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Based on the true story of Solomon Northup. It is 1841, and Northup, an accomplished, free citizen of New York, is kidnapped and sold into slavery. Stripped of his identity and deprived of all dignity, Northup is ultimately purchased by ruthless plantation owner Edwin Epps and must find the strength...

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Uniform Title:12 years a slave (Motion picture)
Corporate Author: FilmFour (Firm)
Other Authors: Ridley, John, 1965- (Screenwriter), Zimmer, Hans (composer (expression)), Pitt, Brad, 1963- (Actor), Ejiofor, Chiwetel, 1977- (Actor), Fassbender, Michael, 1977- (Actor), Cumberbatch, Benedict, 1976- (Actor), Dano, Paul, 1984- (Actor), Giamatti, Paul (Actor), Nyong'o, Lupita (Actor), Paulson, Sarah, 1974- (Actor), Woodard, Alfre, 1953- (Actor), Bobbitt, Sean (director of photography.), Norris, Patricia (Costume designer), Northup, Solomon, 1808-1863?
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Spanish
French
Language Notes:In English (Dolby Digital 5.1), dubbed Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0), or dubbed French (Dolby Digital 2.0); with optional subtitles in Spanish; with optional subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH); optional English descriptive audio track for people with visual disabilities.
Published: ©2013
Subjects:
Northup, Solomon, > 1808-1863? > Drama.
Slaves > United States > Drama.
African Americans > Drama.
Plantation life > Louisiana > History > 19th century > Drama.
Slavery > Louisiana > History > 19th century > Drama.
Kidnapping > United States > Drama.
Historical films.
Biographical films.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
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Summary:Based on the true story of Solomon Northup. It is 1841, and Northup, an accomplished, free citizen of New York, is kidnapped and sold into slavery. Stripped of his identity and deprived of all dignity, Northup is ultimately purchased by ruthless plantation owner Edwin Epps and must find the strength within to survive. Filled with powerful performances by an astonishing cast including Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbener, Benedict Cumberbatch, Brad Pitt, and newcomer Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years a Slave is both an unflinching account of slavery in American history and a celebration of the indomitable power of hope.
Item Description:Originally released as a motion picture in 2013.
Based on the book Twelve years a slave by Solomon Northup.
Special features include The Team, The Score, Sneak peeks.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (approximately 134 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; NTSC; region 1; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0; aspect ratio 2.40:1; dual layer.
Audience:MPAA rating: R, for violence/cruelty, some nudity and brief sexuality.
BBFC raing: 15; contains strong violence, injury detail, sex, nudity, and racist terms.
Awards:Academy Awards, 2014: Best Motion Picture; Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role (Lupita Nyong'o); Best Writing - Adapted Screenplay (John Ridley). Golden Globe, USA, 2014: Best Motion Picture - Drama. BAFTA Awards, 2014: Best Film; Best Leading Actor (Chiwetel Ejiofor). Screen Actors Guild Awards, 2014: Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role (Lupita Nyong'o). AFI Awards, USA, 2014: Move of hte Year. Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror Films, USA, 2014: Saturn Award - Best Independent Film. Acapulco Black Film Festival, 2014: Hollywood Award - Best Actor (Chiwetel Ejiofor); Hollywood Award - Best Screenplay (John Ridley); Hollywood Award - Best Supporting Actress (Lupita Nyong'o); Hollywood Award - Best Director (Steve McQueen). African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA), 2013: Breakthrough Performance (Lupita Nyong'o); Top 10 Films; Best Picture; Best Director (Steve McQueen); Best Screenplay (John Ridley). Alliance of Women Film Journalists, 2013: EDA Award - Best Picture; EDa Award - Best Director (Steven McQueen); EDA Award - Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Lupita Nyong'o); EDA Award - Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (John Ridley); EDA Female Focus Award - Best Breakthough Performance (Lupita Nyong'o); EDA Special Mention Award - Unforgettable Moment Award (for the Solomon hanging sequence). Austin Film Critics Association, 2013: Best Actor (Chiwetel Ejiofor); Best Supporting Actress (Lupita Nyong'o); Best Adapted Screenplay (John Ridley). Australian Film Institute, 2014: AACTA International Award - Best Actor (Chiwetel Ejiofor); AACTA International Award - Best Supporting Actor (Michael Fassbender). BAFTA/LA Britannia Awards, 2013: British Artist of the Year (Benedict Cumberbatch). BET Awards, 2014: Best Movie; Best Actor (Chiwetel Ejiofor); Best Actress (Lupita Nyong'o). Black Reel Awards, 2014: Outstanding Motion Picture; Outstanding Actor, Motion Picture (Chiwetel Ejiofor); Outstanding Supporting Actress, Motion Picture (Lupita Nyong'o); Outstanding Director, Motion Picture (Steve McQueen); Outstanding Screenplay (Adapted or Original), Motion Picture (John Ridley); Outstanding Ensemble (Francine Maisler); Outstanding Score (Hans Zimmer); Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Female (Lupita Nyong'o). Boston Online Film Critics Assocation, 2013: Best Picture; Ten Best Films of the Year; Best Director (Steve McQueen); Best Actor (Chiwetel Ejiofor); Best Supporting Actress (Lupita Nyong'o); Best Editing (Joe Walker); Best Original Score (Hans Zimmer); Best Ensemble. Boston Society of Film Critics Awards, 2013: Best Film; Best Director (Steve McQueen); Best Actor (Chiwetel Ejiofor).
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards, 2014: Critics Choice Award - Best Picture; Critics Choice Award - Best Supporting Actress (Lupita Nyong'o); Best Adapted Screenplay (John Ridley). Capri, Hollywood, 2013: Capri Adapted Screenplay Award (John Ridley); Capri Supporting Actor Award (Michael Fassbender). Central Ohio Film Critics Association, 2014: Best Actor (Chiwetel Ejiofor). Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, 2013: Best Picture; Best Director (Steve McQueen); Best Actor (Chiwetel Ejiofor); Best Supporting Actress (Lupita Nyong'o); Best Adapted Screenplay (John Ridley). Costume Designers Guild Awards, 2014: Excellence in Period Film (Patricia Norris). Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards, 2013: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress (Lupita Nyong'o); Best Screenplay (John Ridley). Empire Awards, UK, 2014: Best Supporting Actor (Michael Fassbender). Florida Film Critics Circle Award, 2013: Best Film; Best Actor (Chiwetel Ejiofor); Best Supporting Actress (Lupita Nyong'o); Best Director (Steve McQueen); Best Adapted Screenplay (John Ridley); Pauline Kael Breakout Award (Lupita Nyong'o). Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association (GALECA), 2014: Dorian Award - Film of the Year. Georgia Film Critics Association (GFCA), 2014: Best Supporting Actor (Michael Fassbender); Best Actor (Chiwetel Ejiofor); Best Supporting Actress (Lupita Nyong'o). Golden Trailer Awards, 2014: Best Independent TV Spot (Fox Searchlight Pictures and Ignition Creative for the TV commerical entitled "Fight Back"); Best Independent Poster (Fox Searchlight Pictures and Ignition Creative for the theatrical release poster). Guardian Film Awards, UK, 2014: Best Director (Steve McQueen). Hamptons Internaitonal Film Festival, 2013: Breakthrough Performer (Lupita Nyong'o). Hollywood Film Festival, 2013: Hollywood Breakthrough Award - Breakthrough Director (Steve McQueen); New Hollywood Award (Lupita Nyong'o). IGN Summer Movie Awards, 2013: Best Movie Actor (Chiwetel Ejiofor). Image Awards, 2014: Outstanding Motion Picture; Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture (Lupita Nyong'o); Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture - Theatrical or Television (John Ridley). Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Steve McQueen). Independent Spirit Awards, 2014: Best Director (Steve McQueen); Best Screenplay (John Ridley); Best Cinematography (Sean Bobbitt); Best Supporting Female (Lupita Nyong'o); Best Feature. Indiana Film Journalists Association, US, 2013: Best Picture; Best Director (Steve McQueen); Best Actor (Chiwetel Ejiofor); Best Musical Score (Hans Zimmer).
Iowa Film Critics Awards, 2014: Best Picture; Best Director (Steve McQueen); Best Actor (Chiwetel Ejiofor); Best Supporting Actor (Michael Fassbender); Best Supporting Actress (Lupita Nyong'o). Irish Film and Television Awards, 2014: Best International Actor (Chiwetel Ejiofor); Best Supporting Actor - Film (Michael Fassbender). Ischia Global Film & Music Festival, 2014: Ischia Actor Award (Chiwetel Ejiofor). Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards, 2014: Best Film; Best Director (Steve McQueen); Best Actor (Chiwetel Ejiofor); Best Supporting Actor (Michael Fassbender); Best Supporting Actress (Lupita Nyong'o); Best Screenplay, Adapted (John Ridley). Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards, 2013: Best Picture; Best Director (Steve McQueen); Best Supporting Actress (Lupita Nyong'o); Best Costume Design (Patricia Norris); Best Score (Hans Zimmer). London Critics Circle Film Awards, 2014: Film of the Year; Actor of the Year (Chiwetel Ejiofor); Supporting Actress of the Year (Lupita Nyong'o). Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, 2013: Best Supporting Actress (Lupita Nyong'o); Special Citation (The Creative Team of 12 years a slave). National Board of Review, USA, 2013: Top Ten Films. New York Film Critics Circle Awards, 2013: Best Director (Steve McQueen). New York Film Critics Circle Award, 2013: Best Director (Steve McQueen). New York Film Critics, Online, 2013: Best Film; Best Actor (Chiwetel Ejiofor); Best Supporting Actress (Lupita Nyong'o). Top Films of the Year. North Texas Film Critics Association, US, 2013: Best Actor (Chiwetel Ejiofor). Online Film & Television Association, 2014: Best Actor (Chiwetel Ejiofor); Best Supporting Actor (Michael Fassbender); Best Supporting Actress (Lupita Nyong'o); Best Breakthrough Performance - Female (Lupita Nyong'o); Best Casting (Francine Maisler); Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium (John Ridley); Best Picture. Online Film Critics Society Awards, 2014: Best Picture; Best Actor (Chiwetel Ejiofor); Best Supporting Actor (Michael Fassbender); Best Supporting Actress (Lupita Nyong'o); Best Adapted Screenplay (John Ridley). PGA Awards, 2014: Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures (Anthony Katagas, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen, Brad Pitt, and Dede Gardner). Palm Springs International Film Festival, 2014: Breakthrough Performance Award (Lupita Nyong'o); Director of the Year Award (Steve McQueen). Phoenix Film Critics Soceity Awards, 2013: Best Picture; Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Lupita Nyong'o); Best Screenplay - Adapted (John Ridley). San Francisco Film Critics Circle, 2013: Best Picture; Best Actor (Chiwetel Ejiofor); Best Screenplay, Adapted (John Ridley). Sant Jordi Awards, 2014: Rosa de Sant Jori Audience Award - Best Foreign Film (Steve McQueen). Satellite Awards, 2013: Best Motion Picture; Best Director (Steve McQueen).
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards, 2013: Best Picture; Best Actor (Chiwetel Ejiofor); Best Supporting Actress (Lupita Nyong'o); Best Director (Steve McQueen); Best Adapted Screenplay (John Ridley). St. Louis Film Critics Association, US, 2013: Best Film; Best Director (Steve McQueen); Best Actor (Chiwetel Ejiofor); Best Supporting Actress (Lupita Nyong'o); Best Adapted Screenplay (John Ridley); Best Cinematography (Sean Bobbitt); Special Merit - for best scence, cinematic technique or other memorable aspect or moment (Chiwetel Ejiofor). Stockholm Film Festival, 2013: Best Music (Hans Zimmer); Bronze Horse - Special Mention - Best Film (Steve McQueen). Toronto International Film Festival, 2013: People's Choice Award (Steve McQueen). USC Scripter Award, 2014: USC Scripter Award (John Ridley and Solomon Northup). Utah Film Critics Association Awards, 2013: Best Actor (Chiwetel Ejiofor). Vancouver Film Critics Circle, 2014: Best Film; Best Director (Steve McQueen). Village Voice Film Poll, 2013: Best Actor (Chiwetel Ejiofor); Best Supporting Actress (Lupita Nyong'o); Best Director (Steve McQueen). Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards, 2013: Best Film; Best Actor (Chiwetel Ejiofor); Best Supporting Actress (Lupita Nyong'o); Best Acting Ensemble; Best Original Score (Hans Zimmer); Best Adapted Screenplay (John Ridley).
Production Credits:Director of photography, Sean Bobbitt ; editor, Joe Walker ; music, Hans Zimmer ; costume designer, Patricia Norris ; production designer, Adam Stockhausen.