IONCINEMA.com presents: North Country (2005)

CAST AND CREW

Director

Niki Caro

Cast (alphabetical order):

Sean Bean

Woody Harrelson

Amber Heard

Brad William Henke

Richard Jenkins

Frances McDormand

Michelle Monaghan

Jeremy Renner

Sissy Spacek

Charlize Theron

North Country

Release Date: Oct 21, 2005 - Wide Release
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Film Genre: Drama
Country: United States

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Theron will play Josie Aimes, a young mother who flees an abusive husband during the early '70s, heads home to her Minnesota hometown and becomes one of the first women to get jobs in the iron mine that employs most residents, including her father. She and her female co-workers are verbally and physically harassed by their male co-workers. The mine owners turn a deaf ear to their complaints and the women are terrified to lose their jobs. Though she risks being ostracized by her family, Aimes become a Norma Rae-like figure in mobilizing defiance through legal action. McDormand would play the role of Glory, a tough but tender iron miner who befriends and mentors Theron's character, Josie, a harassed mine worker who becomes the key plaintiff in the case.

TRIVIA

Caro directed Whale Rider.

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MOVIE NEWS ITEMS

2005-02-01
Variety reports thats Woody Harrelson, Sean Bean, Michelle Monaghan, and Richard Jenkins have joined the project. The film begins production mid-February in New Mexico and Minnesota.

2004-09-21
The Hollywood Reporter reports that Jeremy Renner is in talks to star in the pic.

2004-07-14
The Hollywood Reporter reports that Frances McDormand will star in the pic.

2004-03-12
Variety reports that Charlize Theron will star in the pic which Warner Bros. and Industry Entertainment are developing for a winter start.

2004-01-14
Variety reports that Niki Caro is set to direct the project which will begin later this year.