Equilibrium [videorecording] / Dimension Films presents ; written & directed by Kurt Wimmer ; produced by Jan De Bont, Lucas Foster ; a Blue Tulip production.
In the future, after a Third World War has decimated much of the Earth's population, a new nation arose. Believing human emotions and their expression were to blame for the failings of past societies, it is decreed that all citizens must take a daily dose of a drug which levels out the emotional landscape, and that all forms of creative expression are against the law. An elite law enforcement officer who tracks down and punishes "sense offenders" one day, accidentally, fails to take his drug, and for the first time begins experiencing emotions himself.
Record details
- ISBN: 0788846108
- ISBN: 9780788846106
- Physical Description: 1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition: Widescreen
- Publisher: [United States] : Dimension Home Video ; [2003], ©2002.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Originally released as a motion picture in 2002.Special features: commentary track with the director; commentary track with the director & producer; behind-the-scenes featurette: "Finding Equilibrium."
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Special features: Widescreen enhanced for 16x9 televisions -- Feature commentary with director Kurt Wimmer -- Feature commentary with director Kurt Wimmer and producer Lucas Foster -- Finding Equilibrium -- Language: English Dolby digital 5.1 surround sound -- Subtitles: English.
- Creation/Production Credits Note:
- Cinematographer, Dion Beebe ; editor, Tom Rolf, William Yeh ; music, Klaus Badelt ; costume designer, Joseph Porro ; production designer, Wolf Kroeger.
- Participant or Performer Note:
- Christian Bale, Emily Watson, Taye Diggs, Angus MacFadyen, Sean Bean, Sean Pertwee, Matthew Harbour, William Fichtner.
- Target Audience Note:
- MPAA rating: R; for violence.
- Additional Physical Form available Note:
- Also issued on VHS.
- System Details Note:
- DVD ; NTSC ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround sound ; widescreen (2.35:1).
- Language Note:
- Closed-captioned.
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In the future, after a Third World War has decimated much of the Earth's population, a new nation arose. Believing human emotions and their expression were to blame for the failings of past societies, it is decreed that all citizens must take a daily dose of a drug which levels out the emotional landscape, and that all forms of creative expression are against the law. An elite law enforcement officer who tracks down and punishes "sense offenders" one day, accidentally, fails to take his drug, and for the first time begins experiencing emotions himself.
