| Edition |
Director-approved DVD special edition. |
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DVD edition. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (102 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (16 panels : color illustrations ; folded to 19 cm). |
| Physical Medium |
stamping rdapm |
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4 3/4 in. color rda |
| Description |
digital rdatr |
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optical rdapm |
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surround rdapc |
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Dolby Audio 2.0 |
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NTSC rdabs |
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video file rdaft |
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DVD video |
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Region 1 rdare |
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Motion pictures lcgft |
| Series |
Criterion Collection ; 963 |
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Criterion collection ; 963.
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| System Details |
DVD, NTSC region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Audio 2.0 surround. |
| Note |
Title from disc surface. |
| Cast |
Danny Glover, Paul Butler, Mary Alice, Carl Lumbly, Vonetta McGee, Richard Brooks, Sheryl Lee Ralph. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Walt Lloyd ; music, Stephen James Taylor ; editor, Nancy Richardson. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1990. |
| Summary |
Harry, a devilish charmer from the Deep South, turns up out of the blue on the South Central Los Angeles doorstep of his old friends. In short order, Harry's presence turns a seemingly peaceful household upside down, exposing smoldering tensions between parents and children, tradition and change, virtue and temptation. Interweaving evocative strains of gospel and blues with rich, poetic-realist images, it is a sublimely stirring film from an autonomous artistic sensibility, a portrait of family resilience. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG; |
| Note |
Special features: New, restored 4K digital transfer, approved by director; Of Family and Folklore, a new interview program, featuring Charles Burnett, actors Danny Glover and Sheryl Lee Ralph, and associate producer Linda Koulisis; A Walk with Charles Burnett, a new hour-long conversation between Burnett and filmmaker Robert Townsend that revisits Burnett's films and shooting locations; Short video tribute to Burnett produced for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Governors Awards ceremony in 2017. Container insert includes the essay "You Never Know What's in the Heart" by film critic Ashley Clark. |
| Language |
In English; English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH). |
| Subject |
African Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Drama.
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African American families -- Drama.
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African American men -- Drama.
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Superstition -- Drama.
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Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Drama.
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African American men. (OCoLC)fst00799236
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African Americans. (OCoLC)fst00799558
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Superstition. (OCoLC)fst01139022
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California -- Los Angeles.
(OCoLC)fst01204540
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| Genre/Form |
Dark comedy films.
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Melodramas (Motion pictures)
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Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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| Added Author |
Burnett, Charles, 1944- film director, screenwriter, interviewee.
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Pressman, Edward R., film producer.
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Byrnes, Thomas S., film producer.
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Scott, Darin, film producer.
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Koulisis, Linda, film producer, interviewee.
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Glover, Danny, actor, interviewee.
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Butler, Paul, 1941 or 1942-2010, actor.
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Alice, Mary, 1936-2022 actor.
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Lumbly, Carl, actor.
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McGee, Vonetta, actor.
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Brooks, Richard, 1962- actor.
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Ralph, Sheryl Lee, actor, interviewee.
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Townsend, Robert, 1957- interviewee.
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Clark, Ashley, writer of additional text.
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Burnett, Charles, 1944- film director.
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Chubb, Caldecot, film producer.
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Glover, Danny, actor.
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SVS Films, presenter, film distributor.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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| Added Title |
Of Family and Folklore
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A Walk with Charles Burnett
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| Standard No. |
715515226813 |
| ISBN |
9781681435558 |
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1681435551 |
| Music No. |
CC2998DCriterion Collection |
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CC2998DDVD The Criterion Collection |
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