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Cotton comes to Harlem ; Hell up in Harlem.
LIBRA DVD 022 582 disc 1-2
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- MGM DVD
- Language:
- English
- French
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Himes, Chester B., 1909-1984--Film adaptations.
- Himes, Chester B.
- Himes, Chester B., 1909-1984.
- Johnson, Coffin Ed (Fictitious character)--Drama.
- Johnson, Coffin Ed (Fictitious character).
- Jones, Grave Digger (Fictitious character)--Drama.
- Jones, Grave Digger (Fictitious character).
- African Americans--New York (State)--New York--Drama.
- African Americans.
- New York (State)--New York.
- Genre:
- Feature films.
- Film adaptations.
- Comedy films.
- Action and adventure films.
- Detective and mystery films.
- Blaxploitation films.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 2 videodiscs (190 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Beverly Hills, Calif. : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2009]
- Language Note:
- Soundtrack (1) in English; soundtrack (2) in English or French; subtitles (both) in French or Spanish.
- Closed-captioned.
- System Details:
- DVD; Dolby digital mono.; region 1.
- digital
- optical
- mono
- Dolby
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- Contains two feature films including "Cotton Comes to Harlem," about a couple of detectives who investigate a minister's charity campaign; and "Hell Up in Harlem," about a man who is hunted by the mob after he discovers a ledger with the names of every crooked police officer and public official on the mob's payroll.
- Contents:
- Cotton comes to Harlem / United Artists ; screenplay by Arnold Perl and Ossie Davis ; produced by Samuel Goldwyn, Jr. ; directed by Ossie Davis (96 min.)
- Hell up in Harlem / Orion Pictures ; American International ; Samuel Z. Arkoff presents a Larco production ; written, produced, and directed by Larry Cohen (94 min.).
- Participant:
- Cotton comes to Harlem: Godfrey Cambridge, Raymond St. Jacques, Calvin Lockhart, Judy Pace, Redd Foxx, John Anderson, Emily Yancy, Lou Jacobi, Eugene Roche, J.D. Cannon.
- Hell up in Harlem: Fred Williamson, Julius W. Harris, Gloria Hendry, Margaret Avery, D'Urville Martin, Tony King, Gerald Gordon.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Gerald Hirschfeld (1st film), Fenton Hamilton (2nd film) ; editor, Robert Q. Lorett (1st film), Peter Honess and Franco Guerri (2nd film) ; music, Galt MacDermot (1st film), Fonce Mizell and Freddie Perren (2nd film) ; choreography, Louis Johnson (1st film).
- Notes:
- Title from container.
- Cotton comes to Harlem based upon the novel by Chester Himes.
- Originally released as motion pictures in 1970 and 1973, respectively.
- Cotton comes to Harlem in full screen (1.33:1) format; Hell up in Harlem in 16 x 9 widescreen (1.85:1) format.
- Contains:
- Hell up in Harlem
- OCLC:
- 436045292
- Publisher Number:
- 883904144779
- 1001464 MGM Home Entertainment (Cotton comes to Harlem)
- 1002583 MGM Home Entertainment (Hell up in Harlem)
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