| Edition |
Film & soundtrack special edition. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.) |
| System Details |
DVD; Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo., 5.1 surround, or original mono. |
| Cast |
Jimmy Cliff, Janet Bartley, Carl Bradshaw, Ras Daniel Hartman, Bobby Charlton. |
| Credits |
Editor, John Victor Smith, Richard White, Reicland Anderson ; camera, David MacDonald, Peter Jessop, Franklin St. Juste. |
| Note |
Videodisc release of the 1972 motion picture. |
|
Widescreen 16x9. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: R. |
| Note |
Accompanying compact disc, Jimmy Cliff in The harder they come : original soundtrack recording, previously issued in 2001 as Island: 314 586 158-2. |
| Summary |
A country boy who travels to Kingston to make it big as a reggae singer is ruthlessly exploited, first by his employer, then by the producer of his hit record. At last he becomes a pot-pushing desperado in an effort to live up to the code of his favorite movie heroes. |
| Note |
Special features: "One and all: the phenomenon of The harder they come" featurette ; making-of documentary, "Hard Road to Travel" ; interviews with Jimmy Cliff, Arthur Gorson, and director Perry Henzell; slide show, "The wild side of paradise"; music video. |
| Language |
In Jamaican English with optional English subtitles. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Outlaws -- Jamaica -- Drama.
|
|
Reggae musicians -- Jamaica -- Drama.
|
|
Reggae music -- Jamaica.
|
| Genre/Form |
Musical films.
|
|
Feature films.
|
| Added Author |
Henzell, Perry.
|
|
Rhone, Trevor D., 1940-2009.
|
|
Cliff, Jimmy.
|
|
International Films.
|
|
Xenon Pictures.
|
| Added Title |
Jimmy Cliff in The harder they come : original soundtrack recording.
|
| ISBN |
1597881155 |
| Standard No. |
000799432204 |
| Music No. |
XE4322PP Xenon Pictures |
|
314 586 158-2 Island |
|
