Children of men / Universal Pictures ; Strike Entertainment ; Hit & Run Productions ; Quietus Productions, Ltd. ; produced by Marc Abraham, Eric Newman, Hilary Shor, Iain Smith, Tony Smith ; screenplay by Alfonso Cuarón & Timothy J. Sexton and David Arata and Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby ; directed by Alfonso Cuarón.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Abraham, Marc, 1949 May 28- producer.

Newman, Eric, producer.

Shor, Hilary, producer.

Smith, Iain, 1949- producer.

Smith, Tony, producer.

Cuarón, Alfonso, screenwriter.

Sexton, Timothy J., 1959- screenwriter.

Arata, David, screenwriter.

Fergus, Mark, screenwriter.

Ostby, Hawk, screenwriter.

Owen, Clive, actor.

Moore, Julianne, actor.

Caine, Michael, actor.

Taverner, John, composer.

James, P. D.

Universal Pictures (Firm), producer, distributor.

Strike Entertainment (Firm), producer.

Hit and Run Productions, producer.

Quietus Productions, Ltd, producer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

James, P. D--Film adaptations.

James, P. D.

Fertility, Human--Drama.

Fertility, Human.

Birth intervals--Drama.

Birth intervals.

Extinction (Biology)--Drama.

Extinction (Biology).

Population--Drama.

Population.

Human rights workers--England--London--Drama.

Human rights workers.

Pregnant women--England--London--Drama.

Pregnant women.

London (England)--Drama.

London (England).

England--London.

Genre:

Action and adventure films.

Feature films.

Science fiction films.

Film adaptations.

Video recordings for hard of hearing people.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Thrillers (Motion pictures)

Drama.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

polychrome

Edition:

Widescreen.

Place of Publication:

Universal City, Calif. : Universal Pictures, [2007]

Language Note:

Open-captioned.

System Details:

DVD; Region 1; Dolby Digital.

digital

optical

Dolby

video file

DVD video

region 1

Summary:

London, 2027. Humanity has become infertile and no child has been born for 18 years. Science is at loss to explain the reason. Immigration is a crime and refugees are caged like animals. African and East European societies have collapsed and their dwindling populations are migrating toward England and other wealthy nations. Torn apart by nuclear fallout, rampant terrorism and political rebellion. In this climate of nationalistic violence, a London peace activist turned bureaucrat Theo Faron, joins forces with Julian, his revolutionary ex-wife, in order to save mankind by protecting a woman who has mysteriously became pregnant. These three set out on a desperate struggle to deliver the world's only pregnant woman to the Human Project with hope that they can discover the cure for global infertility. As they carefully navigate between the battling forces of military police and a pro-immigration insurgency this small group must endure a death-defying ordeal of urban warfare.

Participant:

Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Charlie Hunnam, Claire-Hope Ashitey, Pam Ferris, Danny Huston, Peter Mullan, Jacek Koman, Oana Pellea, Paul Sharma, Michael Klesic.

Credits:

Director of photography, Emmanuel Lubezki ; editors, Alfonso Cuarón, Alex Rodríguez ; music, John Tavener.

Notes:

Aspect ratio 1.85:1.

Based on the novel by P.D. James.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2006.

Special features: Deleted scenes; featurettes.

Venice Film Festival, 2006: Golden Osella - Outstanding Technical Contribution (Emmanuel Lubezki) ; Laterna Magica Prize (Alfonso Cuarón).

Related Work:

James, P. D. Children of men.

OCLC:

81305113

Publisher Number:

025193251329

61032513 Universal Pictures