| Description |
1 DVD (approximately 112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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surround |
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Dolby |
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video file |
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DVD video |
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region 1 |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, widescreen (2.35:1 aspect ratio) presentation, enhanced for 16x9 televisions, 5.1 Dolby surround sound. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1997. |
| Cast |
Maury Chaykin, Peter Donaldson, Bruce Greenwood, David Hemblen, Brooke Johnson, Arsinee Khanjian, Tom McCamus, Stephanie Morgenstern, Earl Pastko, Sarah Polley, Gabrielle Rose, Alberta Watson. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Paul Sarossy ; production designer, Phillip Barker ; costume designer, Beth Pasternak ; editor, Susan Shipton ; music, Mychael Danna ; sound designer, Steve Munro ; associate producer, David Webb ; line producer, Sandra Cunningham ; executive producters, Robert Lantos and Andras Hamori. |
| Summary |
"Following a tragic schoolbus accident, opportunistic lawyer Mitchell Stephens descends upon a small town. With promises of retribution on behalf of the grieving community, Stephens sets to work on a class action lawsuit. But beneath the town's placid surface, he discovers a tangled skein of deceit and forbidden desire that mirrors his own troubled life. Everyone, it seems, has secrets to keep."--Container. |
| Note |
Special features include: audio commentary by writer/director Atom Egoyan and novelist Russell Banks ; "Before and after The sweet hereafter" (video discussion of the book and film with Russell Banks and Atom Egoyan ; Q & A interviews with members of the cast ; "The Charlie Rose show" interview with Atom Egoyan ; "The pied piper of Hamelin" by Robert Browning with illustrations by Kate Greenaway ; isolated score by music composer Mychael Danna ; theatrical trailers ; biographies and filmographies. |
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Based on the novel by Russell Banks. |
| Language |
English or French (dubbed) soundtrack with optional English, French, or Spanish subtitles. |
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Closed-captioned. |
| Subject |
School bus accidents -- Drama.
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School bus accidents. |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Subject |
Community life -- Drama.
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Community life. |
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Banks, Russell, 1940-2023 -- Film adaptations.
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Banks, Russell, 1940-2023. |
| Genre/Form |
Film adaptations.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Feature films.
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Feature films.
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Film adaptations.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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| Added Author |
Egoyan, Atom, 1960-
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Frieberg, Camelia.
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Chaykin, Maury.
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Donaldson, Peter.
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Greenwood, Bruce, 1956-
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Hemblen, David.
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Johnson, Brooke.
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Khanjian, Arsinée, 1958-
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McCamus, Tom.
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Morgenstern, Stéphanie, 1965-
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Pastko, Earl.
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Polley, Sarah.
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Rose, Gabrielle.
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Watson, Alberta.
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Sarossy, Paul.
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Barker, Phillip.
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Pasternak, Beth.
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Shipton, Susan.
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Danna, Mychael.
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Munro, Steven.
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Webb, David.
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Cunningham, Sandra.
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Lantos, Robert, 1949-
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Hámori, András.
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Banks, Russell, 1940-2023.
Sweet hereafter.
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Alliance Films.
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Ego Film Arts (Firm)
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| Standard No. |
065935135357 |
| Music No. |
3535 Alliance Films. |
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