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12 Years a Slave

4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 15,346 ratings
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Genre Drama
Format Multiple Formats, Dolby, AC-3, Subtitled, Color, NTSC, Dubbed, Widescreen
Contributor Chiwetel Ejiofor, Steve McQueen, Michael Fassbender, Michael K. Williams
Language English
Runtime 2 hours and 13 minutes
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From acclaimed director Steve McQueen comes this "deeply evocative and brilliantly acted" film (Claudia Puig, USA Today) based on the true story of Solomon Northup. It is 1841, and Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), an accomplished, free citizen of New York, is kidnapped and sold into slavery. Stripped of his identity and deprived of all dignity, Northup is ultimately purchased by ruthless plantation owner Edwin Epps (Michael Fassbender) and must find the strength within to survive. Filled with powerful performances by an astonishing cast that includes Benedict Cumberbatch, Brad Pitt and newcomer Lupita Nyongo, 12 YEARS A SLAVE is both an unflinching account of slavery in American history and a celebration of the indomitable power of hope.

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Maybe it had to take a British filmmaker to depict clearly the United States' greatest failing: the horrors of centuries of slavery. In 12 Years a Slave, Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor, Kinky Boots, Dirty Pretty Things) is a free man living in New York until he's kidnapped and sold in Louisiana as a slave. He's owned by masters relatively kind (Benedict Cumberbatch) and harrowingly brutal (Michael Fassbender), but even under the best conditions, the movie never loses sight of Northup's condition as property, that his well-being and very life are at the whim of his owners. There's no hype here, nor any hemming or hawing; each scene is captured simply but vividly, letting the cruel facts of life in the pre-Civil War era speak for themselves. The movie's power lies in the unsettling details and psychological contortions slavery inflicts on everyone involved, black and white. Performances are fantastic throughout, including supporting work from Paul Dano, Paul Giamatti, Sarah Paulson, Lupita Nyong'o, Brad Pitt, and particularly Alfre Woodard as a slave who's gained a position of comfort and clings to it with haughty entitlement. But it's Ejiofor who anchors the movie; his mix of intelligence and fundamental decency carries 12 Years a Slave to a moving conclusion. From Steve McQueen, director of Hunger and Shame. --Bret Fetzer

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  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 2.40:1
  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 0.32 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ FXSE2288096DVD
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Steve McQueen
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Multiple Formats, Dolby, AC-3, Subtitled, Color, NTSC, Dubbed, Widescreen
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 2 hours and 13 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ March 4, 2014
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael K. Williams, Michael Fassbender
  • Dubbed: ‏ : ‎ French, Spanish
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English, Spanish
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ 20th Century Fox
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00G4Q3KOC
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
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