TY - ADVS AU - Bevan,Tim AU - Fellner,Eric AU - Webster,Paul AU - Hampton,Christopher AU - Wright,Joe AU - McAvoy,James AU - Knightley,Keira AU - Garai,Romola AU - Ronan,Saoirse AU - Blethyn,Brenda AU - Redgrave,Vanessa AU - Walter,Harriet AU - Marianelli,Dario AU - McEwan,Ian ED - Focus Features, ED - Studio Canal, ED - Relativity Media, ED - Working Title Films, ED - Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm), ED - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) TI - Atonement T2 - Focus Features four-star collection AV - DVE 9256 .M34 2001 PY - 2008///] CY - Universal City, CA PB - Universal Studios Home Entertainment KW - Atonement KW - Drama KW - Sisters KW - England KW - False testimony KW - Man-woman relationships KW - fast KW - Fiction films KW - Romance films KW - Historical films KW - Feature films KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired KW - War films KW - lcgft KW - Melodramas (Motion pictures) N1 - Anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Based on the novel by Ian McEwan; Originally released as a motion picture in 2007; Special features: deleted scenes with commentary from director Joe Wright; bringing the past to life: the making of Atonement; from novel to screen: adapting a classic; feature commentary with director Joe Wright; Sources used: videodisc container; Internet movie database WWW site, viewed January 14, 2025; Wikipedia WWW site, viewed January 14, 2025; Director of photography, Seamus McGarvey ; editor, Paul Tothill ; music, Dario Marianelli ; costume designer, Jacqueline Durran ; production designer, Sarah Greenwood; James McAvoy, Keira Knightley, Romola Garai, Saoirse Ronan, Vanessa Redgrave, Brenda Blethyn, Julia West, Harriet Walter; MPAA rating: R; for disturbing war images, language and some sexuality N2 - In 1935, thirteen-year-old fledgling writer Briony Tallis and her family live a life of wealth and privilege in their enormous mansion. On the warmest day of the year, the country estate takes on an unsettling hothouse atmosphere, stoking Briony's vivid imagination. Robbie Turner, the educated son of the family's housekeeper, carries a torch for Briony's headstrong older sister Cecilia. He hopes that Cecilia has comparable feelings. All it will take is one spark for this relationship to combust. When it does, Briony - who has a crush on Robbie, is compelled to interfere. She goes so far as to accuse Robbie of a crime he did not commit. Cecilia and Robbie declare their love for each other, but, ultimately, he is arrested. Briony bears false witness and the course of three lives is changed forever. As Briony grow older, she continues to seek forgiveness for her childhood misdeed. Through a terrible and courageous act of imagination, she finds the path to her uncertain atonement, and to an understanding of the power of enduring love UR - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0783233/?ref_=nv_sr_1 ER -