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Gleason is U.S. Bates, a megalomaniac millionaire who owns most of south central Louisiana. Pryor is Jack Brown, a former journalist who has worked his way down the vocational ladder to the position of janitor in Bates' department store. Bates' son, Eric, selects an elaborate toy--Jack Brown--and th...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Corporate Authors: Columbia Pictures
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Donner, Richard
Feldman, Phil, 1922-1991
Veber, Francis
Pryor, Richard, 1940-2005
Gleason, Jackie, 1916-1987
Language:English
French
Chinese
Korean
Portuguese
Spanish
Thai
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
English, French audio ; subtitles in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, Thai ; closed-captioned.
Published: Culver City, CA : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, 2004.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Subjects:
Millionaires > Drama.
Children of the rich > Drama.
Fathers and sons > Drama.
Rich people > Employees > Drama.
Comedy films.
Feature films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Millonarias > Teatro.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:
Drama.
Teatro.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (102 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Gleason is U.S. Bates, a megalomaniac millionaire who owns most of south central Louisiana. Pryor is Jack Brown, a former journalist who has worked his way down the vocational ladder to the position of janitor in Bates' department store. Bates' son, Eric, selects an elaborate toy--Jack Brown--and the relationship teaches Eric more about life than fun and games.
Note:DVD release of the 1982 motion picture.
Based on a film by Francis Veber.
Includes bonus trailers.
Videorecording.
Call Number:AF7 D0005213 VideoDVD
Audience:
Rated PG; Canadian Home Video rating: PG.
ISBN:0767868285
9780767868280
Credits:Music, Patrick Williams ; edited by Richard Harris, Michael A. Stevenson ; director of photography, Laszlo Kovacs.
System Details:DVD ; Dolby digital ; full screen.
Cast:
Richard Pryor, Jackie Gleason, Annazette Chase, Tony King, Teresa Ganzel, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Ned Beatty, Scott Schwartz.