The Hunger Games

Resource Information

The work The Hunger Games represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Pekin Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

The Hunger Games

Statement of responsibility

directed by Gary Ross ; screenplay by Gary Ross and Suzanne Collins and Billy Ray ; produced by Nina Jacobson, Jon Kilik ; a Lionsgate presentation ; a Color Force/Lionsgate production ; a Gary Ross film

Title variation

• Hunger games
• Hunger games

Creator

• Hunger Games (Motion picture)

Contributor

• Hutcherson, Josh
• Lawrence, Jennifer, 1990-
• Ludwig, Alexander, 1992-
• Tucci, Stanley
• Howard, James Newton
• Makovsky, Judianna
• Kravitz, Lenny
• Malcomson, Paula, 1970-
• Sutherland, Donald, 1935-
• Messina, Philip
• Kilik, Jon
• Mirrione, Stephen, 1969-
• Ray, Billy
• Jones, Toby, 1967-
• Jacobson, Nina
• Color Force (Firm)
• Lions Gate Home Entertainment
• Ross, Gary, 1956-
• Banks, Elizabeth, 1974-
• Shields, Willow, 2000-
• Bentley, Wes, 1978-
• Collins, Suzanne
• Lions Gate Films
• Fuhrman, Isabelle, 1997-
• Stern, Tom, 1946-
• Welfling, Juliette
• Harrelson, Woody
• Stenberg, Amandla
• Hemsworth, Liam, 1990-

Actor

• Shields, Willow, 2000-
• Banks, Elizabeth, 1974-
• Bentley, Wes, 1978-
• Fuhrman, Isabelle, 1997-
• Harrelson, Woody
• Hemsworth, Liam, 1990-
• Hutcherson, Josh
• Jones, Toby, 1967-
• Kravitz, Lenny
• Lawrence, Jennifer, 1990-
• Ludwig, Alexander, 1992-
• Malcomson, Paula, 1970-
• Stenberg, Amandla
• Sutherland, Donald, 1935-
• Tucci, Stanley

Screenwriter

• Ross, Gary, 1956-
• Ray, Billy
• Collins, Suzanne

Composer

• Howard, James Newton

Cinematographer

• Stern, Tom, 1946-

Costume designer

• Makovsky, Judianna

Director

• Ross, Gary, 1956-

Designer

• Messina, Philip

Film editor

• Welfling, Juliette
• Mirrione, Stephen, 1969-

Producer

• Jacobson, Nina
• Kilik, Jon

Subject

• Contests
• Contests -- Drama
• Contests -- Drama
• Drama
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Feature films -- United States
• Fiction films
• Film adaptations
• Interpersonal relations
• Interpersonal relations -- Drama
• Romance films
• Science fiction films
• Supervivencia -- Teatro
• Survival
• Survival -- Drama
• Survival Interper -- Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Relaciones humanas -- Teatro
• Action and adventure films
• Action and adventure films
• Collins, Suzanne
• Collins, Suzanne -- Film adaptations
• Competencias -- Teatro

Genre

• Fiction films
• Film adaptations
• Romance films
• Science fiction films
• Feature films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Teatro
• Drama
• Action and adventure films

Language

• eng
• spa
• eng
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

Set in a future where the Capitol selects a boy and girl from the twelve districts to fight to the death on live television. Katniss Everdeen volunteers to take her younger sister's place for the latest match

Related

• Hunger Games trilogy

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Tom Stern ; production designer, Philip Messina ; edited by Stephen Mirrione, Juliette Welfling ; costume designer, Judianna Makovsky ; music by James Newton Howard

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

Rating: PG-13; for intense violent thematic material and disturbing images--all involving teens

Language note

• English or dubbed Spanish dialogue; optional Spanish or English subtitles
• Closed captioned

LC call number

• PN1997.85
• PN1997.2

LC item number

• .H86 2012
• .H86 2012

PerformerNote

Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Lenny Kravitz, Stanley Tucci, Donald Sutherland, Wes Bentley, Toby Jones, Alexander Ludwig, Isabelle Fuhrman, Amandla Stenberg, Willow Shields, Sandra Lafferty, Paula Malcomson, Rhoda Griffis

Runtime

142

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action