North Country (2005)

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R | 2 hr 3 mins | Biopic, Period, Adaptation | Released: 10/21/2005 |Box Office Total: $18.3M

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Synopsis:

When Josey Aimes returns to her hometown in Northern Minnesota after a failed marriage, she needs a good job. A single mother with two children, she turns to the predominant source of employment in the region--the iron mines. The mines provide a livelihood that has sustained a community for generations. It’s an industry long dominated by men, in a place unaccustomed to change. Encouraged by her old friend Glory, one of the few female miners in town, Josey joins the ranks of those laboring to blast ore from rock in the gaping quarries. She is prepared for the back-breaking and often dangerous work, but coping with the harassment she and the other female miners encounter from their male coworkers proves far more challenging. The last thing the miners want is women competing for scarce jobs--women who, in their estimation, have no business driving trucks and hauling rock anyway. When Josey speaks out against the treatment she and her fellow workers face she is met with resistance--not only from those in power but from a community that doesn’t want to hear the truth, her disapproving parents and many of her own colleagues who fear she is only making things worse. In time, even her friendship with Glory will be tested, her already difficult connection with her father, a lifelong miner, will be pushed to its limit and elements of her personal life exposed to scrutiny. The fallout from Josey’s battle to make a better future for herself and her children will affect every aspect of her life, including her relationship with her young daughter and her sensitive teenage son, who must first cope with the embarrassment of his mother’s sudden notoriety and then face harsh details of her past she was hoping he would never have to know. Through these struggles Josey will find the courage to stand up for what she believes in--even if that means standing alone.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
10/21/2005

Studio	Credit
Warner Bros. Pictures	Studio
Director	Credit
Niki Caro	Director
Cast	Credit
Charlize Theron	Josey Aimes
Frances McDormand	Glory
Sissy Spacek	Alice Aimes
Sean Bean	Kyle
Richard Jenkins	Hank Aimes
Jeremy Renner	Bobby Sharp
Michelle Monaghan	Sherry
Woody Harrelson	Bill White
Elle Peterson	Karen Aimes
Thomas Curtis	Sammy Aimes
James Cada	Don Pearson
Rusty Schwimmer	Big Betty
Linda Emond	Leslie Conlin
Brad Henke	Lattavansky
Jillian Armenante	Peg
Amber Heard	Young Josey
John Aylward	Judge Halstead
Xander Berkeley	Arlen Pavich
Corey Stoll	Ricky Sennett
Cole Williams	Young Bobby
Bryan Fagerstrom	Mac
Chris Mulkey	Earl Slangley
Aaron Shiver	Young Male Doctor
Clif Stokes	Good Guy
John D. Garfield	Porta Guy #1
Boots Southerland	Guy #2
John Hardman	Guy #3
Forrest Norgaard	Mac's Buddy
Sage Coy	Stacey
Marcus Chait	Wayne
Dennis E Garber	Real Estate Agent
Alex Layton	Number 3
Jacqueline Wright	Bobby's Wife
Catherine Campion	Stacey's Mom
Tom Bower	Gray Suchett
David Lislegard	Union Member #1
Kurt Peterson	Union Member #2
Pete Pellinen	Union Member #3
Bruce Bohne	Union Member #4
Todd Anderson	Semen Man
Kit Gwin	Larynx Nurse
Patrick McDowell	Priest
Raye Birk	Tom Motel Clerk
Sally Wingert	Kay Stollman
Katherine Ferrand	Sally Bullavina
Curtis Plagge	Burly Miner
Marc Miles	Digger Driver
J C Cutler	- Union Rep #1
Gus Lynch	Pete Union Rep
Mark Sivertsen	Bailiff #1
Rand Kennedy	Bailiff #2
Production Credits	Credit
Valerie Flueger	Associate Producer
Nana Greenwald	Executive Producer
Nick Wechsler	Producer
Helen Bartlett	Executive Producer
Doug Claybourne	Executive Producer
Jeff Skoll	Executive Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Addis Wechsler & Associates	Production Company
Participant Media	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group	Domestic Video Distributor
Locations
Minnesota, USA
New Mexico, USA
Writer	Credit
Michael Seitzman	Screenplay
Carla Bingham	Source Material
Laura Leedy Gansler	Source Material
Accounting	Credit
Linden Johnson	Assistant Accountant
Ravi Mehta	Production Accountant
Daryl C Lefever	Production Accountant
Art Department	Credit
John A Frick	Set Designer
Greg Hooper	Art Director
Richard Hoover	Production Designer
Gary Surber	Lead Person - Lead
Peter Stephenson	Set Decorator
Scott Nordhausen	Set Dresser - On Set Dresser
Brian Sobaski	Painter - Standby Painter
Randal Woodward	Scenic Artist - Lead Scenic
Scott Lewis	Leadman - Lead
Liv Selinger	Art Department Coordinator
Gabrielle Petrissans	Set Designer
Kelly Rae Hemenway	Scenic Artist - Lead Scenic
Jeff Schoen	Set Designer
Jeremy Kalin	Set Designer
Casting	Credit
Deanna Brigidi	Casting Assistant
David Rapaport	Casting Associate
Mali Finn	Casting Director
Craft Services	Credit
Patricia Perkins	Craft Service
Molly Bridget Gubbins	Craft Service
Film Camera	Credit
David Galbraith	Assistant Camera - First Assistant A Camera
Richard Foreman	Photography - Still Photographer
Stephen Gorman	Video Assist/Playback - Video Assist
Chris Menges	Director of Photography
Chris Menges	Steadicam Operator
Chris Menges	Camera Operator
James Apted	Assistant Camera - First Assistant B Camera
Dyanna Taylor	Director of Photography (2nd Unit)
Duane Manwiller	Steadicam Operator
Duane Manwiller	Camera Operator
Bruce A Robinson	Assistant Camera - Second Assistant A Camera
Liza Bambenek	Assistant Camera - Second Assistant B Camera
Michael Lindquist	Assistant Camera - Second Assistant B Camera
Film Sales Financing	Credit
Participant Media	Co-Financier
Music	Credit
Anibal Kerpel	Music Arranger - Score Programmer
Bobby Mackston	Music Editor
Karyn Rachtman	Music Supervisor
Gustavo Santaolalla	Music
Allen Sides	Score Mixing - Strings Mixer
David Richard Campbell	Orchestrations - Strings Orchestrator/Conductor
Matt Vorderbruggen	Song
The Matt Vorderbruggen Band	Song Performer
Kim Carnes	Song Performer
Jay Duerr	Music Editor
Donna Weiss	Song
Warren Zevon	Song Performer
Jackie DeShannon	Song
Bob Dylan	Song Performer
Warren Zevon	Song
Mac Davis	Song Performer
Leroy Marinell	Song
The Irish Rovers	Song Performer
Waddy Wachtel	Song
Bob Dylan	Song
Leo Kottke	Song Performer
Mac Davis	Song
Rusty Schwimmer	Song Performer
Jeremy Renner	Song Performer
Tom Paxton	Song
Eddie Schwartz	Song
Molly Hatchet	Song Performer
George Thorogood	Song
The Bellamy Brothers	Song Performer
Cat Power	Song Performer
Billy Roberts	Song
Danny Joe Brown	Song
Bruce Crump	Song
John Galvin	Song
Bobby Ingram	Song
Duane Roland	Song
Riff West	Song
David Bellamy	Song
Physical Effects	Credit
Scott Cosgrove	Stunts
Eric D Howell	Stunt Coordinator
Lena Fennema	Stunts
Tim Trella	Stunt Coordinator
Alisa Hensley	Stunts
Shawn Robinson	Stunts
Danny Wynands	Stunts
Production Management	Credit
Nicolas Stern	Production Supervisor
Doug Claybourne	Unit Production Manager
Valerie Flueger	Post-Production Supervisor
Michael Dellheim	Location Manager
Liz Tan	Assistant Director
Anne Johns	Production Coordinator
Joanna Kennedy	Script Supervisor
Billy Bonifield	Assistant Production Coordinator
Rowan Stanland	Assistant Location Manager
Chemen Ochoa	Assistant Director
Mark Har	Assistant Location Manager
Anne Healy	Location Manager
Timothy Grant Engle	Assistant Director
Publicity	Credit
Rachel Aberly	Unit Publicist
Sound	Credit
Allan Zaleski	Sound Effects Editor
Steve Pederson	Rerecording Mixer
Hugh Waddell	ADR Supervisor
Branka Mrkic	ADR/Dialogue Editor - Dialogue Editor
Frank Kern	Foley - Foley Supervisor
Eugene Gearty	Sound Effects - Sound Effects Design
Chris Fielder	Assistant Sound Editor
Marko Costanzo	Foley Artist
Brent Brewington	Boom Operator
Kam Chan	Foley Editor
Petra Bach	ADR Editor
Philip Stockton	Supervising Sound Editor
William Sarokin	Sound Mixer - Production Mixer
Kevin E Carpenter	Rerecording Mixer
Igor Nikolic	Assistant Sound Editor
Jamie Baker	Foley Editor
Steven Visscher	Foley Editor
Visual Effects	Credit
Eric Durst	Visual Effects Supervisor
Geoffrey C Martin	Special Effects Coordinator
Jeff Stampfer	Special Effects Foreman
Dan Mercer	Titles - Title Designer
David C Avery	Special Effects Technician
Nicole Hansen-Solum	Special Effects Technician
Gideon Keith	Titles - Title Designer
Steven Hintz	Special Effects Foreman
Marcus Ringrose	Titles - Title Designer
Joel Hobbie	Special Effects Technician
Brett A Myrick	Special Effects Technician
Gary Petersen	Special Effects Technician
Craig R Uszak	Special Effects Technician
Paul Murphy	Special Effects Technician
James Murphy	Special Effects Technician
Sam Murphy	Special Effects Technician
Jason P Schumacher	Special Effects Technician
Kurt R Schumacher	Special Effects Technician
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Claire Sandrin	Set Costumer - Women's Set Costumer
Daniela Moore	Costume Supervisor
Lori McCoy-Bell	Hair Stylist - Head Hair Stylist
Denise Kum	Makeup Artist
Lisa Parmet	Key Costumer
Sabrina Calley	Costumer
Cindy Evans	Costume Designer
Toni G	Makeup Artist
Tony Velasco	Set Costumer - Men's Set Costumer
Janet Stirner	Key Costumer
Adruitha Lee	Hair Stylist
Aleah Ames	Costumer
Ramona Fleetwood	Hair Stylist
Sally J Harper	Makeup Artist - Makeup & Hair Artist
Vicki Jenkins	Costumer
Tammy Ashmore	Makeup Artist
Joni Hathaway	Costumer
Andy Rumple	Costumer
Greg Moon	Makeup Artist

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