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News of the World (Original title)
Dates: 2020 (Copyright), 25 December 2020 (Release)

Country: USA

Director: Paul Greengrass

Synopsis: USA. Five years after the end of the Civil War, former Confederate soldier Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd is travelling across the nation, town to town, reading newspapers for ten cents per person. En route he discovers a 10-year-old white girl who had been taken and riased by the Kiowa people years before. He elects to return her to her aunt and uncle, necessitating an arduous journey across Texas.

Genre:
Western

Subjects:
Orphans, Reconstruction Era (1866-1873)
Releases
Date: 25 December 2020Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - Sound - Dolby AtmosAspect ratio: 2.39:1Runtime: 118 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Universal Pictures
Date: 25 December 2020not specifiedRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - Sound - Dolby AtmosAspect ratio: 2.39:1Runtime: 118 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Universal Pictures

Credits (47)
©: Universal Studios, a Playtone/Pretty Pictures production: Playtone, Pretty Pictures, presents: Universal Pictures, Executive Producer: Steven Shareshian, Executive Producer: Tore Schmidt, Produced by: Gary Goetzman, Produced by: Gail Mutrux, Produced by: Gregory Goodman, Unit Production Manager: Sharyn Shimada-Huggins, Unit Production Manager: Scott Thaler, Production Accountant: Anamarie Gonzaga, Location Manager: Hilton Clay Peres, Post-production Supervisor: Rebecca Adams, 1st Assistant Director: Eric Heffron, Script Supervisor: Becky Boyle, Casting by: Francine Maisler, Screenplay by: Paul Greengrass, Luke Davies, Based upon the novel by: Paulette Jiles, Director of Photography: Dariusz Wolski, A Camera Operator: Martin Schaer, B Camera Operator: James Goldman, Steadicam Operator: James Goldman, Still Photographer: Bruce Talamon, Visual Effects by: Outpost VFX, Host VFX, Special Effects Co-ordinator: Brandon McLaughlin, Special Effects Co-ordinator: Meghan Rudd, Editor: William Goldenberg, Production Designer: David Crank, Art Director: Lauren Slatten, Set Designer: Amahl H. Lovato, Set Decorator: Elizabeth Keenan, Property Master: Keith Walters, Costume Designer: Mark Bridges, Title Designed by: Matt Curtis, Music by: James Newton Howard, Supervising Sound Designer: Olivier Tarney, Production Sound Mixer: John Pritchett, Re-recording Mixer: Mike Prestwood Smith, Re-recording Mixer: William Miller, Supervising Sound Editor: Olivier Tarney, Historical Consultant: Catharine Franklin, Brett J. Derbes, Unit Publicist: Guy Adan
Cast (11)
Tom Hanks (Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd), Helena Zengel (Johanna Leonberger, Cicada), Mare Winningham (Doris Boudlin), Ray Mckinnon (Simon Boudlin), Elizabeth Marvel (Mrs Gannett), Michael Angelo Covino (Almay), Fred Hechinger (John Calley), Thomas Francis Murphy (Mr Merritt Farley), Bill Camp (Mr Branholme), Neil Sandilands (Wilhelm Leonberger), Winsome Brown (Anna Leonberger)