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Product Summary
Format: DVD
Manufacturer: Turner Home Entertainment
Buy.com Sku: 40224740
UPC: 794043636820
UPC 14: 00794043636820
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In the Wild West, a woman had only two choices. She could be a wife or she could be a whore... Josephine Monaghan chose to be a man.
| Based on a true story, this is the tale of josephine monaghan, a young woman of the mid-19th century who is thrown out of her parents' home after giving birth to an illegitimate child. In her desperation to survive, josephine disguises herself as 'jo', a young man and struggles to make a life for herself. |
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Editor's Note
A woman disguises herself as a man in order to make it in the rough-and-tumble Old West. When she falls in love with a man, she must risk her life if she is to reveal her secret.
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DVD, No Longer Produced |
Technical Info
Release Information |
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Studio: Turner Home Entertainment |
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Release Date: 3/29/2005 |
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Running Time: 124 minutes |
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Original Release Date: 1993 |
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Catalog ID: 6368 |
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UPC: 00794043636820 |
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Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video |
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Original Language: English |
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Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English |
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Video: Color |
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1.85:1 |
Cast & Crew
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Bo Hopkins |
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David Chung |
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Heather Graham |
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Sam Robards |
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Sir Ian McKellen |
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Suzy Amis |
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Declan Quinn - Cinematographer |
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Maggie Greenwald - Director |
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Keith Reamer - Editor |
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Fred Berner - Producer |
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Brenda Goodman - Producer |
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Maggie Greenwald - Screenplay |
Plot Summary
A feminist western based on a true story.| In the 1800's, Josephine Monaghan, a young woman from a wealthy Eastern family, finds herself pregnant and unwed. Disowned by her parents, and without a home, Jo deposits her child with her sister and heads westward.| Almost immediately she discovers the many dangers the newly settled frontier holds for an unaccompanied female. In desperation, Jo makes a risky -- and illegal -- decision: she shears her hair, scars her face and puts on trousers... becoming, in the eyes of the world, a man.
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