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Jonestown : the life and death of Peoples Temple / a Firelight Media production for American Experience ; WGBH Educational Foundation ; produced and directed by Stanley Nelson ; teleplay by Noland Walker and Marcia Smith ; story by Marcia Smith.
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- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, Marcia, author.
- Walker, W. Noland, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jonestown Mass Suicide, Jonestown, Guyana, 1978.
- Jones, Jim, 1931-1978.
- Jones, Jim.
- Peoples Temple.
- Brainwashing.
- Preaching.
- Assassination--Guyana.
- Assassination.
- Guyana.
- Genre:
- Documentary television programs.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Edition:
- Widescreen.
- Other Title:
- Life and death of Peoples Temple
- Place of Publication:
- [Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Home Video ; Hollywood, Calif. : Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, [2007]
- Language Note:
- Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
- System Details:
- DVD; Region 1; stereo.
- digital
- optical
- stereo
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- A startling look at preacher Jim Jones, his life prior to the mass-suicides in Guyana, and the event that took place leading up to that fateful day in 1978.
- Credits:
- Cinematography, Michael Chin ; editing, Lewis Erskine ; music, Tom Phillips.
- Notes:
- Videodisc release of a segment of the television program, American experience.
- "In association with BBC"--Container.
- Special features: deleted scenes; interview with filmmaker Stanley Nelson.
- ISBN:
- 1415731527
- 9781415731529
- OCLC:
- 80155110
- Publisher Number:
- 841887052269
- 705226 Paramount Home Entertainment
- AMEX6911 PBS
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