at Cambridge, where she excelled at physics while challenging deep-seated sexism.
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Adult DVD Adult DVD Dr. James Carlson Library DVD DRAMA Red Joan Available 33111009511946
Adult DVD Adult DVD Main Library DVD DRAMA Red Joan Available 33111009511938
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Joan Stanley is a widow living out a quiet retirement in the suburbs when, shockingly, the British Secret Service places her under arrest. The charge: providing classified scientific information, including details on the building of the atomic bomb, to the Soviet government for decades. As she is interrogated, Joan relives the dramatic events that shaped her life and beliefs: her student days at Cambridge, where she excelled at physics while challenging deep-seated sexism.

DVD; NTSC, region 1; Widescreen presentation; Dolby digital 5.1 or 2.0.

English dialogue; Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).

Judi Dench, Stephen Campbell Moore, Sophie Cookson, Tom Hughes, Ben Miles, Nina Sosanya, Tereza Srbova.

Music, George Fenton ; editor, Kristina Hetherington ; director of photography, Zac Nicholson.

Based on the novel by Jennie Rooney.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2018.

Wide screen.

MPAA rating: R; for brief sexuality/nudity.

Joan Stanley is a widow living out a quiet retirement in the suburbs when, shockingly, the British Secret Service places her under arrest. The charge: providing classified scientific information, including details on the building of the atomic bomb, to the Soviet government for decades. As she is interrogated, Joan relives the dramatic events that shaped her life and beliefs: her student days at Cambridge, where she excelled at physics while challenging deep-seated sexism.

Special features: Building a conspiracy: behind the scenes of Red Joan; In the name of humanity: the story of Red Joan; The two Joans: the actresses behind Red Joan; trailer.

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