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A raisin in the sun

Title: A raisin in the sun [videorecording] / produced by John M. Eckert ; teleplay by Paris Qualles ; directed by Kenny Leon ; Bad Boy Films ; Storyline Entertainment ; Sony Pictures Television.
Publication: Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, ©2008.

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Description

1 videodisc (approximately 131 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

An African-American family living on the South Side of Chicago comes into a sudden financial windfall, the potential uses of which divides them bitterly.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Fiction films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Made-for-TV movies.
Melodramas (Motion pictures)
Film adaptations.

Note

Based on the play: A raisin in the sun / by Lorraine Hansberry.
Originally produced for television in 2008.
Special features: optional audio commentary by Leon; "Dreams worthwhile : the journey of 'A raisin in the sun'" featurette (23 min.).

Credits (note)

Director of photography, Ivan Strasburg ; editor, Melissa Kent ; music by Mervyn Warren.

Performer (note)

Sean Combs, Sanaa Lathan, Audra McDonald, Phylicia Rashad, Justin Martin, Bill Nunn, David Oyelowo, Ron Cephas Jones, Sean Patrick Thomas, John Stamos.

Audience (note)

Not rated

System Details (note)

DVD, region 1; Dolby digital 5.1 surround; 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen; high definition.

Language (note)

In English, with optional English or French subtitles.
Closed-captioned.

Linking Entry (note)

Forms part of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Billy Rose Theatre Division.

Contents

Special features: audio commentary with director Kenny Leon -- "Dreams worthwhile: the journey of A raisin in the sun" featurette.

Call Number

NCOX 2428

ISBN

1435905172

LCCN

043396249615

OCLC

191805816

Title

A raisin in the sun [videorecording] / produced by John M. Eckert ; teleplay by Paris Qualles ; directed by Kenny Leon ; Bad Boy Films ; Storyline Entertainment ; Sony Pictures Television.

Imprint

Edition

Anamorphic widescreen format (1.78:1).

Type of Content

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

video

Type of Carrier

videodisc

System Details

DVD, region 1; Dolby digital 5.1 surround; 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen; high definition.

Cast

Sean Combs, Sanaa Lathan, Audra McDonald, Phylicia Rashad, Justin Martin, Bill Nunn, David Oyelowo, Ron Cephas Jones, Sean Patrick Thomas, John Stamos.

Credits

Director of photography, Ivan Strasburg ; editor, Melissa Kent ; music by Mervyn Warren.

Audience

Not rated Sony Picture Home Entertainment.

Language

In English, with optional English or French subtitles.

Closed-captioned.

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Billy Rose Theatre Division.

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Added Author

Eckert, John M., producer.

Qualles, Paris, screenwriter.

Leon, Kenny, director.

Diddy, 1969- actor.

Lathan, Sanaa, actor.

McDonald, Audra, actor.

Rashad, Phylicia, 1948- actor.

Martin, Justin, 1994- actor.

Nunn, Bill, 1952-2016, actor.

Oyelowo, David, actor.

Jones, Ron Cephas, actor.

Thomas, Sean Patrick, actor.

Stamos, John, 1963- actor.

Strasburg, Ivan.

Warren, Mervyn.

Hansberry, Lorraine, 1930-1965. Raisin in the sun.

Bad Boy Worldwide Entertainment Group.

Storyline Entertainment (Firm)

Sony Pictures Television.

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)

Other Standard Identifier

043396249615

Publisher No.

24961 Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Research Call Number

NCOX 2428

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