2 videodiscs (ca. 202 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in.
Special features: Game maker: Suzanne Collins and "The hunger games" phenomenon; The world is watching: making "The hunger games"; letters from the Rose Garden; controlling the games; a conversation with Gary Ross and Elvis Mitchell; propaganda film; marketing archive.
Music by James Newton Howard ; director of photography, Tom Stern ; edited by Christopher S. Capp, Stephen Mirrione, Juliette Welfling.
Stanley Tucci, Liam Hemsworth, Elizabeth Banks, Wes Bentley, Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Elizabeth Banks, Woody Harrelson.
The Hunger Games tells the dark tale of a 16-year-old girl named Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence), who is selected to compete in a vicious televised tournament in which 24 teenagers from a post-apocalyptic society fight to the death for the entertainment of the masses. In the future, North America is no more. In its place has risen Panem, a divided nation split into 12 districts. Every year, each district selects a teen of each gender (called "Tributes") to test their worth in a competition known as the Hunger Games, which are broadcast across the nation as entertainment, and to reinforce the government's total power. When her younger sister is selected as District 12's latest "Tribute," Katniss volunteers to take her place, and trains under hard-drinking former Hunger Games champion Haymitch Abernathy (Woody Harrelson) to sharpen her killer instincts. Now in order to survive the game and emerge the victor, this young combatant must put all of her skills to the ultimate test.
Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.
DVD, widescreen presentation ; 2.0 Dolby Digital, 5.1 Dolby Digital.
For private home use only.
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
English or French dialogue; French or English subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.
1.Action and adventure films.2.Contests--Fiction.3.Dystopias--Fiction.4.Feature films.5.Interpersonal relations--Fiction.6.Science fiction films.7.Survival--Fiction.8.Television programs--Fiction.9.Video recordings for the hearing impaired.