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Steve McQueen's 12 YEARS A SLAVE stars Chiwetel Ejifor as Solomon Northup, a free black man in 1840s America. He makes his living as a fiddle player, and his wife is a teacher. He is captured by a pair of nefarious white men, and soon finds himself on a ship headed to New Orleans where he is informed he will be called Platt and is sold into slavery by an unscrupulous businessman (Paul Giamatti).

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ProducerDede Gardner, Steve Mcqueen, Arnon Milchan

EAN5030305517229

eBay Product ID (ePID)20048558948

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ActorDwight Henry, Quvenzhane Wallis, Bryan Batt, Paul Giamatti, Michael Fassbender, Paul Dano, Michael Kenneth Williams, Sarah Paulson, Brad Pitt, Scoot Mcnairy, Alfre Woodard, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Benedict Cumberbatch

Film/TV Title12 Years a Slave

DirectorSteve Mcqueen

LanguageEnglish

Subtitle LanguageEnglish

Run Time134 Mins

Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen

Release Year2014

FormatDVD

FeaturesTHE TEAM: Meet the creative minds assembled by director Steve McQueen to bring Solomon Northup's journey to life.\THE SCORE: Follow film composer Hans Zimmer creating his dramatic score., Widescreen, With Subtitles

GenreDrama, Period

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Number of Discs1

Certificate15

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America

ComposerHans Zimmer

AwardsBest Film 2014 -, Best Screenplay Based On Material Previously Produced Or Published 2014 - John Ridley, Best Motion Picture - Drama 2014 -, Best Actor 2014 - Chiwetel Ejiofor, Best Picture 2014 -

Additional InformationSteve McQueen's 12 YEARS A SLAVE stars Chiwetel Ejifor as Solomon Northup, a free black man in 1840s America. He makes his living as a fiddle player, and his wife is a teacher. He is captured by a pair of nefarious white men, and soon finds himself on a ship headed to New Orleans where he is informed he will be called Platt and is sold into slavery by an unscrupulous businessman (Paul Giamatti). As he toils away for the kindhearted but conflicted plantation owner Mr. Ford (Benedict Cumberbatch), who recognizes that Platt is both educated and an artist, he butts heads with Ford's underlings, especially the casually cruel Tibeats (Paul Dano). After they have a violent altercation, Ford fears for his slave's life and sells him to Mr. Epps (Michael Fassbender), an alcoholic sadist who owns a cotton plantation. Though Epps reads from the bible to his property, as he frequently refers to his slaves, he is himself not immune to sins of the flesh. He has taken the young Patsey (Lupita Nyong'o) - his best cotton picker -- as his lover, and this doesn't sit well at all with his severe wife (Sarah Paulson), whose particular hatred for blacks and her jealousy fuels her many degrading actions toward Patsey. Solomon bides his time, attempts to preserve a modicum of self-respect, and waits for the chance to reclaim his rightful name as well as his family.

ReviewsPhiladelphia Inquirer - ItÆs well-staged, well-acted, all the right people die in the end., NPR - It is Ejiofor ù bewildered, sorely tested, morally towering ù whose staggered dignity anchors the film., The Globe and Mail (Toronto) - Far from the push-button catharsis offered by most Hollywood redemption tales, the work is sober and deliberate, a mix of visceral intensity and artful design.

ScreenwriterJohn Ridley

CinematographerSean Bobbitt

Sound sourceDolby Digital

EditorJoe Walker

Movie/TV Title12 Years A Slave

Consumer AdviceContains strong violence, injury detail, sex, nudity and racist terms