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All She Wanted Was To Make A Living. Instead She Made History. Amber Heard as: Young Josey Aimes Additional Cast: Charlize Theron, Sissy Spacek Production Status: On DVD (R1, R2) Release Date: October 21, 2005 (USA) Directed By: Niki Caro Screenwriters: Michael Seitzman (Screenplay) Genre: Drama MPAA Rating: R A semi-fictionalized account of a long legal battle of group of women miners who endured a hostile work environment and numerous and continuous insults and unwanted touching when they became the first women to go work at the Eveleth Mines in Minnesota.

Filming Locations:
- Minnesota, USA
- New Mexico, USA

- Amber appears in a couple of scenes as young Josey.

- Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 1 win & 11 nominations. (view)

- In the scene where Michelle Monaghan is trapped in portable outhouse which is rocked and tipped over by her male co-workers, the supposed human waste was actually made of Gatorade, Coco Puffs, and pumpkin pie fillings.

- The lawsuit which inspired this film was settled in 1998, 10 years after it was first filed and over 20 years after the harassments began.

- Some of the women standing up in the last courtroom scene were real plaintiffs.

Kyle: "My name is Glory Dodge and I'm not fucking dead yet. I stand with Josey."

Bill White: "What are you supposed to do when the ones with all the power are hurting those with none? Well for starters, you stand up. Stand up and tell the truth. You stand up for your friends. You stand up even when you're all alone. You stand up."

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North Country is one of those movies that stir you up and make you mad, because it dramatizes practices you've heard about but never really visualized. We remember that Frances McDormand played a woman police officer in this same area in "Fargo," and we value that memory, because it provides a foundation for Josey Aimes. McDormand's role in this movie is different and much sadder, but brings the same pluck and common sense to the screen. Put these two women together (as actors and characters) and they can accomplish just about anything. Watching them do it is a great movie experience. - Roger Ebert

Charlize Theron didn't win an Oscar for getting fat and ugly to play serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Monster -- she won for digging deep into a scarred soul. Though the dirt and grime in North Country are artfully applied, it's purely cosmetic and skin-deep. - Rolling Stone

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