THE GIVER
DIRECTED BY
Phillip Noyce
The haunting story of THE GIVER centers on Jonas (Brenton Thwaites), a young man who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and contentment. Yet as he begins to spend time with the Giver (Jeff Bridges), who is the sole keeper of all the community’s memories, Jonas quickly begins to discover the dark truths of his community’s secret past. With this newfound power of knowledge, he realizes that the stakes are higher than imagined – a matter of life and death for himself and those he loves most. At extreme odds, Jonas knows that he must escape their world to protect them all – a challenge that no one has ever succeeded at before. THE GIVER is based on Lois Lowry’s beloved young adult novel of the same name, which was the winner the 1994 Newbery Medal and has sold over 10 million copies worldwide.
STARRING
Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep, Brenton Thwaites, Katie Holmes, Alexander Skarsgård, Odeya Rush, Cameron Monaghan, Taylor Swift, Emma Tremblay
PRODUCED BY
Nikki Silver, Jeff Bridges, Genevieve Hofmeyr, Neil Koenigsberg
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Scooter Braun, Ron Burkle, Alison Owen, Dylan Sellers, Ralph Winter
WRITTEN BY
Michael Mitnick, Robert B. Weide, Lois Lowry (book)
RELEASE DATE
August 15, 2014
RATING
PG-13