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Session 9 / USA Films presents a Scout production ; produced by David Collins, Dorothy Aufiero, Michael Williams ; written by Brad Anderson & Stephen Gevedon ; directed by Brad Anderson.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 22409 | Universal/USA Films96306 0315-2 | USA Home EntertainmentPublication details: Universal City, Calif. : Universal/USA Films, ©2002.Description: 1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 0783273630
  • 9780783273631
Other title:
  • Session nine
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Uta Briesewitz ; editor, Brad Anderson ; music, Climax Golden Twins.
Cast: David Caruso, Peter Mullan, Brendan Sexton III, Stephen Gevedon, Josh Lucas.Summary: The Danvers State Mental Hospital, closed for fifteen years, is about to receive five new visitors. The men of the Hazmat Elimination Co. venture into the vacant asylum filled with an evil past of patient abuse, medieval medical procedures and rumors of demonic possession. But each of the men hold secrets as well.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult DVD Adult DVD Northport Library DVD HORROR Session Available 33111009065430
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Writer/director Brad Anderson, known for whimsical romantic comedies like Next Stop, Wonderland, was inspired by the astonishing, creepy visage of an abandoned mental hospital in Danvers, MA, to make the intense psychological horror film Session 9. The film stars the redoubtable Scottish actor Peter Mullan (from Ken Loach's My Name Is Joe) as Gordon Fleming, a new father struggling to keep his asbestos removal company afloat. Desperate to bring in some money, the normally deliberate and careful Gordon gets the contract by promising that his company can clear out the creepy deserted building in a week's time. Assisted by his right-hand man, Phil (David Caruso), Gordon hires a crew and, pressed by the nearly impossible deadline, gets the hazardous work underway. But each man on the crew harbors a dangerous secret, and it's only a short time before the haunted atmosphere of the asylum -- where cruel and primitive means were used to control unstable patients -- begins to work its dark spell on them. Session 9 was one of the first feature films shot using Sony's 24P HD video, which shoots at 24 frames per second, like film, as opposed to the 30 frames per second of conventional video. The filmmakers used the same camera that George Lucas would later use to film Star Wars: Episode II. Using this technology, Anderson and director of photography Uta Briesewitz were able to produce the uniquely effective, deep-focus images in Session 9 using mostly natural light. ~ Josh Ralske, Rovi

DVD; Dolby Digital stereo.

Title from container.

Closed-captioned.

David Caruso, Peter Mullan, Brendan Sexton III, Stephen Gevedon, Josh Lucas.

Videodisc release of the film c2001. Includes special features.

Rated R. Special features not rated.

The Danvers State Mental Hospital, closed for fifteen years, is about to receive five new visitors. The men of the Hazmat Elimination Co. venture into the vacant asylum filled with an evil past of patient abuse, medieval medical procedures and rumors of demonic possession. But each of the men hold secrets as well.

Director of photography, Uta Briesewitz ; editor, Brad Anderson ; music, Climax Golden Twins.

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