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Format:
Video disc
Title:
Atonement
Uniform Title:
Atonement (Motion picture)
ISBN:
9786311884867
Distribution:
Universal City, Calif. : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2008]
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Released as a motion picture in 2007.

Based on the novel by Ian McEwan.

Bonus features: Deleted scenes (with commentary from director Joe Wright); Bringing the past to life : the making of Atonement; From novel to screen : adapting a classic; Feature commentary with director Joe Wright.
Contents:
Special features: Anamorphic widescreen version -- Deleted scenes -- Bringing the past to life: The making of Atonement -- From novel to screen: Adapting a classic -- Feature commentary with director Joe Wright -- Language: English Dolby digital 5.1 ; Spanish Dolby digital 5.1 ; French Dolby digital 5.1 -- Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish, French.
Summary:
In 1935, thirteen-year-old fledgling writer Briony Tallis and her family live a life of wealth and privilege in their enormous mansion. On the warmest day of the year, the country estate takes on an unsettling hothouse atmosphere, stoking Briony's vivid imagination. Robbie Turner, the educated son of the family's housekeeper, carries a torch for Briony's headstrong older sister Cecilia. He hopes that Cecilia has comparable feelings. All it will take is one spark for this relationship to combust. When it does, Briony - who has a crush on Robbie, is compelled to interfere. She goes so far as to accuse Robbie of a crime he did not commit. Cecilia and Robbie declare their love for each other, but, ultimately, he is arrested. Briony bears false witness and the course of three lives is changed forever. As Briony grows older, she continues to seek forgiveness for her childhood misdeed. Through a terrible and courageous act of imagination, she finds the path to her uncertain atonement, and to an understanding of the power of enduring love.
Reading Level:
MPAA rating: R; for disturbing war images, language and some sexuality.
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Added Uniform Title:
Container of (work): Atonement (Motion picture)

Container of (expression): Atonement (Motion picture). French.
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