North Country [WS]

Director: Niki Caro, Charlize Theron, Elle Peterson, Sean Bean, Woody Harrelson

Overview

A fictionalized account of one of America's most groundbreaking sexual harassment lawsuits comes to the screen in this hard-hitting drama. In the late '80s, Josey Aimes (Charlize Theron) fled her abusive husband, and needed to find a way to support her two children. Aimes returned to her hometown in Minnesota and followed the lead of her old friend Glory (Frances McDormand), who had bucked tradition and found a job in the iron mines that had long provided employment for much of the community. Aimes found honest labor and a living wage working the mines, but she also discovered she was working with men who were uncomfortable working with women (whose right to work in the mines had been mandated by law almost 15 years prior), and didn't care to show them much respect. However, as Aimes found herself the growing target of sexist jokes and abhorrent behavior, she found that many of her female co-workers were reluctant to stand beside her, afraid of losing a good-paying job at a time when they were increasingly hard to find. But as a personal crisis became a public war of words, Aimes became the center of a nationwide controversy when she attempted to file a class action sexual harassment suit against the mine owners, which put her and her family in a position of scrutiny beyond her worst expectations. North Country also stars Sean Bean, Sissy Spacek, and Woody Harrelson.

Product Details

Release Date:	08/29/2006
UPC:	0012569593404
Original Release:	2005
Rating:	R
Source:	Warner Home Video
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Letterbox]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	2:06:00
Sales rank:	26,803

Special Features

Closed Caption;Making-of documentary; stories from the North Country; Additional scenes; Theatrical trailer; Languages: English & Fran?ais (Dubbed in Quebec); Subtitles: English, Fran?ais & Espa?ol (Feature Film Only)

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Charlize Theron	Josey Aimes
Elle Peterson	Karen Aimes,Union Member No. 2,Karen Aimes
Thomas Curtis	Sammy Aimes
Frances McDormand	Glory
Sean Bean	Kyle
Woody Harrelson	Bill White
Jeremy Renner	Bobby Sharp
Richard Jenkins	Hank Aimes
Sissy Spacek	Alice Aimes
James Cada	Don Pearson,Actor
Rusty Schwimmer	Big Betty
Linda Emond	Leslie Conlin
Michelle Monaghan	Sherry,Actor
Brad William Henke	Lattavansky,Actor
Jillian Armenante	Peg
Amber Heard	Young Josey
John Aylward	Judge Halsted
Xander Berkeley	Arlen Pavich
Corey Stoll	Ricky Sennett
Cole Williams	Young Bobby
Bryan Fagerstrom	Mac
Chris Mulkey	Earl Slangley
Aaron Shiver	Young Male Doctor,Young Male Doctor
Clif Stokes	Good Guy
Boots Southerland	Guy No. 2
John Hardman	Guy No. 3
Forrest Norgaard	Mac's Buddy
Sage Coy	Stacey
Marcus Chait	Wayne,Wayne
Dennis E. Garber	Real Estate Agent
Alex Layton	Number 3
Jacqueline Wright	Bobby's Wife
Catherine Campion	Stacey's Mom
Tom Bower	Gray Suchett
David Lislegard	Union Member No. 1
Pete Pellinen	Union Member No. 3
Bruce Bohne	Union Member No. 4
Todd Anderson	Semen Man,Semen Man
Kit Gwin	Larynx Nurse
Patrick McDowell	Priest
Raye Birk	Tom Motel Clerk
Sally Wingert	Kay Stollman
Katherine Ferrand	Sally Bullavina
Curtis Plagge	Burly Miner
Marc Miles	Digger Driver
J.C. Cutler	Union Rep No. 1
Gus Lynch	Pete Union Rep
Mark Sivertsen	Bailiff No. 1
Rand Kennedy	Bailiff No. 2
J.D. Garfield	Porta Guy #1
Drama	Actor
Ricardo Andres	Actor
Jonathan Lane	Actor
Monsignor Patrick McDowell	Priest
Elle Petersen	Actor
Linda Edmond	Actor
Gustavo Santaolalla	Composer
Gustavo Santaolaya	Composer

Technical Credits

Michael Seitzman

Clara Bingham

Michael Seitzman	Screenwriter
Nick Wechsler	Producer
Helen Buck Bartlett	Producer,Executive Producer
Doug Claybourne	Producer,Executive Producer
Nana Greenwald	Producer,Executive Producer
Jeff Skoll	Producer,Executive Producer
Valerie Flueger Veras	Producer
Nicole Hansen	Special Effects
Joel Hobbie	Special Effects
Petra Bach	Sound Effects
Clara Bingham	Screenwriter
Scott Cosgrove	Stunts
Mali Finn	Casting
Lena Fennema	Stunts
Alisa Hensley-Lane	Stunts
Al Laverde	Key Grip
Shawn Robinson	Stunts
Danny Wynands	Stunts
William Sarokin	Sound/Sound Designer
Valerie Flueger	Producer

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- North Country
1. Not Coming Back [3:10]
2. Disappointments [4:18]
3. Job at the Mine [5:45]
4. Where They're Not Wanted [3:33]
5. On the Job [3:58]
6. Pranks and Putdowns [4:49]
7. Take it Like a Man [6:48]
8. A Night Out [7:09]
9. Conveyer #4 [7:04]
10. A Few Differences [2:40]
11. Hockey Game Slander [6:36]
12. Where's Our Respect? [3:23]
13. Meeting With Person [4:51]
14. Like a Bull-Headed Teenager [:25]
15. Learn the Rules [4:41]
16. Deaf Ears [3:03]
17. I Want a Lawyer [3:09]
18. Other Plaintiffs Needed [5:08]
19. A Mother Rebels [5:04]
20. Union Meeting [4:35]
21. Covered in Soot [6:35]
22. Student/Teacher Relationship [1:48]
23. A Lot of Work to Hate [5:25]
24. You Were Mine [4:15]
25. Yellow-Ice Witness [3:15]
26. I Stand With Josey [3:47]
27. Behind the Wheel [2:35]
28. Coda, Dedication and End Credits [1:44]

Menu

Disc #1 -- North Country
Play Movie
Scene Selections
Special Features
Stories From the North Country
Additional Scenes
Theatrical Trailer
Languages
Spoken Languages: English 5.1
Spoken Languages: Français 5.1 (Doublé Au Québec)
Subtitles: English
Subtitles: Français
Subtitles: Español
Subtitles: Off
Web Info

Editorial Reviews

Determined to take control of her life, single mom Josey Aimes (Charlize Theron) leaves her abusive boyfriend and moves back to the Minnesota mining town where she grew up. With opportunities scarce, she takes a job in the mines, only to find the workplace dangerous, dirty, and demeaning. Inspired by the first real-life class-action suit brought for sexual harassment, North Country provides Theron yet another meaty role that, like her Oscar-winning turn in Monster, sullies her glamour-puss persona. She didn't gain 30 pounds to play Josey, but she's no cover girl, either. Theron's ability to immerse herself in the role of a working-class single mother makes this film utterly convincing. New Zealand-born Whale Rider director Niki Caro replicates an oppressive workplace in which the few women workers are daily subjected to profanity, ridicule, and worse. Josey, being somewhat more attractive than the others, gets singled out for more blatant pestering and fights back the only way she knows how. You can't help but sympathize with her when she hires local lawyer Bill White (Woody Harrelson) to level harassment charges at her persecutors in court. Even her own father (Richard Jenkins), a mineworker himself, doesn't seem very sympathetic to her plight, and union rep Glory (Frances McDormand) is initially reluctant to get involved. Granted, Caro stacks the deck to make most of the male mineworkers particularly repugnant and the women all terrified victims, rendering North Country an unyielding catalyst for outrage. Caro's skill and the sterling performances of a stellar cast make it a particularly compelling two hours of cinema.