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MPAA Rating: PG-13 Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Profanity Movie Release: 1999 DVD Release: 01/25/2000 Format: DVD Audio Tracks: English, Spanish Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 41 mins Studio: HBO Home Video Members Wishing: 0 Genres: Drama, Melodrama, Political Drama, Message Movie

Don Cheadle, Mekhi Phifer, and Cicely Tyson star in this drama set in the 1940s about a black man sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit and teacher who is to counsel him as he awaits execution. A Lesson Before Dying is based on a novel by Ernest J. Gaines. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Don Cheadle - Grant Wiggins
Cicely Tyson - Tante Lou
Mekhi Phifer - Jefferson
Irma P. Hall - Miss Emma
Brent Jennings - Reverend Ambrose

Joseph Sargent's solid adaptation of A Lesson Before Dying comes to DVD with a standard full-frame transfer. English and Spanish soundtracks are rendered in Dolby Digital Stereo. English, Spanish, and French subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials include cast and crew biographies. This well-acted drama manages to be both an effective piece of drama and a powerful social statement about racism in America. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide