| Description |
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
DVD video 4 3/4 in. rda |
| Description |
digital optical 5.1 surround Dolby Digital rda |
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DVD NTSC rda |
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video file DVD video region 1 rda |
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Motion picture. |
| Series |
KL Studio classics |
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KL studio classics.
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| System Details |
DVD, anamorphic widescreen format (aspect ratio 1.66:1). |
| Cast |
Sidney Poitier (Homer Smith), Lilia Skala (Mother Maria), Stanley Adams (Juan); Lisa Mann (Sister Gertrude), Isa Crino (Sister Agnes), Francesca Jarvis (Sister Albertine), Pamela Branch (Sister Elizabeth), Dan Frazer (Father Murphy). |
| Credits |
Music, Jerry Goldsmith ; vocal arrangements, Jester Hairston ; director of photography, Ernest Haller ; film editor, John W. McCafferty. |
| Note |
First released at the Berlin International Film Festival in June 1963. First released in the U.S.A. on October 1, 1963. |
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Based on the novel by William E. Barrett. |
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"Distributed by Kino Lorber Corp. under license from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment LLC and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc."--Container. |
| Summary |
Free spirited ex-G.I. and unemployed construction worker Homer Smith stops at a remote farm in the Arizona desert to get water when his car overheats. The farm is being worked by a group of German refugee Catholic nuns, headed by the strict Mother Maria, who believes that Homer has been sent by God to build a much-needed church in the desert. |
| Note |
Bonus material: Lilies of the Field theatrical trailer ; They Call Me Mister Tibbs trailer ; The Organization trailer ; Duel at Diablo trailer. |
| Awards |
Academy Award, Best Actor, 1963. |
| Audience |
Not rated by MPAA. |
| Language |
English language with some German and Spanish, and optional English subtitles. |
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Closed-captioned. |
| Subject |
Barrett, William E. (William Edmund), 1900-1986 -- Film adaptations.
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Barrett, William E. (William Edmund), 1900-1986. (OCoLC)fst01722991
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African Americans -- Drama.
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African Americans -- Relations with German Americans -- Drama.
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Nuns -- Arizona -- Drama.
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Germans -- Arizona -- Drama.
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United States -- Race relations -- Drama.
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Church buildings -- Arizona -- Drama.
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African Americans. (OCoLC)fst00799558
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African Americans -- Relations with German Americans.
(OCoLC)fst00799675
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Church buildings. (OCoLC)fst00860599
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Germans. (OCoLC)fst00942100
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Nuns. (OCoLC)fst01041386
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Race relations. (OCoLC)fst01086509
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Arizona. (OCoLC)fst01204820
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
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Film adaptations. (OCoLC)fst01710491
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Feature films.
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Film adaptations.
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Classic films.
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| Added Author |
Nelson, Ralph, 1916-1987, producer, director.
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Poe, James, 1923-1980, screenwriter.
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Poitier, Sidney, actor.
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Skala, Lilia, actor.
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Adams, Stanley, 1915-1977, actor.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Barrett, William E. (William Edmund), 1900-1986.
Lilies of the field.
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United Artists Corporation.
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Rainbow Productions (Chicago, Ill.), production company.
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1992- )
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Kino Lorber, Inc., publisher.
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| Added Title |
Ralph Nelson's Lilies of the field |
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Lillies of the field |
| Standard No. |
738329163723 |
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8809154145801 |
| Music No. |
K1637 KL Studio Classics |
