Promised land Focus Features ; Participant Media ; Image Nation Abu Dhabi ; Sunday Night ; Pearl Street ; Media Farm ; produced by Matt Damon, John Krasinski, Chris Moore ; story by Dave Eggers ; screenplay by John Krasinski & Matt Damon ; directed by Gus van Sant. - Widescreen (1.85:1). - 1 DVD (1 hour, 47 minutes) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2012. Special features: extended scene; making-of featurette.

Director of photography, Linus Sandgren ; editor, Billy Rich ; music, Danny Elfman. Director of photography, Linus Sandgren ; editor, Billy Rich ; music, Danny Elfman.

Matt Damon, John Krasinski, Frances McDormand, Rosemarie DeWitt, Hal Holbrook, Terry Kinney.

Corporate salesman Steve Butler has been dispatched to the rural town of McKinley with his sales partner to offer much-needed relief to the economically hard-hit residents in exchange for drilling rights to their properties. As they grapple with a surprising array of both open hearts and closed doors, the outsiders soon discover the strength of an American small town at a crossroads.

MPAA rating: R; for language.


DVD, region 1, NTSC; Dolby digital 5.1.


English or Spanish dialogue; Spanish or French subtitles, English SDH (subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing).

025192157394

62123783 Universal Studios Home Entertainment


Gas well drilling--Environmental aspects--Drama.
Natural gas--Drama.
Man-woman relationships--Drama.


Environmental films.
Feature films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
French language materials--Bilingual.
Spanish language materials--Bilingual.
Materiales en español--Bilingüe.
Video (DVD)

PN1997.2 / .P76 2013

791.43/72