News of the World
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- Common Sense Age 13+
- Critics Consensus 88%
- UHD
- HDR
- CC
- AD
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- Drama
- 1 Hour 58 Minutes
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3.5 • 182 Ratings
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Five years after the Civil War, Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd (Academy Award® winner Tom Hanks) moves from town to town as a non-fiction storyteller, sharing the news from the far reaches of the globe. In the plains of Texas, he crosses paths with a 10-year-old girl taken in by the Kiowa people and raised as one of their own. Kidd agrees to deliver the child where the law says she belongs. As they travel hundreds of miles into the unforgiving wilderness, the two face tremendous challenges of both human and natural forces as they search for a place they can call home.
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Five years after the Civil War, Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd (Academy Award® winner Tom Hanks) moves from town to town as a non-fiction storyteller, sharing the news from the far reaches of the globe. In the plains of Texas, he crosses paths with a 10-year-old girl taken in by the Kiowa people and raised as one of their own. Kidd agrees to deliver the child where the law says she belongs. As they travel hundreds of miles into the unforgiving wilderness, the two face tremendous challenges of both human and natural forces as they search for a place they can call home.
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- Rent $5.99
- Buy $19.99
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Ratings and Reviews
Critics Consensus: News of the World takes a slow but absorbing ride down a comfortingly familiar Western trail, guided by Tom Hanks in peak paternal mode.
Stirring, lyrical Western has peril, some harsh violence.
Cast & Crew
- Director
- Paul Greengrass
- Producers
- Gary Goetzman
- Gail Mutrux
- Gregory Goodman
- Screenwriter
- Paul Greengrass
- Luke Davies
Information
- Studio
- Universal Pictures
- Genre
- Drama
- Released
- Copyright
- © 2020 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.
Languages
- Primary
- English (Audio Description, Stereo, Dolby 5.1)
- Additional
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French (Subtitles, Stereo), Spanish (Subtitles, Stereo)
Accessibility
- CC
- Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.
- AD
- Audio descriptions (AD) refer to a narration track describing what is happening on screen, to provide context for those who are blind or have low vision.