A lesson before dying /

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Imprint:New York : HBO Home Video, c1999.
Description:1 videodisc (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language:English
Subject:Gaines, Ernest J., -- 1933-
Feature films.
African American men -- Louisiana -- Drama.
Death row inmates -- Louisiana -- Drama.
African American men.
Death row inmates.
Friendship.
Race relations.
Friendship -- Louisiana -- Drama.
Louisiana -- Race relations -- Drama.
Louisiana.
Drama.
Fiction television programs.
Made-for-TV movies.
Television adaptations.
Television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Format: DVD Video
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6240246
Hidden Bibliographic Details
Other uniform titles:Benedetti, Robert L.
Sargent, Joseph, 1925-
Peacock, Ann.
Tyson, Cicely.
Phifer, Mekhi, 1975-
Cheadle, Don.
Gaines, Ernest J., 1933- Lesson before dying.
Other authors / contributors:HBO Video (Firm)
Spanky Pictures.
Ellen M. Krass Productions.
ISBN:0783117159
9780783117157
Notes:See interactive menu for special features.
Based on the novel by Ernest J. Gaines.
Director of photography, Donald M. Morgan ; editor, Michael Brown ; music, Ernest Troost.
Don Cheadle, Cicely Tyson, Mekhi Phifer.
DVD.
Closed-captioned; in English and Spanish soundtracks with English, French and Spanish subtitles.
Summary:A frustrated teacher in a southern town, whose education is being underutilized, finds his own purpose in helping bring meaning to the last days of a young man due to be executed. In teaching one person to die with dignity, he redeems himself.
Target Audience:Rated PG-13
Standard no.:026359157028
Publisher's no.:91570 HBO Home Video

D'Angelo Law, 2nd Floor, Reserve Room, DVD Collection

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Call Number: DVD PN1997.Z9L47 1999
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