TY - ADVS AU - Ness,Patrick AU - Bayona,J.A. AU - MacDougall,Lewis AU - Weaver,Sigourney AU - Jones,Felicity AU - Kebbell,Toby AU - Neeson,Liam AU - Faura,�Oscar AU - Vilaplana,Bernat AU - Mart�i,Jaume AU - Vel�azquez,Fernando ED - Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm), ED - Focus Features, ED - River Road Entertainment (Firm), TI - A monster calls AV - PN1997.2 .M667 2017 U1 - 791.43/72 23 PY - 2017///] CY - Universal City, CA PB - Focus Features KW - Monsters KW - Drama KW - Mothers and sons KW - Schools KW - Single-parent families KW - fast KW - England KW - Feature films KW - lcgft KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired KW - Video recordings for people with visual disabilities N1 - Based upon the children's novel by Patrick Ness from an original idea from Siobhan Dowd; Widescreen; Director of photography, �Oscar Faura ; editors, Bernat Vilaplana, Jaume Mart�i ; music, Fernando Vel�azquez; Lewis MacDougall, Sigourney Weaver, Felicity Jones, Toby Kebbell, and Liam Neeson as The Monster ; Ben Moor, James Melville, Jennifer Lim; Rating: PG-13; for thematic content and some scary images N2 - Twelve-year-old Conor, dealing with his mother's illness, a less-than-sympathetic grandmother, and bullying classmates, finds a most unlikely ally when a monster appears at his bedroom window. Ancient, wild, and relentless, the monster guides Conor on a journey of courage, faith, and truth ER -