| Description |
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2000. |
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Based on the play "The visit" by Kosmond Russell. |
| Credits |
Cinematographer, John Ndiaga Demps ; editors, Alison Learned, Jordan Walker-Pearlman ; original music, Michael Bearden, Stefán Dickerson, Ramsey Lewis ... [et al.] ; costume designer, Carlos Rosario ; production designer, John Larena. |
| Cast |
Obba Babatundé, Rae Dawn Chong, Marla Gibbs, Hill Harper, Phylicia Rashad, Billy Dee Williams. |
| Summary |
When Alex is sent to prison for a crime he swears he did not commit, his family - at the insistence of their strict father - abandon Alex to his fate in prison. His spirit crushed by a cramped prison cell, Alex subjects himself to a solitary existence. With the help of a young woman he thought he would never see again, Alex fights his way out of his self-imposed solitary existence. |
| System Details |
DVD, Dolby digital 5.1. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: DVD videorecording. |
| Subject |
Prisons -- Drama.
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Prisoners' families -- Drama.
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Prison visits -- Drama.
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AIDS (Disease) -- Patients -- Drama.
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Feature films.
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Film adaptations.
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Prison films.
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False imprisonment -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Films for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Walker-Pearlman, Jordan.
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Babatunde, Obba.
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Chong, Rae Dawn.
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Gibbs, Marla, 1931-
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Harper, Hill, 1966-
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Rashad, Phylicia, 1948-
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Williams, Billy Dee, 1937-
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Demps, John Ndiaga.
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Learned, Alison.
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Bearden, Michael.
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Dickerson, Stefan.
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Lewis, Ramsey.
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Rosario, Carlos.
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Larena, John.
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Russell, Kosmond.
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Urbanworld Films (Firm)
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DaWa Movies (Firm)
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JWP Productions.
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HBO Video (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9991312161 |
| Standard No. |
026359187223 |
| Music No. |
91872D Urbanworld Films |
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