Sweet land
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Subjects

LC Subjects
Drama.
Feature films.
Mail order brides -- Minnesota -- Drama.
Man-woman relationships -- Minnesota -- Drama.
Man-woman relationships in motion pictures.
Melodramas (Drama)
Minnesota -- Drama.
Norwegians -- Minnesota -- Drama.
Romance fiction.
Romance films.
Scandinavian Americans -- Minnesota -- Drama.
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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Published
Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2007].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
ISBN
0024543449744
UPC
024543449744

Notes

General Note
Title from container.
General Note
Based on the short story "A gravestone made of wheat" by Will Weaver.
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 2005.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, David Tumblety ; editor, James Stanger ; music, Thomas Lieberman, Mark Orton ; costume designer, Eden Miller ; production deisgner, James Bakkom.
Participants/Performers
Elizabeth Reaser, Tim Guinee, Alan Cumming, John Heard, Alex Kingston, Ned Beatty, Lois Smith, Patrick Heusinger.
Description
Inge is a feisty German mail-order bride who has come to Minnesota to marry Olaf, a young Norwegian immigrant farmer of few words. But in a post-WWI, anti-German climate, the local minister openly forbids the marriage. Inge and Olaf fall in love despite the town's disapproval. But when the town banker attempts to foreclose on the farm of his friend Frandsen, Olaf takes a stand.
Target Audience
MPAA rating: PG; for brief partial nudity and mild language.
System Details
DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital.
Language
Closed-captioned.
Local note
DVD

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Bigham, J., Cumming, A., Selim, A., Reaser, E., Guinee, T., Heard, J., Kingston, A., Beatty, N., Smith, L., Heusinger, P., Weaver, W., Sand, P., Bigham, J., Guinee, T., Beatty, N., Kingston, A., Heard, J., Markell, J., Heusinger, P., Bigham, J., & Selim, A. (2007). Sweet land (Widescreen.). 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Jim. Bigham et al.. 2007. Sweet Land. Beverly Hills, Calif.: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Jim. Bigham et al.. Sweet Land Beverly Hills, Calif.: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2007.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Bigham, J., Cumming, A., Selim, A., Reaser, E., Guinee, T., Heard, J. and Kingston, A. et al (2007). Sweet land. Widescreen. Beverly Hills, Calif.: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Bigham, Jim., et al. Sweet Land Widescreen., 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2007.

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