Bibliograph

The giver, The Weinstein Company ; Walden Media ; produced by Nikki Silver, Jeff Bridges, Neil Koenigsberg ; screenplay by Michael Mitnick & Robert B. Weide ; directed by Phillip Noyce

Type

Label

The giver, The Weinstein Company ; Walden Media ; produced by Nikki Silver, Jeff Bridges, Neil Koenigsberg ; screenplay by Michael Mitnick & Robert B. Weide ; directed by Phillip Noyce

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

Rating: PG-13; for a mature thematic image and some sci-fi action/violence

Main title

The giver

Medium

videorecording

Oclc number

892864216

Responsibility statement

The Weinstein Company ; Walden Media ; produced by Nikki Silver, Jeff Bridges, Neil Koenigsberg ; screenplay by Michael Mitnick & Robert B. Weide ; directed by Phillip Noyce

Runtime

Summary

Jonas is a young man who lives in a supposedly ideal world of conformity and contentment. Yet as he begins to spend time with the Giver, who is the sole keeper of all the community's memories, Jonas quickly begins to discover the dark and deadly truths of his community's secret past and comes to feel that he must escape their world to protect them all; a challenge that no one has ever succeeded at before

Technique

live action

Contributor