North Country (2005)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.2/10   

Director:

Niki Caro

Escritores (WGA):

Michael Seitzman (screenplay)
Clara Bingham (book) ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

21 octubre 2005 (USA)

Género:

Drama

Frase comercial:

All She Wanted Was To Make A Living. Instead She Made History.

Plot:

A fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the United States -- Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines, where a woman who endured a range of abuse while working as a miner filed and won the landmark 1984 lawsuit.

Plot Keywords:

Miner | Mine | Sexual Harassment | Minnesota | Lawsuit

Premios:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 1 win & 11 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

a meaningful story weakened by the script's shortcomings

Reparto

Charlize Theron	...	Josey Aimes
Elle Peterson	...	Karen Aimes
Thomas Curtis	...	Sammy Aimes
Frances McDormand	...	Glory
Sean Bean	...	Kyle
Woody Harrelson	...	Bill White
Jeremy Renner	...	Bobby Sharp
Richard Jenkins	...	Hank Aimes
Sissy Spacek	...	Alice Aimes
James Cada	...	Don Pearson
Rusty Schwimmer	...	Big Betty
Linda Emond	...	Leslie Conlin
Michelle Monaghan	...	Sherry
Brad William Henke	...	Lattavansky
Jillian Armenante	...	Peg

También conocida como:

Class Action (USA) (working title)
Untitled Niki Caro Project (USA) (working title)
En tierra de hombres (Spain) (working title) [es]
Tierra fría (Argentina) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for sequences involving sexual harassment including violence and dialogue, and for language.

Duración:

126 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Clasificación:

USA:R | UK:15 | Ireland:16 | Australia:MA | Japan:R-15 | Singapore:NC-16 | Netherlands:12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Brazil:16 | Argentina:16 | France:U | Sweden:7 | Iceland:12 | Malaysia:18PL | Malaysia:U (cut) | Finland:K-15 | Canada:14A (Ontario) | South Korea:15

Locaciones de Filmación:

Chisholm, Minnesota, USA

Compañía:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivialidades:

The lawsuit which inspired this film was settled in 1998, 10 years after it was first filed and over 20 years after the harassments began.

Errores:

Anacronismos: After Josey moves out of the house, she checks into a motel. A Hypercom T7P integrated credit card terminal is on the counter behind the front desk. That terminal first appeared in the early 1990s.

Citas:

Bill White: [looking at the copious amount of stuffed deer and elk head mounted on the walls of the bar] What is this? A pet cemetery?
Kyle: You got a lot of pet elk in your house?

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en 12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2006) (TV)

Banda de Sonido:

Tell Ol' Bill

a meaningful story weakened by the script's shortcomings

Set in the late 1980's comes the story of Josey Aimes, a small-towner and single mother of two with a sordid past that she's tried for years to put behind her. Living with her parents and wanting to make things better for herself but more importantly for her children, she takes a job at a thriving Minnesota iron mine where only a handful of women work under constant oppression and harassment of their licentious male co-workers. Despite her degrading reputation, the possible consequences, and a working staff that seems unwilling to help, she files a lawsuit determined to reclaim her dignity and bridge the gender gap. Although well-crafted, acted, and based on true events, this oddly never convinces; the plotting and characters are set up far too easily, and the intended dramatic climax doesn't pack any punch. Theron is quite good, so is Jenkins as her stern, conflicted dad, surrounded by a capable cast, but the story fails to rise above the level of convention. **½