Release Date: 4/17/2001 Original Release: 1979 Format: DVD Length: 117 minutes Rating:PG (MPAA) Rating Reason: (Reason unavailable) UPC: 024543013747 Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainm
Dramas, Social Issues, Poverty, Theatrical Release, Essential Cinema
Description
Set in the industrial South and based on a true story, Martin Ritt's NORMA RAE is a moving portrait of a woman's fight to improve both her own life and the deplorable conditions that exist in the mill where she works. Norma Rae (Sally Field) has worked at the textile mill for years, but when a union organizer from New York comes to town, Norma takes on the hostility of the mill's management and the apathy of her coworkers to try to unionize the mill. Field plays Norma Rae as a passionate woman who realizes her own potential and her need to rebel against the status quo. She is also infuriated by the conditions at the mill. When Norma, uneducated and poor, finally expresses her disgust with life at the mill, it is an electrifying moment, and Field radiates this energy for the rest of the film, providing an emotional core and drive that gives the picture its power.
DVD Features
Region 1 Keep Case Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35 Letterbox - 2.35 Audio: Dolby Digital Mono 2.0 - English, French Dolby Surround - English Additional Release Material: Featurette: "Backstory: NORMA RAE" Trailers: 1. Original Theatrical Trailer 2. Bonus Trailers Interactive Features: Interactive Menus Scene Selection
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