Mister Johnson

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Criterion Collection/Janus Films (Firm), Distributor.

Kanopy (Firm)., Distributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures.

Genre:

Feature films

Physical Description:

1 online resource (streaming video file) (102 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound

Place of Publication:

Criterion Collection/Janus Films 1990

[San Francisco, California, USA] Kanopy Streaming 2016

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web

Summary:

A decade after he broke through with Breaker Morant, Australian director Bruce Beresford made another acclaimed film about the effects of colonialism on the individual. In a performance that earned him the Berlin Film Festival's Silver Bear for best actor, Maynard Eziashi plays the title character, a Nigerian villager eager to work as a civil servant for the British authorities, including a sympathetic district officer (Pierce Brosnan), in the hope that it will benefit him in the future. Instead, his ambition leads to his tragic downfall.. Mister Johnson, based on the 1939 novel by Joyce Cary, is a graceful, heartfelt drama about the limits of idealism, affectingly acted and handsomely shot..

Notes:

In Process Record

Title from title frames

Film

Originally produced by Criterion Collection/Janus Films in 1990

OCLC:

956904512

Publisher Number:

1216787 Kanopy

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license