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Nim's island

Author: Paula MazurAlan Edward BellMurray PopeJoseph KwongMark LevinAll authors
Publisher: Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2008]
Series: Fox Family Features
Edition/Format:   DVD video : NTSC color broadcast system : English : [Full screen ed.]View all editions and formats
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Nim Rusoe is a young girl who inhabits an isolated island with her scientist father and communicates, via e-mail, with the reclusive author of the novel she has been reading. Nim's existence mirrors that of her favorite literary character, Alex Rover, the world's greatest adventurer. But Alexandra, the author of the Rover books, leads a reclusive life in the big city. When Nim's father goes missing from the island,  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Feature films
Adventure films
Comedy films
Action and adventure films
Children's films
Film adaptations
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Adventure
Comedy
Youth
Family
Drama
Teatro
Named Person: Wendy Orr
Material Type: Videorecording
Document Type: Visual material
All Authors / Contributors: Paula Mazur; Alan Edward Bell; Murray Pope; Joseph Kwong; Mark Levin; Jennifer Flackett; Abigail Breslin; Jodie Foster; Gerard Butler; Wendy Orr; Walden Media.; Selkie Productions.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
OCLC Number: 230761914
Language Note: English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish dialogue, with optional English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Notes: Based on the novel "Nim's Island" by Wendy Orr.
Special features: commentary with writer and directors Mark Levin and Jennifer Flackett; commentary with Jodie Foster and Abigail Breslin; "Nim's friends" featurette; "Abigail's journey" featurette; "Working on water" featurette; deleted scenes; theatrical trailers.
Credits: Director of photography, Stuart Dryburgh ; editor, Stuart Levy ; music, Patrick Doyle ; costume designer, Jeffrey Kurland ; production designer, Barry Robinson.
Cast: Abigail Breslin, Jodie Foster, Gerard Butler, Michael Carman, Mark Brady, Anthony Simcoe, Christopher Baker, Maddison Joyce, Peter Callan, Rhonda Doyle.
Target Audience: MPAA rating: PG; for mild adventure action and brief language.
Description: 1 videodisc (96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Details: DVD, NTSC; region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
Series Title: Fox Family Features
Other Titles: Nim's island (Motion picture)
Responsibility: Walden Media presents ; directed by Mark Levin & Jennifer Flackett ; screenplay by Joseph Kwong & Paula Mazur, and Mark Levin & Jennifer Flackett ; produced by Paula Mazur ; co-producers, Alan Bell, Murray Pope ; Selkie Productions.
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Nim Rusoe is a young girl who inhabits an isolated island with her scientist father and communicates, via e-mail, with the reclusive author of the novel she has been reading. Nim's existence mirrors that of her favorite literary character, Alex Rover, the world's greatest adventurer. But Alexandra, the author of the Rover books, leads a reclusive life in the big city. When Nim's father goes missing from the island, Nim gets Alexandra to come to her island. Now, the two must draw courage from their fictional hero, Alex Rover, and find strength in one another to conquer the island.

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