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Space is the place
- Title
- Space is the place / directed by John Coney.
- Publication
- San Francisco : Harte Recordings, [2014]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Moving image | Use in library | Sc+ F 19-337 | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Moving image | Use in library | Sc DVD-2097 | Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Moving image | Use in library | Sc Audio CD-767 | Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Sun Ra
- Smith, Joshua (Screenwriter)
- Newman, James, 1933-
- Coney, John
- Johnson, Ray (Actor)
- Brooks, Christopher (Christopher S.)
- Deloney, Barbara
- Leder, Erika
- Bailey, John, 1947-1994
- Brewer, Clarence
- Burns, Walter
- Upton, Morgan, 1930-1991
- Ayala, Sinthia
- Stallings, La Shaa
- Parker, Tiny
- Sun Ra.
- Intergalactic Myth-Science Solar Arkestra
- North American Star System, production company, presenter
- Harte Recordings, publisher
- Description
- 1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in. +
- Summary
- Jazz musician Sun Ra returns to Earth, after being reported lost after his last European tour, and focuses his concern on the fate of humanity and the rights of African Americans.
- "The 40th anniversary edition of Space is the place contains both known versions of the film, a new producer commentary, copious notes from cast, crew, and Arkestra members, a CD of the soundtrack--including two previously unreleased tracks--and dozens of never-before-seen photographs"--Back cover.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Blaxploitation films.
- Feature films.
- Film soundtracks.
- Jazz.
- Motion picture music.
- Science fiction films.
- Note
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1974.
- Videodisc contains both original (65 min.) and uncut (82 min.) versions.
- Accompanying compact disc contains the soundtrack to the film, recorded on October 19-20, 1972.
- Credits (note)
- Screenplay, Joshua Smith ; produced by James Newman Camera, Seth Hill, Pat Riley ; sound, Robert Gravenor, David Macmillan, Arthur Rochester ; film editors, B. Progress, Frank Namei ; all music arranged, composed and conducted by Sun Ra ; a North American Star System production.
- Performer (note)
- Sun Ra, Ray Johnson, Christopher Brooks, Barbara Deloney, Erika Leder, John Bailey, Clarence Brewer, Walter Burns, Morgan Upton, Sinthia Ayala, La Shaa Stallings, Tiny Parker ; the Intergalactic Myth-Science Solar Arkestra (Sun Ra, June Tyson, John Gilmore, Marshall Allen, Danny Davis, Eloe Omoe, Larry Northington, Danny Thompson, Kwame Hadi, Lex Humphries, Ken Moshesh, Tommy Hunter).
- System Details (note)
- DVD.
- Language (note)
- In English.
- Contents
- Uncut version (with optional audio commentary by producer Jim Newman; 82 min.) -- Original version (65 min.) -- Home movies (silent; 8 min.) (1971).
- Soundtrack: It's after the end of the world (3:28) -- Under different stars (3:58) -- Discipline 33 (3:24) -- Watusa (7:14) -- Calling planet Earth (3:07) -- I am the alter-destiny (1:12) -- Satellites are spinning (2:35) -- Cosmic forces (3:11) -- Outer Spaceways Incorporated (3:03) -- We travel the spaceways (2:31) -- The overseer (3:08) -- Blackman/Love in outer space (16:55) -- Mysterious crystal (5:55) -- I am the brother of the wind (5:56) -- We'll wait for you (4:15) -- Space is the place (4:29) -- Jimmy Fey interviews Ra (2:05) -- Sonny Ray at nightclub (2:26).
- Book: Space is still the place : foreword / by Wayne Coyen -- Introduction / by David Katznelson -- Some thoughts on space / by Jim Newman -- I shot Sun Ra / by Seth Hill -- Tales from "space" / by Tom Bullock -- The director's memoirs / by John Coney -- Excerpt from Music as fuel / by John Szwed -- The cosmic overseer / Robby Phillips interviews Ray Johnson -- A letter / from Sun Ra to Jim Newman -- Photographs from Space is the place -- Credits -- About the soundtrack.
- Call Number
- Sc DVD-2097
- ISBN
- 9786315931314
- 6315931316
- LCCN
- 824247030022
- OCLC
- 908392463
- Title
- Space is the place / directed by John Coney.
- Publisher
- San Francisco : Harte Recordings, [2014]
- Edition
- 40th anniversary edition.
- Country of Producing Entity
- United States
- Type of Content
- two-dimensional moving imageperformed musictextstill image
- Type of Medium
- videoaudiounmediated
- Type of Carrier
- videodiscaudio discvolume
- Digital File Characteristics
- video file DVD video region 1 videodiscaudio file CD audio audio disc
- System Details
- DVD.
- Cast
- Sun Ra, Ray Johnson, Christopher Brooks, Barbara Deloney, Erika Leder, John Bailey, Clarence Brewer, Walter Burns, Morgan Upton, Sinthia Ayala, La Shaa Stallings, Tiny Parker ; the Intergalactic Myth-Science Solar Arkestra (Sun Ra, June Tyson, John Gilmore, Marshall Allen, Danny Davis, Eloe Omoe, Larry Northington, Danny Thompson, Kwame Hadi, Lex Humphries, Ken Moshesh, Tommy Hunter).
- Credits
- Screenplay, Joshua Smith ; produced by James Newman Camera, Seth Hill, Pat Riley ; sound, Robert Gravenor, David Macmillan, Arthur Rochester ; film editors, B. Progress, Frank Namei ; all music arranged, composed and conducted by Sun Ra ; a North American Star System production.
- Event
- Recorded 1972 October 19-20 audio disc
- Language
- In English.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Sun Ra, composer, actor, arranger of music, conductor, instrumentalist.Smith, Joshua (Screenwriter), screenwriter.Newman, James, 1933- film producer.Coney, John, film director.Johnson, Ray (Actor), actor.Brooks, Christopher (Christopher S.), actor.Deloney, Barbara, actor.Leder, Erika, actor.Bailey, John, 1947-1994, actor.Brewer, Clarence, actor.Burns, Walter, actor.Upton, Morgan, 1930-1991, actor.Ayala, Sinthia, actor.Stallings, La Shaa, actor.Parker, Tiny, actor.Container of (work): Sun Ra. Space is the place (Motion picture music)Intergalactic Myth-Science Solar Arkestra.North American Star System, production company, presenter.Harte Recordings, publisher.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 824247030022
- Research Call Number
- Sc DVD-2097Sc Audio CD-767 audio discSc+ F 19-337 book