Children of men

Resource Information

The work Children of men represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Endeavor Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Children of men

Statement of responsibility

Universal Pictures ; Strike Entertainment ; Hit & Run Productions ; Quietus Productions, Ltd. ; produced by Marc Abraham ... [et al.] ; screenplay by Alfonso Cuarón ... [et al.] ; directed by Alfonso Cuarón

Contributor

• Abraham, Marc, 1949 May 28-
• Arata, David
• Caine, Michael
• Cuarón, Alfonso
• Fergus, Mark
• Lubezki, Emmanuel
• Moore, Julianne
• Newman, Eric
• Ostby, Hawk
• Owen, Clive
• Sexton, Timothy J., 1959-
• Shor, Hilary
• Smith, Iain, 1949-
• Smith, Tony

Subject

• Action and adventure films
• Action and adventure films
• Adventure -- Feature
• Adventure films
• Birth intervals
• Detective and mystery films
• Extinction (Biology)
• Fertility, Human
• Human rights workers -- England | London
• London (England)
• Population
• Pregnant women -- England | London
• Science fiction -- Feature
• Science fiction films
• Science fiction films
• Suspense films
• Thriller -- Feature
• Videodiscs for the hearing impaired

Genre

• Action and adventure films
• Adventure
• Adventure films
• Detective and mystery films
• Science fiction
• Science fiction films
• Suspense films
• Thriller
• Videodiscs for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng

Summary

The world's youngest citizen has just died at 18, and humankind is facing the likelihood of its own extinction. Set in and around a dystopian London fractious with violence and warring nationalistic sects, Children of Men follows the unexpected discovery of a lone pregnant woman and the desperate journey to deliver her to safety and restore faith for a future beyond those presently on Earth

Awards note

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

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Emmanuel Lubezki ; editors, Alfonso Cuarón, Alex Rodríguez ; music, John Tavener ; costume designer, Jany Temime ; production designers, Jim Clay, Geoffrey Kirkland ; special effects supervisor, Paul Corbould ; visual effects supervisors, Frazer Churchill, Timothy Webber

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: R; for strong violence, language, some drug use and brief nudity

Language note

Subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH); dialogue in English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 5.1) or Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1) with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish

LC call number

PN1995.9.S87

LC item number

C4553746 2007

PerformerNote

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

Runtime

110

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action