The claim [videorecording] / United Artists Films present in association with Pathé Pictures, the Arts Council of England, Le Studio Canal+, BBC Films and Alliance Atlantis ; a Revolution Films/DB Entertainment and Grosvenor Park production ; produced by Andrew Eaton ; screenplay by Frank Cottrell Boyce ; directed by Michael Winterbottom.
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FilmPublisher number: 1001840 | MGM home EntertainmentLanguage: engspa Summary language: frespa Publication details: [United States] : Distributed by MGM Home Entertainment, [2001], c2000.Description: 1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 079284999X
- 9780792849995
- Director of photography, Alwin Kuchler ; editor, Trevor Waite ; music, Michael Nyman ; costume designer, Joanne Hanson ; production designers, Mark Tildesley and Ken Rempel.
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Dr. James Carlson Library | DVD | WESTERN Claim | Available | 33111005834375 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
One man's small empire threatens to collapse under the weight of his greed and deceit in this drama that transplants the story of Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge to 19th century America. In 1867, Dillon (Peter Mullan) is an Irish immigrant who settled in California during the Gold Rush of '49 and has done quite well for himself. Dillon owns nearly every business of consequence in the town of Kingdom Come; if someone wants to dig for gold, rent a room, open a bank account, or even order a drink, they have to go to Dillon to do it. One of the few profitable enterprises in town that he doesn't own is the brothel, which is operated by Lucia (Milla Jovovich), Dillon's lover. Circumstances change somewhat when Dalglish - a surveyor with the Central Pacific Railroad - turns up and expresses his plans to implement a railroad in the area. Dillon, sensing a great opportunity afoot, travels well out of his way to ensure that the line is run through Kingdom Come, to enhance the town's commercial prospects. Also arriving in town the same time as Dalglish are two women, the beautiful but ailing Elena (Nastassja Kinski) and her lovely teenage daughter Hope (Sarah Polley); their presence is deeply troubling for Dillon, for they are the keys to a dark secret Dillon has kept from the people of Kingdom Come. The Claim is Michael Winterbottom's second adaptation of the works of Thomas Hardy; his 1996 feature Jude was adapted from Hardy's final novel, Jude the Obscure. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
DVD release of the 2000 motion picture.
Inspired by: The mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy.
Special features: original theatrical trailer.
Director of photography, Alwin Kuchler ; editor, Trevor Waite ; music, Michael Nyman ; costume designer, Joanne Hanson ; production designers, Mark Tildesley and Ken Rempel.
Wes Bentley, Milla Jovovich, Nastassja Kinski, Peter Mullan, Sarah Polley.
A tale of regret and greed in the Gold Rush-era American West. in 1867, Daniel Dillon, the wealthy 49er who runs Kingdom Come, a Sierra Nevada boomtown, is trying to bring the railroad through town when the past comes back to haunt him. Twenty years ago, he sold his wife and daughter to another goldminer for the claim to the gold mine that brought him his fortune.
MPAA rating: R.
DVD, 16x9 widescreen format, stereo. surround.
Soundtracks in English and Spanish, subtitles in Spanish and French, closed captioned for the hearing impaired.