TY  - ADVS
AU  - McQueen,Steve
AU  - Pitt,Brad
AU  - Gardner,Dede
AU  - Kleiner,Jeremy
AU  - Pohlad,William
AU  - Milchan,Arnon
AU  - Katagas,Anthony
AU  - Ridley,John
AU  - Ejiofor,Chiwetel
AU  - Fassbender,Michael
AU  - Cumberbatch,Benedict
AU  - Dano,Paul
AU  - Giamatti,Paul
ED  - Regency Enterprises
ED  - River Road Entertainment (Firm)
ED  - Plan B Entertainment
ED  - New Regency (Firm)
ED  - FilmFour (Firm)
TI  - 12 years a slave 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - UK
PB  - Entertainment One
KW  - Northup, Solomon,
KW  - Slavery
KW  - Louisiana
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Drama
KW  - Plantation life
KW  - Racism
KW  - United States
N1  - Based on the memoirs of Solomon Northup; Originally released as a motion picture in 2013; Special features: The team: meet the creative minds assembled by director Steve McQuuen to bring Solomon Northup's journey to life -- The score: follow film composer Hans Zimmer creating his dramatic score; Executive producers, Tessa Ross, John Ridley ; camera, Sean Bobbitt ; editor, Joe Walker ; music, Hans Zimmer ; production designer, Adam Stockhausen ; costume designer, Patricia Norris ; sound, Kirk Francis ; visual effects supervisor, Dottie Starling; Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Dano, Paul Giamatti, Brad Pitt; IFCO: 15 years and over; BBFC rated: 15 years and over
N2  - Solomon Northup is a free black man in 1840s America. He makes his living as a fiddle player, and his wife is a teacher. He is shanghaied by a pair of nefarious white men, and soon finds himself on a ship headed to New Orleans where he is informed he will be called Platt and is sold into slavery by an unscrupulous businessman. As he toils away for the kindhearted but conflicted plantation owner Mr. Ford, who recognizes that Platt is both educated and an artist, he butts head with Ford's underlings, especially the casually cruel Tibeats. After they have a violent altercation, Ford fears for his slave's life and sells him to Mr. Epps, an alcoholic sadist who owns a cotton plantation. Though Epps reads from the bible to his property, as he frequently refers to his slaves, he is himself not immune to sins of the flesh. He has taken the young Patsey -- his best cotton picker -- as his lover, and this doesn't sit well at all with his severe wife, whose particular hatred for blacks and her jealousy fuels her many degrading actions toward Patsey. Solomon bides his time, attempts to preserve a modicum of self-respect, and waits for the chance to reclaim his rightful name as well as his family
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