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The handmaid's tale. Season 1 Cover Image DVD DVD

The handmaid's tale. Season 1

Elisabeth Moss, Yvonne Strahovski, Joseph Fiennes, Alexis Bledel, Madeline Brewer, Ann Dowd, O.T. Fagbenle, Max Minghella, Samira Wiley. (Cast).

Summary: A religion-based autocracy has taken over most of the United States, renaming the country Gilead. In this country women are second-class citizens. Anyone trying to escape is punished. One such person is June, who is captured while trying to escape with her husband and child and is sentenced to be a handmaid, bearing children for childless government officials. As a handmaid, June is renamed Offred. This is her story.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 3 videodiscs (approximately 525 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
    videodisc
  • Publisher: Bevely Hills, CA : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2018]
  • Badges:
    • Top Holds Over Last 5 Years: 4 / 5.0

Content descriptions

General Note:
Based on Margaret Atwood's award-winning, best-selling novel.
Originally made available for online streaming by Hulu in 2017.
Wide screen (1.78:1).
Special features: Script to screen; Hope in Gilead.
Formatted Contents Note: Disc 1: Offred -- Birth day -- Late -- Nolite te bastardes carborundorum -- Disc 2: Faithful -- A woman's place -- The other side -- Jezebels -- Disc 3: The bridge -- Night.
Participant or Performer Note: Elisabeth Moss, Yvonne Strahovski, Joseph Fiennes, Alexis Bledel, Madeline Brewer, Ann Dowd, O.T. Fagbenle, Max Minghella, Samira Wiley.
Target Audience Note:
TV rating: TV-MA.
System Details Note:
DVD, NTSC region 1, widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Language Note:
In English; Spanish and French subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH); closed-captioned.
Awards Note:
2018 Golden Globe Award for best television series, drama.
Source of Description Note:
Title from disc surface.

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Available copies

  • 3 of 3 copies available at Kenton County.

Holds

  • 3 current holds with 3 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Erlanger Branch 791.4572 HANDM TA sea.1 (Text) 33126016568853 DVD Available -
Erlanger Branch 791.4572 HANDM TA sea.1 (Text) 33126021449115 DVD Available -
Independence Branch 791.4572 HANDM TA sea.1 (Text) 33126016568887 DVD Available -

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