Sounder
Radnitz/Mattel Productions, Inc.; screenplay by Lonne Elder III; producer, Robert B. Radnitz; director, Martin Ritt
- Resource Type:
- VHS Video
- Creation:
- Created or produced in 1972
- Publication:
- Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Pictures, [1996]
- Copyright:
- ©1996
More Details
- Summary:
- Sounder is the heartwarming story of a black sharecropper family in Louisiana during the Depression. A father steals food for his family, his wife provides love, security and strength while he is in prison, and their oldest son bravely becomes the man of the house until his father returns. Together thay love and laugh, struggle and survive, and dream and hope of a more promising future.
- Contributors:
- Languages:
- English
- Language Notes:
- Closed-captioned.
- Related Works:
- Motion picture adaptation of: Sounder [by Armstrong, W.H.]
- Subjects:
- Genres:
- System Details:
- VHS hi-fi.
- Performers:
- Cast: Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Kevin Hooks, Taj Mahal, Janet MacLachlan.
- Production Credits:
- Director of photography, John A. Alonzo ; film editor, Sid Levin ; music, Taj Mahal.
- General Notes:
- Date on cassette label: c1998.
Based on the novel by William H. Armstrong.
Originally released in 1972 as motion picture; copyright 1982 The Rainbow Group, Ltd. - Physical Description:
- 1 videocassette (105 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
- Physical Characteristics:
- polyester; 1/2 in.; polychrome
- Audio Characteristics:
- analog; magnetic; mono
- Video Characteristics:
- VHS; NTSC
- Call Numbers:
- MV 5371
- ISBNs:
- 0792106709
- Other Standard Numbers:
- Publisher Number, Paramount Pictures: 2324
- OCLC Numbers:
- 36716827
36478696 [Invalid]
