A Dry White Season
[New York] : Criterion Collection, [2018]
Format: DVD
Edition: Director approved special edition.
Description: 1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
White schoolteacher Ben Du Toit lives in Johannesburg and remains blissfully incurious about the lives of his black countrymen until a wave of brutal repression comes crashing down on his gardener, bringing Du Toit face-to-face with harsh political realities.
Series: Criterion collection ; 953.
Other Authors:
Palcy, Euzhan, film director, screenwriter.
Welland, Colin, screenwriter.
Weinstein, Paula, film producer.
Ntshona, Winston, actor.
Sutherland, Donald, 1935- actor.
Brando, Marlon, actor.
Sarandon, Susan, 1946- actor.
Suzman, Janet, actor.
Prochnow, Jürgen, actor.
Mokae, Zakes, actor.
Grusin, Dave, composer (expression)
Motion picture adaptation of (work): Brink, André P. (André Philippus), 1935-2015. Droë wit seisoen. English.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, film distributor, presenter.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
Palcy, Euzhan, film director, screenwriter.
Welland, Colin, screenwriter.
Weinstein, Paula, film producer.
Ntshona, Winston, actor.
Sutherland, Donald, 1935- actor.
Brando, Marlon, actor.
Sarandon, Susan, 1946- actor.
Suzman, Janet, actor.
Prochnow, Jürgen, actor.
Mokae, Zakes, actor.
Grusin, Dave, composer (expression)
Motion picture adaptation of (work): Brink, André P. (André Philippus), 1935-2015. Droë wit seisoen. English.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, film distributor, presenter.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
Subjects:
Apartheid -- South Africa -- Drama.
South Africa -- Social conditions -- 1961-1994 -- Drama.
Apartheid -- South Africa -- Drama.
South Africa -- Social conditions -- 1961-1994 -- Drama.
Target Audience: MPAA rating: R.
ISBN:
9781681435237
UPC: 715515223416
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
DVD DRAMA Dry | Northeast Indoors | DVD | In |
Based on the book by André Brink.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1989.
Wide screen (1.85:1).
Special features: new interview with director Euzhan Palcy by film critic Scott Foundas ; 'Five scenes,' a new program featuring Palcy ; interview from 1989 with actor Donald Sutherland ; excerpt from a 1995 interview Palcy conducted with Nelson Mandela ; footage of Palcy receiving the highest distinction for foreign dignitaries at the 2017 South African National Orders awards ; an essay by filmmaker and scholar Jyoti Mistry.
Videorecording.
Music, Dave Grusin ; editors, Sam O'Steen, Glenn Cunningham ; directors of photography, Kelvin Pike, Pierre-William Glenn.
Winston Ntshona, Donald Sutherland, Marlon Brando, Susan Sarandon, Janet Suzman, Jurgen Prochnow, Thoko Ntshinga, Leonard Maguire.
DVD, wide screen (1.85:1) presentation; monaural.
In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Originally released as a motion picture in 1989.
Wide screen (1.85:1).
Special features: new interview with director Euzhan Palcy by film critic Scott Foundas ; 'Five scenes,' a new program featuring Palcy ; interview from 1989 with actor Donald Sutherland ; excerpt from a 1995 interview Palcy conducted with Nelson Mandela ; footage of Palcy receiving the highest distinction for foreign dignitaries at the 2017 South African National Orders awards ; an essay by filmmaker and scholar Jyoti Mistry.
Videorecording.
Music, Dave Grusin ; editors, Sam O'Steen, Glenn Cunningham ; directors of photography, Kelvin Pike, Pierre-William Glenn.
Winston Ntshona, Donald Sutherland, Marlon Brando, Susan Sarandon, Janet Suzman, Jurgen Prochnow, Thoko Ntshinga, Leonard Maguire.
DVD, wide screen (1.85:1) presentation; monaural.
In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).