North Country
Reviewed in Issue 107 (Apr 2006) of Widescreen Review
| Studio | Warner Home Video |
| Catalog Number | 59340 |
| MPAA Rating | R |
| Rating Reason | For sequences involving sexual harrassment including violence and dialogue, and for language |
| Retail Price | $28.98 |
| DVD Type | Single Side, Dual Layer (DVD9) |
| Running Time | 126 |
| Release Date | 02/21/06 |
| Theatrical Year | 2005 |
| Genre | Drama |
| Director | Niki Caro |
| Screenplay | Subscribers only |
| Story | Subscribers only |
| Music | Subscribers only |
| Cinematography | Subscribers only |
| Stars | Charlize Theron, Frances McDormand Sean Bean, Richard Jenkins, Jeremy Renner, Michelle Monaghan, Thomas Curtis, Woody Harrelson & Sissy Spacek |
| Aspect Ratio | Subscribers only |
| Measured Ratio | Subscribers only |
| DVD Soundtrack | Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| Subtitles | Subscribers only |
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Subscribe FreeEscaping her abusive husband and needing to support her two young children, Josey Aimes (Theron) heads to the North Country of Minnesota and takes a job at Pearson Mines. She is one of a handful of woman that work this there, all while enduring non-stop harassment from male counterparts. Finally fed up and angry, she, along with attorney Bill White (Harrelson), takes on this mining empire in a emotionally-charged trial, thus making history. Inspired by the book "Class Action: The Landmark Case That Changed Sexual Harassment Law" by Clara Bingham and Laura Leedy Gansler. (Jack Kelley)
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