Super 8
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| Blu-Ray Combo 2011 |
| Available at 5 Libraries 5 of 5 copies |
Summary
Writer/director J.J. Abrams teams with producer Steven Spielberg for this period sci-fi thriller set in the late '70s, and centering on a mysterious train crash in a small Ohio town. Summer, 1979: a group of young friends are filming a Super-8 movie when a pickup truck derails a speeding train. When the locals start to disappear and even the inquisitive deputy can't come up with answers, suspicions emerge that the incident was anything but an accident. As the truth finally begins emerge, no one is prepared to learn what now stalks the unsuspecting citizens of this once quiet community. Kyle Chandler and Elle Fanning star. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
Additional Information
| Subjects |
Extraterrestrial beings
-- Drama.
Friendship -- Drama. Railroad accidents -- Drama. Nineteen seventies -- Drama. Ohio -- Drama. Science fiction films. Detective and mystery films. Feature films. Thrillers (Motion pictures) Fiction films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Video recordings for people with visual disabilities. |
| Publisher | Hollywood, California :2011 |
| Edition | Blu-ray and DVD, Widescreen. |
| Other Titles | Super eight |
| Contributors |
Spielberg, Steven,
1946- film producer. Abrams, J. J. (Jeffrey Jacob), 1966- film producer, screenwriter, film director. Burk, Bryan, 1968- film producer. Fanning, Elle, 1998- actor. Courtney, Joel, 1996- actor. Michalka, A. J. (Amanda Joy), 1991- actor. Chandler, Kyle, actor. Lee, Ryan, 1996- actor. Basso, Gabriel, 1994- actor. Emmerich, Noah, actor. Eldard, Ron, 1964- actor. Griffiths, Riley, 1997- actor. Mills, Zach, 1995- actor. Giacchino, Michael, composer. Paramount Pictures Corporation, presenter, publisher. Amblin Entertainment (Firm), production company. Bad Robot (Firm), production company. |
| Participants/Performers |
Elle Fanning, Joel Courtney, Amanda Michalka, Kyle Chandler, Ryan Lee, Gabriel Basso, Noah Emmerich, Ron Eldard, Riley Griffiths, Zach Mills. |
| Other Contributors |
Director of photography, Larry Fong ; editors, Maryann Brandon, Mary Jo Markey ; music, Michael Giacchino. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG-13; for intense sequences of sci-fi action and violence, language, and some drug use. |
| Language |
English French Portuguese Spanish Blu-ray Disc: English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish language tracks; with optional English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish subtitles; with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH); audio-described. DVD: English language track; with optional English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned. |
| Notes |
Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 2011. Special features on Blu-ray Disc only. Blu-ray Disc special features: Deconstructing the train crash; 8 featurettes; 14 deleted scenes; director & filmmakers' commentary. |
| System Details |
Blu-ray Disc; widescreen presentation; 1080p high definition; Dolby TrueHD 7.1 (English), Dolby Digital 5.1 (French, Portuguese, Spanish); requires Blu-ray Disc player. DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen (16:9) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround. |
| Description |
1 Blu-ray Disc (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 DVD (111 min. : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.) |
| ISBN | 1415759693 9781415759691 |
| Other | Classic View |