| Description |
1 videodisc (1 hr., 59 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital optical surround stereo Dolby Digital 5.1 DVD 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 picture. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, NTSC, dual layer, anamorphic widescreen (2.00:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1, DVS Dolby Digital 2.0. |
| Language |
English dialogue with optional English SDH or Spanish subtitles; optional descriptive audio in English for the visually impaired. |
| Cast |
Chadwick Boseman, Josh Gad, Kate Hudson, Dan Stevens, Sterling K. Brown, James Cromwell, Ahna O'Reilly. |
| Credits |
Music, Marcus Miller ; editor, Tom McArdle ; director of photography, Newton Thomas Sigel. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 2017. |
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Anamorphic wide screen (2.00:1). |
| Summary |
The legal career of Thurgood Marshall--the man who became famous arguing cases such as Brown v. Board of Education and in 1967 became the first black Supreme Court justice--is full of cases that changed the American legal landscape. But the case that inspired this movie Chadwick Boseman, isn’t one of those famous lawsuits. It’s not a grand civil-rights case that would go all the way to the Supreme Court, nor has the name of the man Marshall defended gone down in history. And yet it provides a window into a side of civil-rights history that is often overshadowed — but no less important. The facts of the case, as described in Rawn James Jr.’s book Root and Branch: Charles Hamilton Houston, Thurgood Marshall, and the Struggle to End Segregation, were that a wealthy white Connecticut woman named Eleanor Strubing had accused her black chauffeur, Joseph Spell, of raping her while her husband was out of town for work. She claimed that over the course of one December 1940 night, he had raped her four times, written a ransom note, bound and gagged her, and then thrown her into a reservoir. Spell maintained that while it was true that he had initiated a sexual interaction, it had been consensual, and that they had stopped when she said she was worried about getting pregnant. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG-13; for mature thematic content, sexuality, violence and some strong language. |
| Summary |
About a young Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, as he battles through one of his career defining cases. |
| Subject |
Marshall, Thurgood, 1908-1993 -- Drama.
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United States. Supreme Court -- Officials and employees -- Biography -- Drama.
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African American judges -- Biography -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Biographical films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
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| Added Author |
Hudlin, Reginald, film producer, film director.
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Sanger, Jonathan, film producer.
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Wagner, Paula, 1946- film producer.
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Koskoff, Michael, screenwriter.
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Koskoff, Jacob, screenwriter.
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Boseman, Chadwick, actor.
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Gad, Josh, 1981- actor.
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Hudson, Kate, 1979- actor.
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Stevens, Dan, 1982- actor.
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Brown, Sterling K., actor.
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Cromwell, James, actor.
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O'Reilly, Ahna, 1985- actor.
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Open Road Films, presenter.
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Starlight Media (Firm), presenter.
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Hero Film (Firm), production company.
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Chestnut Ridge Productions, production company.
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Hudlin Entertainment (Firm), production company.
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Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm), publisher.
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| Standard No. |
191329035986 |
| Music No. |
55192099 Universal Pictures Home Entertainment |
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662767 Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (disc) |
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2080421 Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (disc) |
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2080420 Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (container) |
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