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Adoration /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublication details: Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2009]Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 1435983785
Uniform titles:
  • Adoration (Motion picture : 2008)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Paul Sarossy ; editor, Susan Shipton ; music, Mychael Danna.
Cast: Arsinée Khanijian, Scott Speedman, Rachel Blanchard, Noam Jenkins, Devon Bostick, Kenneth Welsh.Summary: Simon is a young orphan being raised by his uncle Tom. As his grandfather lay dying, Simon discovers how racist and backwards his uncle is. Simon's grandfather hated Simon's father and claims that he intentionally killed Simon's mother in a car crash. Simon's family narrative is cleverly knit into a news story presented to Simon by his high school French teacher as a translation exercise. The article is read by the teacher about an attempted bombing of an aircraft by a man who put explosives in his pregnant wife's luggage. Simon gets the idea to translate the story and write it from the perspective of the child in the woman's womb. The teacher encourages Simon to develop his story, present it to the class and to the world via the Internet as if he really was that child. The narrative of the car crash and the attempted bombing of the plane become intertwined as a way for the characters to deal with their past experiences. Simon's story takes a twist that involves everyone in his life.
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Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room BLU-00590 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050316090

Title from container.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2008.

Special features: Deleted scenes; an interview with Atom Egoyan; "The making of Adoration" featurette; "The fabulous picture show" featurette; "The violin shop" featurette; "Take three" featurette.

MPAA rating: R; for language.

Blu-ray disc, regions A, B and C, widescreen (1.78:1); Dolby DTS HD Master 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, BD-Live enabled, 1080p High Defintion ; (Special features: Dolby Digital stereo., standard definition).

This Blu-ray disc will not play in standard DVD players.

This Blu-ray disc is copy protected.

English (DTS HD 5.1, Dolby stereo.), dubbed Portuguese (DTS HD 5.1) or dubbed Spanish (Dolby 5.1) dialogue, English Portuguese or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.

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