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Snowpiercer., Radius-TWC, the Weinstein Company and CJ Entertainment present ; in association with Union Investment Partners ; producers, Tae Sung Jeong, Steven Nam ; produced by Park Chan-Wook, Lee Tae Hun ; screen story by Bong Joon Ho ; screenplay by Bong Joon Ho and Kelly Masterson ; directed by Bong Joon Ho, DVD/Widescreen

Label
Snowpiercer., Radius-TWC, the Weinstein Company and CJ Entertainment present ; in association with Union Investment Partners ; producers, Tae Sung Jeong, Steven Nam ; produced by Park Chan-Wook, Lee Tae Hun ; screen story by Bong Joon Ho ; screenplay by Bong Joon Ho and Kelly Masterson ; directed by Bong Joon Ho, DVD/Widescreen
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Rating: R; for violence, language and drug content
Main title
Snowpiercer.
Oclc number
890237646
Responsibility statement
Radius-TWC, the Weinstein Company and CJ Entertainment present ; in association with Union Investment Partners ; producers, Tae Sung Jeong, Steven Nam ; produced by Park Chan-Wook, Lee Tae Hun ; screen story by Bong Joon Ho ; screenplay by Bong Joon Ho and Kelly Masterson ; directed by Bong Joon Ho
Runtime
126
Summary
The film is set in the future (AD 2031) where, after a failed experiment to stop global warming, an ice age kills off all life on the planet except for the inhabitants of the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe and is powered by a sacred perpetual-motion engine. Its inhabitants are divided by class; the lower-class passengers in one of the last cars stage an uprising, moving car by car up to the front of the train, where the oppressive rich and powerful ride
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
resource.version
DVD/Widescreen
Classification
resource.filmdirector
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