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Never let me go / Fox Searchlight Pictures, DNA Films and Film4 present ; directed by Mark Romanek ; screenplay by Alex Garland ; produced by Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich.
- Format:
- Video
- Standardized Title:
- Never let me go (Motion picture : 2010)
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Boarding school students--England--Drama.
- Boarding school students.
- Young women--Conduct of life--Drama.
- Young women.
- Young men--Conduct of life--Drama.
- Young men.
- Human cloning--Drama.
- Human cloning.
- Organ donors--Drama.
- Organ donors.
- Young men--Conduct of life.
- Young women--Conduct of life.
- England.
- Genre:
- Coming-of-age films
- Drama
- Feature films
- Fiction films
- Film adaptations
- Melodramas (Motion pictures)
- Romance films
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Romance films.
- Film adaptations.
- Coming-of-age films.
- Fiction films.
- Feature films.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr., 43 min.)) : sound, color
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Beverly Hills, CA : Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation : Dune Entertainment, [2010]
- Language Note:
- English or dubbed Spanish soundtracks; optional English subtitles for the hearing impaired for English soundtrack.
- System Details:
- digital
- video file
- Summary:
- Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy are best friends who grow up together in the isolated boarding school called Hailsham, with a chilling secret. As children, Kathy is secretly in love with Tommy. Then she sees her best friend Ruth holding Tommy's hand, and is devastated. As adolescents, Tommy and Kathy form a deep connection, only to have Ruth shove them apart with her own romantic demands. As they prepare to leave the school, they learn of their true purpose: each is a clone that will later have their organs harvested for medical purposes. Kathy takes on the role of "Carer," dedicating herself to looking after those being slowly dissected, and eventually Tommy and Ruth prepare to make their first "donations." As the years pass, the group grows apart, before finally reuniting just as both Tommy and Ruth are about to "complete."
- Participant:
- Carey Mulligan (Kathy), Andrew Garfield (Tommy), Keira Knightley (Ruth), Isobel Meikle-Small (young Kathy), Ella Purnell (young Ruth), Charlie Rowe (young Tommy), Charlotte Rampling (Miss Emily), Sally Hawkins (Miss Lucy), Nathalie Richard (Madame), Andrea Riseborough (Chrissie), Domhnall Gleeson (Rodney).
- Credits:
- Cinematography, Adam Kimmel ; production designer, Mark Digby ; editor, Barney Pilling ; music by Rachel Portman ; costume designers, Rachael Fleming, Steven Noble ; executive producers, Alex Garland, Kasuo Ishiguro, Tessa Ross.
- Notes:
- Originally released as a motion picture in 2010.
- Based on the novel by Kazuo Ishiguro.
- Online resource; title from title screen (Criterion-on-Demand platform, viewed August 15, 2023).
- Contains:
- Container of: Never let me go (Motion picture : 2010). Spanish.
- OCLC:
- 1393980180
- Publisher Number:
- F031192 Criterion-on-Demand
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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