| Edition |
Director-approved DVD special edition. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert. |
| Physical Medium |
DVD video 4 3/4 in. rda |
| Description |
digital optical stereo Dolby Digital 2.0 rda |
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NTSC rda |
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video file DVD video region 1 rda |
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Motion pictures lcgft |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 774 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 774.
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| System Details |
DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation ; Dolby digital stereo. |
| Cast |
Pierce Brosnan, Edward Woodward, Beatie Edney, Denis Quilley, Bella Enahoro, Kwabena Manso, Nick Reding, Femi Fatoba, Hubert Ogunde, Sola Adeyemi, Maynard Eziashi. |
| Credits |
Production designer, Herbert Pinter ; costume designer, Rosemary Burrows ; music by George Delerue ; edited by Humphrey Dixon ; director of photography, Peter James. |
| Note |
Based on a 1939 novel by Joyce Cary. |
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DVD release of the 1990 motion picture. |
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Widescreen (1.85:1). |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG-13. |
| Summary |
A Nigerian villager is eager to work as a civil servant for the British authorities, including a sympathetic district officer, in the hopes that it will benefit him in the future. Instead, his ambition leads to his tragic downfall. Mister Johnson, based on a 1939 novel by Joyce Cary, is a graceful, heartfelt drama about the limits of idealism, affectingly acted and handsomely shot. |
| Note |
Special features: Bruce Beresford (the director recounts his experiences making the film); Michael Fitzgerald (the producer looks back on his journey making the film); Maynard Eziashi (the actor describes the experience of his first starring role); Pierce Brosnan (the actor recalls making the film); Trailer. Insert includes an essay by film scholar Neil Sinyard. |
| Language |
In English with optional English captions. |
| Subject |
Male friendship -- Drama.
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Civil service -- Drama.
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Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa -- Drama.
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Nigeria -- Social life and customs -- Drama.
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Cary, Joyce, 1888-1957 -- Film adaptations.
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction films.
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Film adaptations.
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Feature films.
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Feature films -- United States.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Beresford, Bruce, film director.
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Fitzgerald, Michael (Film producer), film producer.
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Fitzgerald, Kathy, film producer.
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Benenson, Bill, film producer.
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Boyd, William, 1952- screenwriter.
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Brosnan, Pierce, actor.
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Woodward, Edward, 1930-2009, actor.
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Edney, Beatie, 1962- actor.
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Quilley, Denis, actor.
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Enahoro, Bella, actor.
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Manso, Kwabena, actor.
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Reding, Nick, 1962- actor.
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Fatọba, Fẹmi, 1939- actor.
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Ogunde, Hubert, 1916-1990 actor.
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Adeyemi, Sola, actor.
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Eziashi, Maynard, actor.
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Pinter, Herbert, production designer.
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Burrows, Rosemary, costume designer.
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Delerue, Georges, 1925-1992, compsoer (expression)
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Dixon, Humphrey, film editor.
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James, Peter, 1947 March 7- director of photography.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work) : Cary, Joyce, 1888-1957.
Mister Johnson.
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Sinyard, Neil, writer of supplementary textual content.
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Janus Films, production company.
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Ithaca-Ogunde, production company.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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| Added Title |
Mr. Johnson |
| ISBN |
1681430525 |
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9781681430522 |
| Standard No. |
715515157018 |
| Music No. |
CC2534D The Criterion Collection |
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