Edition |
Widescreen. |
Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD, region 1; Dolby Digital. |
Cast |
Presley Chweneyagae, Terry Pheto, Kenneth Nkosi, Mothusi Magano, Zenzo Ngqobe, Zola. |
Credits |
Director of photography, Lance Gewer; original score by, Mark Kilian & Paul Hepker; editor, Megan Gill. |
Note |
Based on a novel by Athol Fugard. |
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Originally produced in 2005 as a motion picture. |
Audience |
MPAA rating: R; for language and some strong violent content. |
Summary |
A young man running with a criminal gang on the streets of Johannesburg, Tsotsi - a nickname meaning thug - is immersed in a world of violence that seems to leave him unaffected, until he discovers an infant in the backseat of a car he has stolen. |
Note |
Bonus features: alternate endings with optional commentary by screenwriter and director Gavin Hood; deleted scenes with optional commentary by Gavin Hood; the making of 'Tsotsi'; feature commentary with Gavin Hood; director's short film 'The Storekeeper.' |
Awards |
Academy Awards, USA, 2006: Oscar - Best Foreign Language Film of the Year (South Africa). |
Language |
Tsotsi-Taal dialogue with optional English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Local Note |
WNPLFFDVD |
Subject |
Criminal behavior -- South Africa -- Drama.
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Murder -- South Africa -- Drama.
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Redemption -- Drama.
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Criminal psychology -- South Africa -- Drama.
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Homicide -- South Africa -- Drama.
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Salvation -- Drama.
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Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Gangster films.
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Melodrama.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Gangster -- Feature.
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Crime -- Feature.
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Melodrama -- Feature.
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Melodrama.
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Added Author |
Hood, Gavin. Screenwriter. Director.
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Fudakowski, Peter.
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Chweneyagae, Presley.
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Pheto, Terry.
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Nkosi, Kenneth.
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Fugard, Athol.
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Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm)
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Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)
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Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa.
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Moviworld (Firm)
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National Film and Video Foundation (South Africa)
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UK Film & TV Production Company.
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Added Title |
Thug |
ISBN |
0788868926 |
Standard No. |
786936705362 |
Music No. |
50667 Miramax Home Entertainment |
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