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Special features: New audio commentary featuring Fukunaga and first assistant director Jon Mallard; New documentary on the development and making of the film, featuring interviews with Fukunaga, author Uzodinma Iweala, actors Idris Elba and Abraham Attah, and producers Amy Kaufman, Daniela Taplin Lundberg, and Riva Marker; New conversation between Fukunaga and producer and cultural commentator Franklin Leonard; New interview with costume designer Jenny Eagan; Trailer; Plus: an essay by film critic Robert Daniels. |
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Based on the novel by Uzodinma Iweala. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 2015. |
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English audio ; English descriptive audio. |
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SDH-subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| Credits |
Music by Dan Romer ; production designer, Inbal Weinberg ; costume designer, Jenny eagan ; editors, Mikkel E. G. Nielsen, Peter Beaudreau ; director of photography, Cary Joji Fukunaga. |
| Cast |
Abraham Attah, Idris Elba, Emmanuel Affadzi, Emmanuel Nii Adom Quaye, Jude Akuwudike, Kurt Egyiawan. |
| Summary |
The nightmare of war is seen through the eyes of one of its most tragic casualties, a child soldier, in this harrowing vision of innocence lost from Cary Joji Fukunaga. Based on the acclaimed novel by Uzodinma Iweala and starring Idris Elba. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| System details |
DVD ; region 1, NTSC ; (2.39:1) widescreen presentation, 5.1 Dolby digital, 5.1 surround, English descriptive audio. |
| Subject |
Child soldiers -- Africa, West -- Drama.
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Children and war -- Africa, West -- Drama.
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Children and violence -- Africa, West -- Drama.
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Civil war -- Africa, West -- Drama.
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| Genre |
DVD-Video discs.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
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| Series |
Criterion Collection ; 1091
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| Add'l Names |
Fukunaga, Cary Joji, 1977- director.
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Iweala, Uzodinma, author, producer.
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Attah, Abraham, 2001- actor.
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Nii Adom Quaye, Emmanuel, actor.
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Affadzi, Emmanuel, actor.
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Elba, Idris, actor.
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Akuwudike, Jude, actor.
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Egyiawan, Kurt, actor.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Iweala, Uzodinma.
Beasts of no nation.
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| Other corporate author |
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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| ISBN |
9781681438726
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| STANDARD # |
715515263610 |
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CC3290DDVD The Criterion Collection |
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