A monster calls

Ness, Patrick, 1971- (Added Author). Bayona, J. A. (Juan Antonio) (Added Author). Atienza, Belen (Atienza Azcona), 1970- (Added Author). MacDougall, Lewis, 2002- (Added Author). Weaver, Sigourney, 1949- (Added Author). Jones, Felicity. (Added Author). Kebbell, Toby. (Added Author). Neeson, Liam. (Added Author). Moor, Ben, 1969- (Added Author). Melville, James. (Added Author). Lim, Jennifer, 1980- (Added Author). Faura, Óscar. (Added Author). Vilaplana, Bernat. (Added Author). Martí, Jaume, 1975- (Added Author). Velázquez, Fernando, 1976- (Added Author). Dowd, Siobhan. (Added Author). Ness, Patrick, 1971- Motion picture adaptation of (work): Monster calls. (Added Author). Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author). Focus Features. (Added Author). River Road Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author). Participant Media. (Added Author). Apaches Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author). Telecinco Cinema. (Added Author). La Trini (Firm) (Added Author). Lewis MacDougall, Sigourney Weaver, Felicity Jones, Toby Kebbell, and Liam Neeson as The Monster ; Ben Moor, James Melville, Jennifer Lim. (Cast).

Twelve-year-old Conor, dealing with his mother's illness, a less-than-sympathetic grandmother, and bullying classmates, finds a most unlikely ally when a monster appears at his bedroom window. Ancient, wild, and relentless, the monster guides Conor on a journey of courage, faith, and truth.

DVD - 2017

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Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Drama.
Fantasy films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Video recordings.

Physical Description videodisc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher Universal City, CA : Focus Features, [2017]
Distributor Universal City, CA : distributed by Universal Studios Home Entertainment.
Copyright ©2017

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General Note:	Based upon the children's novel by Patrick Ness from an original idea from Siobhan Dowd. Orignally released as a motion picture in 2016. Widescreen. Special features: Deleted scenes, The making of "A monster calls", Making of the tales, English feature commentary with writer Patrick Ness, Spanish feature commentary with director J.A. Bayona. GMD: videodisc.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, Oscar Faura ; editors, Bernat Vilaplana, Jaume Marti ; music, Fernando Velazquez.
Participant or Performer Note:	Lewis MacDougall, Sigourney Weaver, Felicity Jones, Toby Kebbell, and Liam Neeson as The Monster ; Ben Moor, James Melville, Jennifer Lim.
Target Audience Note:	Rating: PG-13; for thematic content and some scary images.
System Details Note:	DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; anamorphic widescreen 2.40:1 ; Described video ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround ; Dolby digital 2.0 stereo; dual layer.
Language Note:	English, Spanish or French dialogue; Spanish or French subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing; English SDH described video.

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Focus Features clearly original

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