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DVD

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The courier

Call Number

  • DVD DRAMA (CEN, EAS, OSH, WSQ)

Languages

In English, with optional Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing, English descriptive audio.

Performers

Benedict Cumberbatch, Merab Ninidze, Rachel Brosnahan, Jessie Buckley, Angus Wright, Željko Ivanek, Kirill Pirogov, Anton Lesser, Maria Mironova.

Publication Information

Santa Monica, CA : Lions Gate Entertainment, 2021.

Physical Description

1 videodisc (approximately 111 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

MPAA rating: PG-13; violence, partial nudity, brief strong language, and smoking throughout.

Summary

In this true-life Cold War spy thriller, unassuming British businessman Greville Wynne becomes entangled in one of the greatest international conflicts in history. Recruited by MI6 and a a CIA operative, Wynne forms a covert partnership with Soviet officer Oleg Penkovsky, and both men risk everything in a danger-fraught race against time to provide the intelligence needed to prevent nuclear confrontation and end the Cuban Missle Crisis.

Notes

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2020 and released in 2021.

Special feature: On the brink: making The courier.

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