Description |
1 videodisc (101 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
Physical Medium |
DVD video 4 3/4 in. rda |
Description |
digital optical surround Dolby Digital 2.0 rda |
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laser optical NTSC rda |
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video file DVD video region 1 rda |
System Details |
DVD; region 1; digitally mastered; Dolby 2.0 surround sound; double sided, full screen and widescreen versions. |
Cast |
Lothaire Bluteau, Aden Young, Sandrine Holt, Tantoo Cardinal, Frank Wilson, Billy Two Rivers, Raoul Trujillo, Lawrence Bayne, Harrison Liu, Yvan Labelle, August Schellenberg. |
Credits |
Director of photography, Peter James ; production designer, Herbert Pinter ; costume designers, Renée April & John Hay ; music composed by Georges Delerue ; editor, Tim Wellburn. |
Note |
Based on the novel: Black Robe / by Brian Moore. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1991. |
Audience |
MPAA rating: R, areas of strong violence and sensuality. |
Summary |
In the rugged 17th century Canadian wilderness, Father Laforgue, a young and idealistic Jesuit priest, is assigned to go up river into the wilderness on a perilous journey to convert the Huron Indians. His Algonquin Indian quides nickname him "Black Robe." His young aide and translator, Daniel, falls in love with Annuka, the beautiful daughter of the Algonquin chief. Torn between his own desires and ideals of the priesthood, Laforgue's faith is tested as the expedition faces the elements. Attacked, captured and brutalized by hostile Indians, the traumatic experience challenges everything the young priest believes. Together with his young campanions, he escapes to complete his mission and comes to understand the true spirit of the land and the spirit he sought to convert. |
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Special features: Black Robe trailer; Biographies; Trimark releases. |
Language |
Soundtrack in English, with optional French and Spanish subtitles. Some dialog in Algonquin. Closed captioned. |
Subject |
Indians of North America -- Canada -- Drama.
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Feature films -- Canada.
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Wyandot Indians -- History -- 17th century -- Drama.
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Missionaries -- Canada -- Drama.
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Algonquin Indians -- Missions -- Drama.
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Genre/Form |
Historical films.
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Subject |
Algonquin Indians -- History -- 17th century -- Drama.
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Indians of North America -- Québec (Province) -- History -- 17th century -- Drama.
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Local Subject |
Indigenous peoples -- Québec (Province) -- History -- 17th century -- Drama.
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Subject |
Jesuits -- Missions -- Canada -- History -- 17th century -- Drama.
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Genre/Form |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Subject |
Moore, Brian, 1921-1999 -- Film adaptations.
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Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Subject |
Feature films -- Australia.
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Genre/Form |
Film adaptations.
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Local Subject |
Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Drama.
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Subject |
Wyandot Indians -- Missions -- Drama.
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Added Author |
Beresford, Bruce, film director.
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Eberts, Jake, film producer.
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Moore, Brian, 1921-1999, film producer, screenwriter.
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Héroux, Denis, 1940 July 15-2015 film producer.
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Lantos, Robert, 1949- film producer.
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Reichel, Stéphane, film producer.
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Milliken, Sue, 1940- film producer.
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Bluteau, Lothaire, actor.
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Young, Aden, actor.
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Holt, Sandrine, actor.
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Cardinal, Tantoo, actor.
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Wilson, Frank, 1924-2005 actor.
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Two Rivers, Billy, 1935- actor.
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Trujillo, Raoul, actor.
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Bayne, Lawrence, 1960- actor.
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Liu, Harrison, actor.
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Labelle, Yvan, 1960-2014, actor.
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Schellenberg, August, actor.
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James, Peter, 1947 March 7- director of photography.
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Pinter, Herbert, production designer.
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April, Renée, costume designer.
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Hay, John (Costume designer)
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Delerue, Georges, 1925-1992, composer (expression)
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Wellburn, Tim, 1939- film editor.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Moore, Brian, 1921-1999.
Black robe.
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Vidmark Entertainment, production company.
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Samuel Goldwyn Co. production company.
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Alliance Communications, production company.
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Samson Productions, production company.
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Telefilm Canada, production company.
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First Choice Canadian Communications Corporation, production company.
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Lions Gate Home Entertainment, film distributor.
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Standard No. |
031398678533 |
Music No. |
15833 Lions Gate Home Entertainment |
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