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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Situations, Rape & Sexual Abuse, Not For Children, Profanity, Sexual Situations Movie Release: 2005 DVD Release: 02/21/2006 Format: DVD - Color - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 2 hrs 6 mins Studio: Warner Home Video Total Copies: 30 Genres: Drama, Docudrama, Courtroom Drama, Social Problem Film See Also: North Country [Widescreen]

A fictionalized account of one of America's most groundbreaking sexual harassment lawsuits comes to the screen in this hard-hitting drama. In the late '80s, Josey Aimes (Charlize Theron) fled her abusive husband, and needed to find a way to support her two children. Aimes returned to her hometown in Minnesota and followed the lead of her old friend Glory (Frances McDormand), who had bucked tradition and found a job in the iron mines that had long provided employment for much of the community. Aimes found honest labor and a living wage working the mines, but she also discovered she was working with men who were uncomfortable working with women (whose right to work in the mines had been mandated by law almost 15 years prior), and didn't care to show them much respect. However, as Aimes found herself the growing target of sexist jokes and abhorrent behavior, she found that many of her female co-workers were reluctant to stand beside her, afraid of losing a good-paying job at a time when they were increasingly hard to find. But as a personal crisis became a public war of words, Aimes became the center of a nationwide controversy when she attempted to file a class action sexual harassment suit against the mine owners, which put her and her family in a position of scrutiny beyond her worst expectations. North Country also stars Sean Bean, Sissy Spacek, and Woody Harrelson. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Charlize Theron - Josey Aimes
Frances McDormand - Glory Dodge
Sean Bean - Kyle Dodge
Richard Jenkins - Hank Aimes
Jeremy Renner - Bobby Sharp
Michelle Monaghan - Sherry
Woody Harrelson - Bill White
Sissy Spacek - Alice Aimes