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The Resource The handmaid's tale, Season one, Daniel Wilson Productions, Inc. ; The Littlefield Company ; White Oak Pictures ; MGM Television ; Hulu Originals ; producers, Margaret Atwood, Elisabeth Moss ; created by Bruce Miller

The handmaid's tale, Season one, Daniel Wilson Productions, Inc. ; The Littlefield Company ; White Oak Pictures ; MGM Television ; Hulu Originals ; producers, Margaret Atwood, Elisabeth Moss ; created by Bruce Miller

Creator
Contributor
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
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
Work
Publication
Extent
3 videodiscs (approximately 525 minutes)
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  • Originally made available for online streaming by Hulu in 2017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
Contents
  • 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
Isbn
9786317122536
Instance
Label
The handmaid's tale, Season one
Title
The handmaid's tale
Title number
Season one
Statement of responsibility
Daniel Wilson Productions, Inc. ; The Littlefield Company ; White Oak Pictures ; MGM Television ; Hulu Originals ; producers, Margaret Atwood, Elisabeth Moss ; created by Bruce Miller
Title variation
  • Handmaid's tale
  • Handmaid's tale
Creator
Contributor
Actor
Creator
Production company
Publisher
Television producer
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
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
Awards note
2018 Golden Globe Award for best television series, drama.
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/collectionName
Handmaid's tale (Television program)
Dewey number
791.45/75
Intended audience
TV rating: TV-MA
Language note
In English; Spanish and French subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH); closed-captioned
LC call number
PN1992.77
LC item number
.H36 2018
PerformerNote
Elisabeth Moss, Yvonne Strahovski, Joseph Fiennes, Alexis Bledel, Madeline Brewer, Ann Dowd, O.T. Fagbenle, Max Minghella, Samira Wiley
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1982-
  • 1939-
  • 1982-
  • 1970-
  • 1981-
  • 1992-
  • 1980-
  • 1985-
  • 1939-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Miller, Bruce
  • Moss, Elisabeth
  • Atwood, Margaret
  • Strahovski, Yvonne
  • Fiennes, Joseph
  • Bledel, Alexis
  • Brewer, Madeline
  • Dowd, Ann
  • Fagbenle, O-T
  • Minghella, Max
  • Wiley, Samira
  • Atwood, Margaret
  • Daniel Wilson Productions
  • Littlefield Company
  • White Oak Pictures
  • MGM-TV
  • Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
Runtime
525
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Theocracy
  • Misogyny
  • Pregnancy
  • Man-woman relationships
  • Infertility
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Label
The handmaid's tale, Season one, Daniel Wilson Productions, Inc. ; The Littlefield Company ; White Oak Pictures ; MGM Television ; Hulu Originals ; producers, Margaret Atwood, Elisabeth Moss ; created by Bruce Miller
Instantiates
Publication
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
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
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
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
3 videodiscs (approximately 525 minutes)
Isbn
9786317122536
Isbn Type
: DVD
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
  • 883904360995
  • 883904361008
  • 883904360995
  • 00883904360995
  • 883904360995
  • 883904360995
  • 883904360995
  • 883904360995
  • 883904360995
  • 883904360995
Other physical details
sound, color
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
  • 12040627
  • 12040627
  • 12040627
  • 12040627
Publisher number
  • M136099
  • 12040627
  • M136099A
  • 12040627
  • 12040627
  • 12040627
  • 12040627
  • 12040627
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (OCoLC)on1022190283
  • (Sirsi) o1022190283
  • (OCoLC)1022190283
  • (OCoLC)on1022190283
  • (Sirsi) o1022190283
  • (OCoLC)1022190283
System details
DVD, NTSC region 1; widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1
Video recording format
DVD
Label
The handmaid's tale, Season one, Daniel Wilson Productions, Inc. ; The Littlefield Company ; White Oak Pictures ; MGM Television ; Hulu Originals ; producers, Margaret Atwood, Elisabeth Moss ; created by Bruce Miller
Publication
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
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
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
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
3 videodiscs (approximately 525 minutes)
Isbn
9786317122536
Isbn Type
: DVD
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
  • 883904360995
  • 883904361008
  • 883904360995
  • 00883904360995
  • 883904360995
  • 883904360995
  • 883904360995
  • 883904360995
  • 883904360995
  • 883904360995
Other physical details
sound, color
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
  • 12040627
  • 12040627
  • 12040627
  • 12040627
Publisher number
  • M136099
  • 12040627
  • M136099A
  • 12040627
  • 12040627
  • 12040627
  • 12040627
  • 12040627
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (OCoLC)on1022190283
  • (Sirsi) o1022190283
  • (OCoLC)1022190283
  • (OCoLC)on1022190283
  • (Sirsi) o1022190283
  • (OCoLC)1022190283
System details
DVD, NTSC region 1; widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1
Video recording format
DVD

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