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    North Country
    Genre: Drama

    Reviewed In Issue 107 (Apr 2006) Of Widescreen Review®

    Stars:
    Charlize Theron, Frances McDormand Sean Bean, Richard Jenkins, Jeremy Renner, Michelle Monaghan, Thomas Curtis, Woody Harrelson & Sissy Spacek

    WSR Review Scores
    WSR Picture Rating: 4.5
    DD Sound Rating: 4
    DTS Sound Rating: NA
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    Reference Systems
    Critics' Composite Score: 3
    Internet Links
    www.northcountrymovie.com
    Special Features
    Special features include a 16-minute featurette with some of the female miners that were involved in this history-making sexual harassment lawsuit, 11 minutes of deleted scenes, and the theatrical trailer.


     DVD General Information

    (Studio/Distributor): 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)
    (Widescreen Edition): Yes
    (Full Screen Edition): No
    (Anamorphic Widescreen): Yes
    (Running Time In Minutes): 126
    (Color Type): Color
    (Chaptered/Scene Access): Yes
    (Closed Captioned): Yes
    (Regional Coding): 1
    (Theatrical Year): 2005
    (Theatrical Release): Yes
    (Direct-To-Video Release): No
    (DVD Release Date): 02/21/06
    (THX® Digitally Mastered): No

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    (Director): Niki Caro
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    Story Synopsis:
    Escaping 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)

    DVD Picture:
    Exhibiting pleasing quality throughout, the anamorphically enhanced 2.38:1 DVD picture is delivered with nicely saturated, well-balanced colors. Images are sharp and detailed, with well-balanced contrast and shadow delineation. There is very little in the way of bothersome edge enhancement or pixelization for a clean picture overall. (Suzanne Hodges)

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    The Dolby

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