Snowpiercer /

The film is set in the future (AD 2031) where, after a failed experiment to stop global warming, an ice age kills off all life on the planet except for the inhabitants of the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe and is powered by a sacred perpetual-motion engine. Its inhabitants are di...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Snowpiercer (Motion picture)
Other Authors:	Pong, Chun-ho, 1969- (Screenwriter), Masterson, Kelly (Screenwriter), Evans, Chris, 1981- (Actor), Song, Kang-ho, 1967- (Actor), Swinton, Tilda (Actor), Bell, Jamie, 1986- (Actor), Spencer, Octavia (Actor), Bremner, Ewen (Actor), Ko, A-sŏng, 1992- (Actor), Hurt, John, 1940-2017 (Actor), Harris, Ed, 1950- (Actor), Beltrami, Marco (composer (expression)), Hong, Kyŏng-pʻyo (Cinematographer), Lob, Jacques, 1932-1990
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English with optional English subtitles; closed-captioned.
Published:	Beverly Hills, CA : Anchor Bay Entertainment, [2014]
Subjects:	Railroad trains > Drama. Social classes > Drama. Weather control > Drama. Environmental disasters > Drama. Lob, Jacques, > 1932-1990 Environmental disasters. Railroad trains. Social classes. Weather control. Action and adventure films. Drama. Feature films. Fiction films. Film adaptations. Science fiction films.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Swank Digital Campus)

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Summary:	The film is set in the future (AD 2031) where, after a failed experiment to stop global warming, an ice age kills off all life on the planet except for the inhabitants of the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe and is powered by a sacred perpetual-motion engine. Its inhabitants are divided by class; the lower-class passengers in one of the last cars stage an uprising, moving car by car up to the front of the train, where the oppressive rich and powerful live.
Item Description:	Based on the graphic novel "Le transperceneige" by Jacques Lob, Benjamin Legrand and Jean-Marc Rochette Originally produced as a motion picture in 2013.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (2 video files (126 min.)) : sound, color
Audience:	MPAA rating: R.
Production Credits:	Music by Marco Beltrami ; cinematographer, Hong Kyung Pyo ; edited by Changju Kim and Steve M. Choe ; screen story by Bong Joon Ho.