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The hunger games / , United States - Santa Monica, Calif. : Lions Gate Home Entertainment, [2012] - 1 videodisc (142 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Based on the novel by Suzanne Collins. Originally released as a motion picture in 2012.

Disc 1. Feature film -- Disc 2. Special features.

Director of photography, Tom Stern ; production designer, Philip Messina ; edited by Stephen Mirrione, Juliette Welfling ; costume designer, Judianna Makovsky ; music by James Newton Howard. Director of photography, Tom Stern ; production designer, Philip Messina ; edited by Stephen Mirrione, Juliette Welfling ; costume designer, Judianna Makovsky ; music by James Newton Howard.

Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Lenny Kravitz, Stanley Tucci, Donald Sutherland, Wes Bentley, Toby Jones, Alexander Ludwig, Isabelle Fuhrman, Amandla Stenberg.

Set in a future where the Capitol selects a boy and girl from the twelve districts to fight to the death on live television. Katniss Everdeen volunteers to take her younger sister's place for the latest match.

Rating: PG-13; for intense violent thematic material and disturbing images - all involving teens.


DVD, NTSC; 16x9 widescreen 2.40:1; 2.0 Dolby Digital, 5.1 Dolby Digital.


English or dubbed Spanish dialogue; optional Spanish or English subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Teen Choice Awards, 2012: Choice Movie Actor: Sci-Fi/Fantasy (Josh Hutcherson), Choice Movie Actress: Sci-Fi/Fantasy (Jennifer Lawrence), Choice Movie Fight/Action Sequence, Choice Movie Liplock (Josh Hutcherson, Jennifer Lawrence), Choice Movie Villain (Alexander Ludwig), Choice Movie: Male Scene Stealer (Liam Hemsworth), Choice Movie: Sci-Fi/Fantasy (Josh Hutcherson), Film: Choice Chemistry (Amandla Stenberg, Jennnifer Lawrence) People's Choice Awards, 2013: Favorite Action Movie, Favorite Face of Heroism (Jennifer Lawrence), Favorite Movie, Favorite Movie Franchise, Favorite On-Screen Chemistry (Josh Hutcherson, Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth MTV Movie Awards, 2012 : Best Female Performance (Jennifer Lawrence), Best Fight (Josh Hutcherson, Jennifer Lawrence, Alexander Ludwig), Best Male Performance (Josh Hutcherson), Best On-Screen Transformation (Elizabeth Banks) Grammy Award, Best Song Written for Visual Media (for the song "Safe & sound") Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards, Critics Choice Award, 2013

Standard No.: 031398155492

Publisher. No.: 32739 Lions Gate Home Entertainment

Subjects--Personal Names:
Collins, Suzanne--Film adaptations.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Contests--Drama.
Survival--Drama.
Reality television programs--Drama.
Interpersonal relations--Drama.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Feature films--United States.
Apocalyptic films.
Drama.
Dystopian films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Dystopian films.
Apocalyptic films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

LC Class. No.: PN1997.2.C66

Dewey Class. No.: 791.4372