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2 videodiscs (126 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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The film is set in the future (AD 2031) where, after a failed experiment to stop global warming, an ice age kills off all life on the planet except for the inhabitants of the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe and is powered by a sacred perpetual-motion engine. Its inhabitants are divided by class; the lower-class passengers in one of the last cars stage an uprising, moving car by car up to the front of the train, where the oppressive rich and powerful ride
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2013
Special features: Critics' commentary hosted by Scott Weinbert; The birth of Snowpiercer; The characters; animated prologue; Concept art galleries; Chris Evans & Tilda Swinton on Snowpiercer; The train brought to life: behind the scenes of a special screening; Transper ceneige: from the blank page to the black screen
Music by Marco Baltrami
Chris Evans, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell, John Hurt, Ed Harris
Rating: R; for violence, language and drug content
DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1
English or Korean dialogue; Spanish or English subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing