DVD
Never let me go.
Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy are best friends who grow up together in the isolated boarding school called Hailsham, with a chilling secret. As children, Kathy is secretly in love with Tommy. Then she sees her best friend Ruth holding Tommy's hand, and is devastated. As adolescents, Tommy and Kathy form a deep connection, only to have Ruth shove them apart with her own romantic demands. As they prepare to leave the school, they learn of their true purpose: each is a clone that will later have their organs harvested for medical purposes. Kathy takes on the role of "Carer," dedicating herself to looking after those being slowly dissected, and eventually Tommy and Ruth prepare to make their first "donations." As the years pass, the group grows apart, before finally reuniting just as both Tommy and Ruth are about to "complete."
Record details
- Physical Description: 1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Publisher: Beverly Hills, CA : Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, [2010]
- Distributor: Beverly Hills, CA : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment LLC, [2010]
- Copyright: ©2010
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Produced as a motion picture in 2010. Based on the novel by Kazuo Ishiguro. Special features: Featurette: The secrets of "Never Let Me Go" (30 min.); director Mark Romanek's on-set photography [slide show] (3 min.); Tommy's art [slide show] (3 min.); National Donor Programme & Hailsham Campaign graphics [slide show] (2 min.); Theatrical trailer (2 min.); Sneak peeks (4 min.). |
| Creation/Production Credits Note: | Cinematography, Adam Kimmel ; production designer, Mark Digby ; editor, Barney Pilling ; music by Rachel Portman ; costume designers, Rachael Fleming, Steven Noble ; executive producers, Alex Garland, Kasuo Ishiguro, Tessa Ross. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Carey Mulligan (Kathy), Andrew Garfield (Tommy), Keira Knightley (Ruth), Isobel Meikle-Small (young Kathy), Ella Purnell (young Ruth), Charlie Rowe (young Tommy), Charlotte Rampling (Miss Emily), Sally Hawkins (Miss Lucy), Nathalie Richard (Madame), Andrea Riseborough (Chrissie), Domhnall Gleeson (Rodney). |
| Target Audience Note: | MPAA rating: Rated R for some sexuality and nudity. |
| System Details Note: | DVD; region 1; NTSC; widescreen presentation, 2.35:1 aspect ratio; 5.1 Dolby Digital surround, 2.0 stereo surround. |
| Language Note: | In English, dubbed Spanish, or dubbed French with optional subtitles in English SDH (English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing) or Spanish; closed captioned. |