The Giver

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The Resource The Giver

Statement of responsibility: directed by Phillip Noyce ; screenplay by Michael Mitnick and Robert B. Weide ; produced by Nikki Silver, Jeff Bridges, Neil Koenigsberg ; executive producer, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, Ron Burkle ; executive producers, Dylan Sellers, Ralph Winter, Alison Owen, Scooter Braun ; The Weinstein Company and Walden Media present a Tonik/As Is Productions production ; in association with Yucaipa Films

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Summary: The story centers on Jonas, young man who lives in a supposedly ideal world of conformity and contentment. Yet as he begins to spend time with the elder, who is the sole keeper of all the community's memories, Jonas quickly begins to discover the dark and deadly truths of his community's secret past. At extreme odds, Jonas knows that he must escape their world to protect them all; a challenge that no one has ever succeeded at before

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Credits note: Director of photography, Ross Emery ; production designer, Ed Verreaux ; edited by Barry Alexander Brown ; costume designer, Diana Cilliers ; music by Marco Beltrami ; "Ordinary human" performed by OneRepublic, written by Ryan Tedder

Intended audience: Rating: PG-13; for a mature thematic image and some sci-fi action/violence

Language note: English dialogue; Spanish subtitles; English subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing

PerformerNote: Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep, Brenton Thwaites, Alexander Skarsgård, Katie Holmes, Odeya Rush, Cameron Monaghan, Taylor Swift, Emma Tremblay

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