The power of the dog [videorecording] / Netflix presents ; in association with The New Zealand Film Commission, Cross City Films & BBC Film ; a See Saw Films & Bad Girl Creek production ; a Max Films production in association with Brightstar ; produced by Emile Sherman, Iain Canning, Roger Frappier, Jane Campion, Tanya Seghatchian ; written and directed by Jane Campion.

Campion, Jane, 1954- (film director,, screenwriter,, film producer.). Canning, Iain, (film producer.). Carradine, Keith, 1949- (actor.). Conroy, Frances, (actor.). Cumberbatch, Benedict, 1976- (actor.). Dunst, Kirsten, 1982- (actor.). Frappier, Roger, (film producer.). Lemon, Genevieve, (actor.). McKenzie, Thomasin, 2000- (actor.). Plemons, Jesse, 1988- (actor.). Seghatchian, Tanya, (film producer.). Sherman, Emile, (film producer.). Smit-McPhee, Kodi, (actor.). Wegner, Ari, 1984- (cinematographer.). Savage, Thomas. Motion picture adaptation of (work): Power of the dog. (Added Author). Bad Girl Creek Productions, (production company.). BBC Films, (production company.). Brightstar (Firm), (production company.). Criterion Collection (Firm), (publisher.). Cross City Films, (production company.). Max Films Productions, (production company.). Netflix (Firm), (presenter.). New Zealand Film Commission, (production company.). See-Saw Films, (production company.). Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Thomasin McKenzie, Genevieve Lemon, Keith Carradine, Frances Conroy. (Cast).

Summary:

Jane Campion returns to the kind of mythic frontier landscape--pulsating with both freedom and menace--that she previously traversed in The Piano in order to plumb the masculine psyche in The Power of the Dog, set against the desolate plains of 1920s Montana and adapted by the filmmaker from Thomas Savage's novel. After a sensitive widow and her enigmatic, fiercely loving son move in with her gentle new husband, a tense battle of wills plays out between them and his brutish brother, whose frightening volatility conceals a secret torment, and whose capacity for tenderness, once reawakened, may offer him redemption or destruction. Campion, who won an Academy Award for her direction here, charts the repressed desire and psychic violence coursing among these characters with the mesmerizing control of a master at the height of her powers.

Record details

ISBN: 168143993X
ISBN: 9781681439938
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (128 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (12 panels : color illustrations ; 19 cm)
Edition: Widescreen.
Publisher: [New York, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2022]
Copyright: ©2022

Content descriptions

General Note:	Based on the book by Thomas Savage. Director-approved DVD special edition features: 4K digital master, approved by director; Behind the scenes with Jane Campion (2021 interview with Campion about the making of the film); Reframing the West (2021 program featuring interviews with members of the cast and crew and behind-the-scenes footage captured on location in New Zealand); Anatomy of a score (2021 interview with Campion and composer Jonny Greenwood about the film's score); The women behind The power of the dog (2021 conversation among Campion, director of photography Ari Wegner, actor Kirsten Dunst, and producer Tanya Seghatchian, moderated by filmmaker Tamara Jenkins); Annie Proulx (2022 interview with novelist Annie Proulx); Trailer. Container booklet includes an essay by film critic Amy Taubin. Wide screen (2.28:1).
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, Ari Wegner ; editor, Peter Sciberras ; music, Jonny Greenwood.
Participant or Performer Note:	Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Thomasin McKenzie, Genevieve Lemon, Keith Carradine, Frances Conroy.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: R, for brief sexual content/full nudity.
System Details Note:	DVD, NTSC region 1, widescreen (2.28:1) presentation; Dolby Audio 5.1 surround.
Language Note:	In English; English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH); English descriptive audio track for people with visual disabilities.