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A Gathering of Old Men
| Actor(s): Holly Hunter, Richard Widmark Director(s): Volker Schlöndorff 3 |
Movie Details
| Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Suitable for Children Movie Release: 1987 DVD Release: 07/15/2004 Format: DVD Audio Tracks: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 34 mins Studio: Platinum Disc Total Copies: 2 Genres: Drama, Courtroom Drama, Message Movie |
DVD Synopsis
Gathering of Old Men was based on the novel by Ernest J. Gaines, who'd previously written -The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman. Like -Pittman, Gathering builds its narrative upon a tapestry of deep-bred racial intolerance in the South. When a bigoted white Louisiana tenant farmer is killed, black sharecropper Louis Gossett Jr. is the most likely suspect. Plantation manager Holly Hunter, fearing a lynching, rallies Gossett's friends to form a united front to ward off any vigilantes. Sheriff Richard Widmark arrives to arrest Gossett, whereupon his old friends, in Spartacus fashion, all confess to the killing. Even threats of violent retaliation cannot dissuade these elderly black men from displaying their pride to the white powers-that-be. Adapted for television by Charles (A Soldier's Story) Fuller, it was first broadcast on May 10, 1987. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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