Human cloning, England, Ishiguro, Kazuo, Boarding school students, Organ donors, Young men--Conduct of life, Young women--Conduct of life, Boarding schools 

Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy are best friends who grow up together at an English boarding school with a chilling secret. When they learn the shocking truth that they are genetically engineered clones raised to be organ donors, they embrace their fleeting chance to live and love. Based on the acclaimed novel by Kazuo Ishiguro. 

Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy are best friends who grow up together in the isolated boarding school called Hailsham, with a chilling secret. As children, Kathy is secretly in love with Tommy. Then she sees her best friend Ruth holding Tommy's hand, and is devastated. As adolescents, Tommy and Kathy form a deep connection, only to have Ruth shove them apart with her own romantic demands. As they prepare to leave the school, they learn of their true purpose: each is a clone that will later have their organs harvested for medical purposes. Kathy takes on the role of "Carer," dedicating herself to looking after those being slowly dissected, and eventually Tommy and Ruth prepare to make their first "donations." As the years pass, the group grows apart, before finally reuniting just as both Tommy and Ruth are about to "complete." 

Genre/Form: Romance films
Feature films
Melodramas (Motion pictures)
Film adaptations
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Coming-of-age films
Drama
Fiction films
Teatro
Named Person: Kazuo Ishiguro; Kazuo Ishiguro
Material Type: Internet resource, Videorecording
Document Type: Visual material, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Mark Romanek; Alex Garland; Andrew Macdonald; Allon Reich; Carey Mulligan; Keira Knightley; Andrew Garfield; Isobel Meikle-Small; Ella Purnell; Charlie Rowe; Charlotte Rampling; Sally Hawkins; Nathalie Richard; Andrea Riseborough; Domhnall Gleeson; Rachel Portman; Kazuo Ishiguro; Fox Searchlight Pictures.; DNA Films,; FilmFour (Firm),; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation,; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.,
OCLC Number: 689131519
Language Note: In English, dubbed Spanish, or dubbed French with optional subtitles in English SDH (English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing) or Spanish; closed captioned.
Notes: Produced as a motion picture in 2010.
Based on the novel by Kazuo Ishiguro.
Special features: Featurette: The secrets of "Never Let Me Go" (30 min.); director Mark Romanek's on-set photography [slide show] (3 min.); Tommy's art [slide show] (3 min.); National Donor Programme & Hailsham Campaign graphics [slide show] (2 min.); Theatrical trailer (2 min.); Sneak peeks (4 min.).
Credits: Cinematography, Adam Kimmel ; production designer, Mark Digby ; editor, Barney Pilling ; music by Rachel Portman ; costume designers, Rachael Fleming, Steven Noble ; executive producers, Alex Garland, Kasuo Ishiguro, Tessa Ross.
Cast: Carey Mulligan (Kathy), Andrew Garfield (Tommy), Keira Knightley (Ruth), Isobel Meikle-Small (young Kathy), Ella Purnell (young Ruth), Charlie Rowe (young Tommy), Charlotte Rampling (Miss Emily), Sally Hawkins (Miss Lucy), Nathalie Richard (Madame), Andrea Riseborough (Chrissie), Domhnall Gleeson (Rodney).
Target Audience: MPAA rating: Rated R for some sexuality and nudity.
Description: 1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Details: DVD; region 1; NTSC; widescreen presentation, 2.35:1 aspect ratio; 5.1 Dolby Digital surround, 2.0 stereo surround.
Other Titles: Never let me go (Motion picture : 2010)
Responsibility: Fox Searchlight Pictures, DNA Films and Film4 present ; directed by Mark Romanek ; screenplay by Alex Garland ; produced by Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich.