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The Mission

An epic about a man of the sword and a man of the cloth who unite to shield the Guarani South American Indian tribe from brutal subjugation by 18th-century colonial empires.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Morricone, Ennio (Composer, Conductor)
Corporate Authors:	Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ), Goldcrest Films International, Kingsmere Productions, Enigma (Firm), British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service, Warner Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors:	Ghia, Fernando, 1935-2005 (Producer), Bolt, Robert (Screenwriter), Puttnam, David, 1941- (Producer), Joffé, Roland, 1945- (Director), De Niro, Robert (Actor), Irons, Jeremy, 1948- (Actor), McAnally, Ray (Actor), Quinn, Aidan (Actor), Lunghi, Cherie, 1952- (Actor), Pickup, Ronald (Actor), Low, Chuck, 1937- (Actor), Neeson, Liam (Actor), Menges, Chris, 1940- (Cinematographer), Clark, James, 1931-2016 (Film editor), Lough, Robin (Director)
Format:	Videos DVD
Language:	English French Spanish
Published:	Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2003]
Edition:	Two-disc special ed.
Series:	Omnibus (Television program : 1967-2003)
Subjects:	Guarani Indians > Missions > Drama. Seven Reductions, War of the, 1754-1756 > Drama. South America > History > 18th century > Drama. Waunana Indians > Social conditions > Drama. Feature films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Summary:	An epic about a man of the sword and a man of the cloth who unite to shield the Guarani South American Indian tribe from brutal subjugation by 18th-century colonial empires.
Item Description:	Originally produced as a motion picture in 1986. "The historical events represented in this story are true, and occurred around the borderlands of Argentina, Paraguay & Brazil in the year 1750"--Opening credits. Special features (disc 1): optional audio commentary by Joffé; cast & crew selected filmographies (De Niro, Irons, McAnally, Quinn, Lunghi, Bolt, Ghia, Puttnam, Joffé); awards; theatrical trailer (2 min.). Special features (disc 2): episode of the BBC documentary television program "Omnibus" about the Waunana Indians who portrayed the Guarani tribespeople in "The mission" (57 min. ; 1987).
Physical Description:	2 videodiscs (125 minutes) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD; Region 1; widescreen presentation, enhanced for widescreen TVs; Dolby digital 5.1 surround in English, Dolby digital surround stereo.
Audience:	MPAA rating: PG.
Awards:	Cannes Film Festival, 1986: Best film, Palme d'Or. Academy Awards, 1987: Best cinematography.
Production Credits:	Director of photography, Chris Menges ; editor, Jim Clark ; music composed, orchestrated and conducted by Ennio Morricone.
ISBN:	0790775581 9780790775586
Author Notes:	Liam John Neeson was born on June 7, 1952 in Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. He attended Queen's University Belfast, in Northern Ireland. After leaving university he attended teacher training college in Newcastle. In 1976, Neeson joined the Lyric Players' Theatre in Belfast. He got his first film experience in 1977, playing Jesus Christ and Evangelist in the religious film, Pilgrim's Progress. In 1980, filmmaker John Boorman saw him on stage as Lennie Small in Of Mice and Men and offered him the part of Sir Gawain in the Arthurian film, Excalibur. In 1987, he moved to Hollywood in order to star in high-profile roles. That year, he starred alongside Cher and Dennis Quaid in Suspect, a role that brought him critical acclaim. In 1990 he followed this with a starring role in Darkman. He later played Oskar Schindler in Schindler's List, which earned him a nomination for a Best Actor Oscar, and helped the film earn Best Picture. He went on to star as Jean Valjean in the 1998 adaptation of Victor Hugo's Les Misérables and in The Haunting as Dr. David Marrow. In 1999, Neeson starred as Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn, in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. He has also starred in Fallout, Transformers and Taken. (Bowker Author Biography)