01923cgm a2200241 4500 771501850 TxAuBib 20160922120000.0 160922s2016||||||||||||||||||||||v|eng|u TxAuBib High-Rise [Video]. Los Angeles, CA : Magnolia Home Entertainment, 2016. 1 videodisc (approx. 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. Based on the novel by J.G. Ballard. Thrillers (Motion pictures) Film adaptations Fiction films Feature films Video recordings for the hearing impaired rama. Jeremy Thomas and Hanway Films, Film4 and BFI present ; in association with Northern Ireland Screen, Ingenious Media, Scope Pictures and S Films ; a Recorded Picture Company production ; a film by Ben Wheatley ; screenplay by Amy Jump ; produced by Jeremy Thomas ; directed by Ben Wheatley. Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller, Luke Evans, Elisabeth Moss, James Purefoy, Keeley Hawes. r. Robert Laing is the newest resident of a luxurious apartment in a high-tech concrete skyscraper whose lofty location places him amongst the upper class. But as power outages become more frequent and building flaws emerge, particularly on the lower floors, the regimented social strata begins to crumble and the building becomes a battlefield in a literal class war. MPAA rating: R; for violence, disturbing images, strong sexual content/graphic nudity, language and some drug use. 20160922. Eleanor Steele Blocher Endowment Fund. Apartments -- Drama. Neighborhoods -- Drama. Thrillers (Motion pictures) Electric power failures -- Drama. Degeneration -- Drama. Ballard, J. G., -- 1930-2009. Apartments. Degeneration. Electric power failures. eighborhoods.