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Nim's island [videorecording] / Walden Media ; produced by Paula Mazur ; co-produced by Alan Edward Bell ; screenplay by Joseph Kwong & Paula Mazur and Mark Levin & Jennifer Flackett ; directed by Jennifer Flackett, Mark Levin.

Bell, Alan Edward. (Added Author). Breslin, Abigail, 1996- (Added Author). Butler, Gerard, 1969- (Added Author). Dryburgh, Stuart. (Added Author). Flackett, Jennifer. (Added Author). Foster, Jodie. (Added Author). Kwong, Joseph. (Added Author). Levin, Mark, 1965- (Added Author). Mazur, Paula. (Added Author). Orr, Wendy, 1953- Nim's Island. (Added Author). Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc. (Added Author). Walden Media. (Added Author). Abigail Breslin, Jodie Foster, Gerard Butler. (Cast).

Summary:

"Nim Rusoe lives on a deserted island with her scientist father Jack and her best friends: Selkie, a sea lion; Fred, a bearded dragon lizard; and Galileo, a plucky pelican. But when Jack goes missing at sea and the island is 'invaded, ' Nim reaches out via e-mail to the adventurous author of her favorite books, and together, each discovers what it takes to truly become the hero of your own life story"--Container.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 96 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Widescreen
  • Publisher: Beverly Hills, CA : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, ©2008.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Based on the novel by Wendy Orr.
Dual layer ; widescreen 2.40:1.
English audio: Dolby 5.1 ; Spanish audio: Dolby 2.0 ; French audio: Dolby 2.0.
Special features: Commentary with writer and directors Mark Levin and Jennifer Flackett; commentary with Jodie Foster and Abigail Breslin; "Nim's friends" featurette; "Abigail's journey" featurette; "Working on water" featurette; deleted scenes; theatrical trailers.
Stuart Dryburgh is a New Zealander.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director of photography, Stuart Dryburgh ; editor, Stuart Levy ; music, Patrick Doyle ; costume designer, Jeffrey Kurland ; production designer, Barry Robinson.
Participant or Performer Note:
Abigail Breslin, Jodie Foster, Gerard Butler.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: PG; for mild adventure action and brief language.
System Details Note:
DVD; Colour recording system: NTSC; encoded for region 1.
Language Note:
English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish dialogue, English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Subject: Children's films.
Feature films.
Adventure and adventurers > Fiction.
Email > Fiction.
Islands > Fiction.
Marine animals > Fiction.
Correo electrónico > Teatro.
Padre e hija > Teatro.
Tropics > Fiction.
Genre: Film adaptations.
Action and adventure films.
Adventure films.
Comedy films.
Comedy films.
Feature films.
Feature films.
Film adaptations.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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  • 43 of 46 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 0 of 1 copy available at Carteret County Public Library.

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