| Edition |
Two-DVD special edition. |
| Description |
2 DVDs (128 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (24 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm). |
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digital |
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optical |
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mono |
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Dolby digital |
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NTSC |
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video file |
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DVD video |
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region 1 |
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Motion pictures |
| Physical Medium |
monochrome |
| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 945
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Criterion collection ; 945.
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| System Details |
DVD; region 1, NTSC; 16:9 wide screen presentation (1.85:1); Dolby Digital monaural. |
| Note |
Title and credits from screen. |
| Cast |
Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee, Diana Sands, Ivan Dixon, John Fiedler, Louis Gossett, Stephen Perry, Joel Fluellen, Louis Terkel, Roy Glenn. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Charles Lawton, Jr. ; editors, William A. Lyon, Paul Weatherwax ; music, Laurence Rosenthal. |
| Note |
Based on the play of the same name by Lorraine Hansberry. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1961. |
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Wide screen (1.85:1). |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Summary |
Members of an African American family living in a cramped Chicago apartment, in this deeply resonant tale of dreams deferred. Following the death of their patriarch, the Youngers await a life insurance check they hope will change their circumstances, but tensions arise over how best to use the money. |
| Note |
Special features: disc one. New, restored 4K digital transfer; interview from 1961 with playwright/screenwriter Lorraine Hansberry; A dream realized: new interview with Imani Perry, author of Looking for Lorraine; Poitier's Walter Lee: new interview with film scholar Mia Mask, coeditor of Poitier revisited; interview from 2002 with director Daniel Petrie; trailer -- disc two. episode of Theater talk from 2002 featuring producer Philip Rose and actors Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis; excerpt from Black theatre: the making of a movement (1978), with a new introduction by director Woodie King Jr. -- in booklet: an essay by scholar Sarita Cannon and author James Baldwin's 1969 tribute to Hansberry, "Sweet Lorraine." |
| Contents |
disc one. [Feature film and supplements] -- disc two. [Supplements]. |
| Awards |
Cannes Film Festival, 1961: Gary Cooper Award. |
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National Film Registry, 2005. |
| Language |
In English; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). |
| Subject |
African American families -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Drama.
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African American families. |
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Illinois -- Chicago. |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Subject |
Home ownership -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Drama.
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Home ownership. |
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Insurance claims -- Drama.
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Insurance claims. |
| Genre/Form |
Film adaptations.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Melodramas (Motion pictures)
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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| Added Author |
Petrie, Daniel, film director.
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Hansberry, Lorraine, 1930-1965, screenwriter.
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Rose, Philip, 1921-2011, film producer.
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Susskind, David, 1920-1987, film producer.
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Poitier, Sidney, actor.
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McNeil, Claudia, actor.
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Dee, Ruby, actor.
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Sands, Diana, actor.
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Dixon, Ivan, 1931-2008, actor.
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Fiedler, John, 1925-2005, actor.
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Gossett, Louis, Jr., 1936- actor.
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Perry, Stephen, 1952- actor.
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Fluellen, Joel, 1907-1990, actor.
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Terkel, Studs, 1912-2008, actor.
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Glenn, Roy, 1915-1971, actor.
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Lawton, Charles, 1904-1965, director of photography.
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Lyon, William A., 1903-1974, editor of moving image work.
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Weatherwax, Paul, editor of moving image work.
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Rosenthal, Laurence, 1926- composer (expression)
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Hansberry, Lorraine, 1930-1965.
Raisin in the sun.
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Columbia Pictures Corporation, presenter.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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| Added Title |
Raisin in the sun (Motion picture : 1961) https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2018023838
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Container of (work): Raisin in the sun (Motion picture : 1961)
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| ISBN |
9781681435022 |
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1681435020 |
| Standard No. |
715515220712 |
| Music No. |
CC2947D The Criterion Collection |
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