| Edition |
Director approved DVD special edition. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
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DVD video |
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Motion pictures lcgft |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 953 |
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Criterion collection ; 953.
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| System Details |
DVD, NTSC, region 1; wide screen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby digital stereo. |
| Cast |
Donald Sutherland, Janet Suzman, Jurgen Prochnow, Zakes Mokae, Susan Sarandon, Marlon Brando, Winston Ntshona, Thoko Ntshinga, John Kani, David De Keyser, Susannah Harker, Gerard Thoolen, Michael Gambon, Ronald Pickup. |
| Credits |
Music, Dave Grusin ; editors, Sam O'Steen, Glenn Cunningham ; directors of photography, Kelvin Pike, Pierre-William Glenn. |
| Note |
Based on the novel by André Brink. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1989. |
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Wide screen (1.85:1). |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: R. |
| Summary |
White schoolteacher Ben Du Toit lives in Johannesburg and remains blissfully incurious about the lives of his black countrymen until a wave of brutal repression comes crashing down on his gardener, bringing Du Toit face-to-face with harsh political realities. |
| Note |
Special features: new interview with director Euzhan Palcy by film critic Scott Foundas ; 'Five scenes,' a new program featuring Palcy ; interview from 1989 with actor Donald Sutherland ; excerpt from a 1995 interview Palcy conducted with Nelson Mandela ; footage of Palcy receiving the highest distinction for foreign dignitaries at the 2017 South African National Orders awards ; an essay by filmmaker and scholar Jyoti Mistry. |
| Language |
In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). |
| Subject |
Apartheid -- South Africa -- Drama.
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South Africa -- Social conditions -- 1961-1994 -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Historical films.
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Social problem films.
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Thrillers (Motion pictures)
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Fiction films.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Palcy, Euzhan, film director, screenwriter.
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Welland, Colin, screenwriter.
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Weinstein, Paula, film producer.
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Sutherland, Donald, 1935- actor.
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Brando, Marlon, actor.
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Sarandon, Susan, 1946- actor.
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Ntshona, Winston, actor.
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Suzman, Janet, actor.
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Prochnow, Jürgen, actor.
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Mokae, Zakes, actor.
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Ntshinga, Thoko, actor.
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Kani, John, actor.
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De Keyser, David, actor.
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Harker, Susannah, actor.
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Thoolen, Gerard, 1943-1996, actor.
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Gambon, Michael, actor.
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Pickup, Ronald, actor.
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Grusin, Dave, composer (expression)
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O'Steen, Sam, 1923-2000, editor of moving image work.
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Cunningham, Glenn, 1950-2006, editor of moving image work.
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Pike, Kelvin, 1929- director of photography.
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Glenn, Pierre-William, director of photography.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Brink, André P. (André Philippus), 1935-2015.
Droë wit seisoen.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, film distributor, presenter.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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| Standard No. |
715515223416 (DVD) |
| ISBN |
9781681435237 |
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1681435233 |
| Music No. |
CC2966D The Criterion Collection |
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