A raisin in the sun / Columbia Pictures ; producers, David Susskind and Philip Rose ; screenplay writer, Lorraine Hansberry ; director, Daniel Petrie.
Film of the award-winning play about a struggling black family living on Chicago's South Side and the impact of an unexpected insurance bequest. Each family member sees the bequest as the means of realizing dreams and of escape from grinding frustrations.
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| Uniform Title: | Raisin in the sun (Motion picture : 1961) |
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| Corporate Authors: | , |
| Other Authors: | , , , , , , , |
| Language: | English Chinese Korean Portuguese Spanish Thai |
| Language of the Original: |
English |
| Language and/or Writing System: |
English dialogue, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean and Thai subtitles; Closed-captioned. |
| Published: |
[Culver City, Calif.] :
[Columbia Tristar Home Video],
[1999], [©1999]
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| Series: | Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Columbia classics. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (approximately 128 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | Video DVD |
| Summary: |
Film of the award-winning play about a struggling black family living on Chicago's South Side and the impact of an unexpected insurance bequest. Each family member sees the bequest as the means of realizing dreams and of escape from grinding frustrations. |
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| Note: | Originally released as a motion picture in 1961. Based on the stage play by Lorraine Hansberry. Dual-sided DVD. Widescreen version on one side; normal version ("formatted to fit your TV") on the other. Videorecording. |
| Call Number: | PN1997 .R159 1999 VideoDVD AF6 D0005679 VideoDVD |
| Audience: |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| ISBN: | 0767828062 9780767828062 |
| Credits: | Music by Laurence Rosenthal. |
| System Details: | DVD, Region 1 encoding, Dolby digital, mono. |
| Cast: |
Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee. |