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The handmaid's tale, Season one, MGM presents an MGM and Hulu production ; created for television by Bruce Miller

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Contributor
Summary
A religion-based autocracy has taken over most of the United States, renaming the country Gilead. In this country women are second-class citizens. Anyone trying to escape is punished. One such person is June, who is captured while trying to escape with her husband and child and is sentenced to be a handmaid, bearing children for childless government officials. As a handmaid, June is renamed Offred. This is her story
Language
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
Work
Publication
Extent
3 videodiscs (approximately 525 min.)
Note
  • Based on the novel by Margaret Atwood
  • Originally broadcast on television in 2017
  • Special features: Script to screen : the salvaging ; Hope in Gilead
Contents
  • Offred
  • Birth day
  • Late
  • Nolite te bastardes carborundorum
  • Faithful
  • A woman's place
  • The other side
  • Jezebels
  • The bridge
  • Night
Isbn
9786317122536
Instance
Label
The handmaid's tale, Season one
Title
The handmaid's tale
Title number
Season one
Statement of responsibility
MGM presents an MGM and Hulu production ; created for television by Bruce Miller
Creator
Contributor
Actor
Creator
Screenwriter
Television producer
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
A religion-based autocracy has taken over most of the United States, renaming the country Gilead. In this country women are second-class citizens. Anyone trying to escape is punished. One such person is June, who is captured while trying to escape with her husband and child and is sentenced to be a handmaid, bearing children for childless government officials. As a handmaid, June is renamed Offred. This is her story
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/collectionName
Handmaid's tale (Television program)
Dewey number
791.45/75
Intended audience
Canadian home video rating: 14A
Language note
In English; optional Spanish and French subtitles; optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH); closed-captioned
LC call number
PN1992.77
LC item number
.H25 2018
PerformerNote
Elisabeth Moss, Joseph Fiennes, Yvonne Strahovski, Alexis Bledel, Madeline Brewer, Ann Dowd, O.T. Fagbenle, Max Minghella, Samira Wiley
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1982-
  • 1970-
  • 1982-
  • 1981-
  • 1992-
  • 1980-
  • 1985-
  • 1939-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Moss, Elisabeth
  • Fiennes, Joseph
  • Strahovski, Yvonne
  • Bledel, Alexis
  • Brewer, Madeline
  • Dowd, Ann
  • Fagbenle, O-T
  • Minghella, Max
  • Wiley, Samira
  • Miller, Bruce
  • Atwood, Margaret
Runtime
525
Technique
live action
Label
The handmaid's tale, Season one, MGM presents an MGM and Hulu production ; created for television by Bruce Miller
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Based on the novel by Margaret Atwood
  • Originally broadcast on television in 2017
  • Special features: Script to screen : the salvaging ; Hope in Gilead
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Offred -- Birth day -- Late -- Nolite te bastardes carborundorum -- Faithful -- A woman's place -- The other side -- Jezebels -- The bridge -- Night
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
3 videodiscs (approximately 525 min.)
Isbn
9786317122536
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Note
Set includes: 3 DVDs.
Other control number
  • 883904360995
  • 883904361008
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
  • M136099
  • M136100
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • on1022190283
  • (OCoLC)1022190283
System details
DVD, NTSC region 1, widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1
Video recording format
DVD
Label
The handmaid's tale, Season one, MGM presents an MGM and Hulu production ; created for television by Bruce Miller
Publication
Note
  • Based on the novel by Margaret Atwood
  • Originally broadcast on television in 2017
  • Special features: Script to screen : the salvaging ; Hope in Gilead
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Offred -- Birth day -- Late -- Nolite te bastardes carborundorum -- Faithful -- A woman's place -- The other side -- Jezebels -- The bridge -- Night
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
3 videodiscs (approximately 525 min.)
Isbn
9786317122536
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Note
Set includes: 3 DVDs.
Other control number
  • 883904360995
  • 883904361008
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
  • M136099
  • M136100
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • on1022190283
  • (OCoLC)1022190283
System details
DVD, NTSC region 1, widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1
Video recording format
DVD

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