North Country

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="06dd8c02dduajq.jpg"> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="11" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="11">   <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="11" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="11">       <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="11" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="11">   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="At The Movies With Lutz"><U><IMG SRC="0660b0b0.png" border=0 width="11" height="11" ALT="up" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="196490d50.jpg" border=0 width="144" height="213" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#003333" FACE="Arial" ><B>Judy & Lutz Perschon</B></FONT>     |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Judy Lutz Perschon"><U>home</U></A></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >back to</FONT>  <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="At The Movies With Lutz"><U><B>At The Movies With Lutz</B></U></A></div> <div> North Country</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="758" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 152 WIDTH="746"><div> It would be nice to think things could not be as bad as this movie portrays, but it was, at that time.  North Country is inspired by the life of a real person, Lois Jenson, who filed the first class action lawsuit for sexual harassment in American history in 1991.  Charlize Theron takes on another tough role, mostly covered with dirt, to give us a realistic look at what things looked like when sexual harassment was rampant.  [Not to imply it doesn't still occur].   This is not a feel good movie.  Roger Ebert  <I>"...one of those movies that stir you up and make you mad, because it dramatizes practices you've heard about but never really visualized."  </I></div> <div> But it is worthy of a look, but not for younger children.  Just too much sexual and language content.  While it was hard, it was a very good movie.   </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 51 WIDTH="746"><div> Lutz's Rating <IMG SRC="0fb15150.gif" border=0 width="21" height="21" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > <img src="HTMLobj-6498/aniGif.gif" border="0" align="bottom" width="21" height="21">  </FONT></div> <div> Judy's Rating <IMG SRC="0fb15150.gif" border=0 width="21" height="21" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > <img src="HTMLobj-6499/aniGif.gif" border="0" align="bottom" width="21" height="21">  </FONT></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 115 WIDTH="746"><div> Storyline From Yahoo:  <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="arial" >When Josey Aimes returns to her hometown in Northern Minnesota after a failed marriage, she needs a good job. A single mother with two children to support, she turns to the predominant source of employment in the region - the iron mines. The last thing the miners want is women competing for scarce jobs - women who, in their estimation, have no business driving trucks and hauling rock anyway. When Josey speaks out against the treatment she and her fellow workers face it takes her farther than she ever imagined, ultimately inspiring countless others, and leading to the nation's first-ever class action lawsuit for sexual harassment.</FONT></div> <div> <B>Ratings: Critics  B    Users B</B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>