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Title Tsotsi = [Thug] / Miramax Films presents in association with the UK Film & TV Production Company, PLC, The Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa, The National Film & Video Foundation of South Africa and in association with Moviworld ; written and directed by Gavin Hood ; produced by Peter Fudakowski.

Publication Info. Burbank, CA : Miramax Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2006]

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Main Level  DVD FOREIGN FILM TSOTSI c.2  Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Media Room  DVD TSO    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Audio-Visual Materials  DVD TSOTSI    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  FOR DVD TSO    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  FOREIGN AD DVD TSOTSI    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Audio-Visual Materials  DVD TSOTSI    Check Shelf
 Southington Library - Adult  DVD Foreign TSOTSI    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Balcony  AV DVD 828 T882T    Check Shelf
 Windsor Locks Public Library - Adult Department  DVD TSOTSI    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  FOREIGN FILM DVD TSOT    Check Shelf
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.
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.
Murder -- South Africa -- Drama.
Redemption -- Drama.
Criminal psychology -- South Africa -- Drama.
Homicide -- South Africa -- Drama.
Salvation -- Drama.
Genre/Form Feature films.
Gangster films.
Melodrama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Gangster -- Feature.
Crime -- Feature.
Melodrama -- Feature.
Melodrama.
Added Author Hood, Gavin. Screenwriter. Director.
Fudakowski, Peter.
Chweneyagae, Presley.
Pheto, Terry.
Nkosi, Kenneth.
Fugard, Athol.
Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm)
Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)
Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa.
Moviworld (Firm)
National Film and Video Foundation (South Africa)
UK Film & TV Production Company.
Added Title Thug
ISBN 0788868926
Standard No. 786936705362
Music No. 50667 Miramax Home Entertainment
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