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Chernobyl : a 5-part miniseries  Cover Image DVD DVD

Chernobyl : a 5-part miniseries / HBO Miniseries presents ; in association with Sky ; a Sister Pictures production ; a Mighty Mint production ; a Word Games production ; directed by Johan Renck ; written by Craig Mazin ; created by Craig Mazin ; produced by Sanne Wohlenberg.

Summary:

In April 1986, an explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics becomes one of the world's worst man-made catastrophes. This gripping 5-part HBO miniseries tells the powerful and visceral story of this event and its aftermath.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (approximately 321 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: [Los Angeles, California] : HBO Home Entertainment, [2019]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally broadcast on television by HBO in 2019.
Wide screen (2.00:1).
Bonus features: Inside the episode; Behind-the-curtain featurette; Meet the key players; What is Chernobyl?; Pivotal moment: the trial; Script-to-screen featurette.
Formatted Contents Note:
Disc 1. 1.23:45 -- Please remain calm -- Open wide, o Earth -- Disc 2. The happiness of all mankind -- Vichnaya Pamyat.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Music, Hildur Guðnadóttir ; cinematographer, Jakob Ihre ; editors, Jinx Godfrey, Simon Smith.
Participant or Performer Note:
Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård, Emily Watson, Paul Ritter, Jessie Buckley, Adam Nagaitis, Con O'Neill, Adrian Rawlins, Sam Troughton, Robert Emms, David Dencik, Mark Lewis Jones, Alan Williams, Alex Ferns, Ralph Ineson, Barry Keoghan, Fares Fares, Michael McElhatton.
Target Audience Note:
TV rating: TV-MA.
System Details Note:
DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen (2.00:1) presentation; Dolby Audio 5.1 (English and French), Dolby Audio 2.0 (Spanish).
Language Note:
English, dubbed French, and dubbed Latin Spanish soundtracks; optional French or Latin Spanish subtitles; optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).
Source of Description Note:
Title from disc surface.
Subject: Chernobyl Nuclear Accident (Chornobylʹ, Ukraine : 1986)
Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986 > Drama.
Nuclear power plants > Accidents > Drama.
Nuclear power plants > Accidents.
Chornobylʹ (Ukraine) > History > Drama.
Ukraine > Chornobylʹ.
Genre: Drama.
Fiction television programs.
Historical television programs.
Television mini-series.
Television mini-series.
Historical television programs.
Fiction television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Available copies

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Homer Public Library.

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Summary: In April 1986, an explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics becomes one of the world's worst man-made catastrophes. This gripping 5-part HBO miniseries tells the powerful and visceral story of this event and its aftermath.

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