Snowpiercer [videorecording] / Radius-TWC, the Weinstein Company and CJ Entertainment present ; in association with Union Investment Partners ; producers, Tae Sung Jeong, Steven Nam ; produced by Park Chan-Wook, Lee Tae Hun ; screen story by Bong Joon Ho ; screenplay by Bong Joon Ho and Kelly Masterson ; directed by Bong Joon Ho.

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

[DVD]

Beverly Hills, CA : Anchor Bay Entertainment, [2014]

©2014

©2014

2 videodiscs (126 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

digital optical

laser optical

video file DVD video

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.

MPAA rating: R; for violence, language and drug content.

DVD; region 1; anamorphic widescreen (1.78:1) presentation.

Chris Evans, Song Kang Ho, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell, Octavia Spencer, Ewen Bremner, Ko Asung, Alison Pill, Vlad Ivanov, Luke Pasqualino, John Hurt, Ed Harris.

Music by Marco Beltrami ; cinematographer, Hong Kyung Pyo ; editor, Steve M. Choe, Changju Kim ; screen story by Bong Joon Ho.

English or Korean (Dolby Digital 5.1) dialogue; Spanish or English subtitles; English SDH (subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Lob, Jacques, 1932- -- Film adaptations.

Railroad trains -- Drama.

Social classes -- Drama.

Disasters -- Drama.

Weather control -- Drama.

Environmental disasters -- Drama.

Feature films.

Fiction films.

Action and adventure films.

Science fiction films.

Dystopian films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Pong, Chun-ho, 1969- film director.

Evans, Chris, 1981- actor.

Swinton, Tilda, actor.

Bell, Jamie, 1986- actor.

Song, Kang-ho, 1967- actor.

Motion picture adaptation of (work): Lob, Jacques, 1932- Transperceneige.

Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc. film distributor.

RADiUS TWC (Firm) presenter.

Weinstein Company. presenter.

Moho Film (Firm) production company.

Opus Pictures production company.

Union Investment Partners.

CJ Ent'ŏt'einmŏnt'ŭ (Firm)

Title from disc surface.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2013.

Special features: Critics' commentary hosted by Scott Weinberg; 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; Transperceneige: from the blank page to the black screen.

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