A Raisin In The Sun
Film of the award-winning play about a struggling black family living on Chicago's South Side and the impact of an unexpected insurance bequest. Each family member sees the bequest as the means of realizing dreams and of escape from grinding frustrations.
| Corporate Author: | Columbia Pictures Corporation., Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm) |
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| Other Authors: | Poitier, Sidney., Rose, Philip, 1921-2011., Susskind, David, 1920-1987., McNeil, Claudia., Dee, Ruby., Petrie, Daniel., Rosenthal, Laurence, 1926-, Hansberry, Lorraine, 1930-1965. |
| Format: | Videos DVD |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
[Culver City, Calif. :
Columbia Tristar Home Video,
c1999]
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| Series: |
Columbia classics
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| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
Film of the award-winning play about a struggling black family living on Chicago's South Side and the impact of an unexpected insurance bequest. Each family member sees the bequest as the means of realizing dreams and of escape from grinding frustrations. |
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| Item Description: |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1961. Based on the stage play by Lorraine Hansberry. Dual-sided DVD. Widescreen version on one side; normal version ("formatted to fit your TV") on the other. |
| Physical Description: |
1 videodisc (ca. 128 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: |
DVD, Region 1 encoding, Dolby digital, mono. |
| Audience: |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Production Credits: |
Music by Laurence Rosenthal. |
| ISBN: |
0767828062 9780767828062 |
| Author Notes: |
Born in Miami 1927 and raised in the Bahamas, Poitier began acting after the war, and soon made his debut in Hollywood with No Way Out. He became the first black actor to win an Academy Award for Best Actor. In 1968 he was knighted by H.M. Queen Elizabeth II and is the recipient of four honorary doctorate degrees, the last from New York University. He has starred in over forty films, directed nine, and written four. He has received three Golden Globe Awards; an American Film Institute Lifetime Achievement Award; the Kennedy Center Lifetime Achievement Award; and the Screen Actors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award, among many other awards and honors. In April 1997 Poitier was named the Ambassador to Japan from the Bahamas. Sir Poitier is currently president and CEO of Verdon Cedric Productions. He is married, has six daughters, four grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. |