| Edition |
Widescreen format. |
| Description |
1 DVD (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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video file |
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DVD video |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Note |
Documentary. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Shana Hagan ; editor, Victor Livingston ; composer, James Wesley Stemple. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a feature film in 2005. |
| Audience |
Not rated; contains adult language and subject matter. |
| Note |
Special features: optional audio commentary by prisoners Jerry Guenther, Floyd Vaughn, and Curt Tofteland; optional audio commentary by prisoners Hal Cobb, Leonard Ford and Curt Tofteland; optional audio commentary by filmmakers Hank Rogerson and Jilann Spitzmiller; deleted scenes (8 min.); "performance selects" bonus performance footage (12 min.); "Troupe update." |
| Summary |
Convicted felons at Kentucky's Luther Luckett Correctional Complex rehearse for the Shakespearean production, The Tempest, as part of the Shakespeare Behind Bars Program. The play's underlying theme of forgiveness parallels themes of transformation and redemption in the lives of the prisoners. |
| Performer |
A documentary about an all-male Shakespearean theater company at Kentucky's Luther Luckett Correctional Complex as they rehearse The Tempest. |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Tempest -- Dramatic production.
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Tempest (Shakespeare, William) |
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Prison theater -- Kentucky -- Case studies.
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Prison theater. |
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Kentucky. |
| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Subject |
Male prisoners -- Kentucky -- Case studies.
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Male prisoners. |
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Theater. |
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Documentary films. |
| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Documentary films.
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Documentary -- Feature.
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Documentaries and factual films and video.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Case studies.
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| Added Author |
Rogerson, Hank.
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Spitzmiller, Jilann.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Tempest.
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Philomath Films.
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Independent Television Service.
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British Broadcasting Corporation.
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Shout! Factory (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Shakespeare behind bars (Motion picture)
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| ISBN |
0738934755 |
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9780738934754 |
| Standard No. |
826663100723 |
| Music No. |
826663-10072 Shout! Factory |
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10072 Shout! Factory |
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