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Ein Aufstand alter Männer / Arthaus ; a Consolidated Jennie & Co. Zenith Production ; [Regie, Volker Schlöndorff ; Buch, Charles Fuller] ; deutsche Fassung, Florian Hopf.
LIBRA DVD/PAL PS3557.A355 G32 2009
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Filmverlag der Autoren Edition.
- Filmverlag der Autoren Edition
- Standardized Title:
- Gathering of old men (Motion picture)
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Gaines, Ernest J., 1933-2019 Film adaptations.
- Gaines, Ernest J.
- Racism--Louisiana--Drama.
- Racism.
- African American farmers--Louisiana--Drama.
- African American farmers.
- Murder--Louisiana--Drama.
- Murder.
- Louisiana.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Feature films.
- Made-for-TV movies.
- Melodrama.
- Film adaptations.
- Motion pictures, United States.
- Motion pictures, German.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (approximately 88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Place of Publication:
- Leipzig : Arthaus : Kinowelt, ©2009.
- Language Note:
- English or dubbed German dialogue; optional German subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD, PAL, Region 2; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono.
- Summary:
- A regular day in a Louisiana sugarcane plantation changes course when a local white farmer, a racist, is shot. A group of old, black men takes a courageous step by coming forward en masse to take responsibility for the killing. As the sheriff confronts the suspects, the young plantation owner stands alone in her defense of this group of men who stand resolute against decades of injustice.
- Participant:
- Louis Gossett Jr., Richard Widmark, Holly Hunter, Joe Seneca.
- Credits:
- Camera, Edward Lachman ; editing, Nancy Baker, Craig McKay ; music, Ron Carter.
- Notes:
- Aspect ratio 1.33:1 (4:3 full screen).
- Based on the novel, A gathering of old men, by Ernest J. Gaines.
- Originally broadcast as a made-for-TV movie in 1987.
- Extras: Interview with Volker Schlöndorff; photo gallery; trailer; and press release (PDF).
- OCLC:
- 467963306
- Publisher Number:
- 501726 Kinowelt
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