Cover image for Snowpiercer / The Weinstein Company and CJ Entertainment present ; in association with Union Investment Partners ; a Moho Film & Opus Pictures production ; a film by Bong Joon Ho ; producers, Jeong Tae-sung, Steven Nam ; produced by Park Chan-wook, Lee Tae Hun ; screen story by Bong Joon Ho ; screenplay by Bong Joon Ho and Kelly Masterson ; directed by Bong Joon Ho.
Title:
Snowpiercer / The Weinstein Company and CJ Entertainment present ; in association with Union Investment Partners ; a Moho Film & Opus Pictures production ; a film by Bong Joon Ho ; producers, Jeong Tae-sung, Steven Nam ; produced by Park Chan-wook, Lee Tae Hun ; screen story by Bong Joon Ho ; screenplay by Bong Joon Ho and Kelly Masterson ; directed by Bong Joon Ho.
Summary:
The film is set in the future (AD 2031) where, after a failed experiment to stop global warming, an ice age kills off all life on the planet except for the inhabitants of the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe and is powered by a sacred perpetual-motion engine. Its inhabitants are divided by class; the lower-class passengers in one of the last cars stage an uprising, moving car by car up to the front of the train, where the oppressive rich and powerful ride.
Audience:
MPAA rating: R.
General Note:
Based on the graphic novel Le transperceneige / by Jacques Lob, Benjamin Legrand and Jean-Marc Rochette.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2013.

Special features: critics' commentary hosted by Scott Weinbert (disc 1); the birth of Snowpiercer; the characters; animated prologue; concept art galleries; Chris Evans & Tilda Swinton on Snowpiercer; the train brought to life: behind the scenes of a special screening; Transperceneige: from the blank page to the black screen (disc 2).
Edition:
Widescreen ed.
Contents:
disc 1. Feature film -- disc 2. Special features.
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (ca. 126 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher:
Anchor Bay Entertainment,
Electronic Access:
View cover art
Publication Date:
2014

2013
Publication Information:
Beverly Hills, CA : Anchor Bay Entertainment, 2014.
Call Number:
DVD SNOWPIE
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