This title is licensed for public performance by the MPLC umbrella license. The Giver centers on Jonas (Brenton Thwaites), a young man who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and contentment. Yet as he begins to spend time with The Giver (Jeff Bridges), who is the sole keeper of all the community's memories, Jonas quickly begins to discover the dark and deadly truths of his community's secret past. With this newfound power of knowledge, he realizes that the stakes are higher than imagined a matter of life and death for himself and those he loves most. At extreme odds, Jonas knows that he must escape their world to protect them all a challenge that no one has ever succeeded at before. The Giver is based on Lois Lowry's beloved young adult novel of the same name. Special Features: Jeff Bridges presents the original script reading featuring Lloyd Bridges, Making The Giver: From Page to Screen, Jonas harrowing journey extended scene, Ordinary Human featurette with OneRepublic s Ryan Tedder, Author Lois Lowry on The Giver, and Study Guide.