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King
Uniform Title
King (Television program : 1978)
Title
King / written by Abby Mann ; produced by Paul Maslansky ; directed by Abby Mann ; an Abby Mann production in association with Filmways.
Publication
[Chicago, Illinois] : Olive Films, [2015]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (271 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Originally broadcast as a television mini series in 1978.
Bonus features: Recreating history: the making of King (15:30); In conversation with Abby Mann & Tony Bennett (18:57); The struggle (19:55); The civil rights movement (19:26).
Director of photography, Michael Chapman ; editors, Rich Meyer, David Berlatsky, Byron "Buzz" Brandt ; music, Billy Goldenberg.
Summary
Tracing the story of the civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr's rise from his early years as a Baptist minister in Memphis to his assassination in 1968, is riveting storytelling of the highest order, combining first-rate performances with spiritual, political and social themes that remain as relevant today as they were in the era portrayed.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 12, 2018
Credits
Director of photography, Michael Chapman ; editors, Rich Meyer, David Berlatsky, Byron "Buzz" Brandt ; music, Billy Goldenberg.
Cast
Paul Winfield, Cicely Tyson, Ossie Davis, Ernie Hudson, Roscoe Lee Browne, Tony Bennett, Lonny Chapman, Cliff De Young, Al Freeman, Jr., Clu Gulager, Steven Hill, William Jordan, Warren Kemmerling, Lincoln Kilpatrick, Kenneth McMillan, Howard Rollins, David Spielberg, Dolph Sweet, Dick Anthony Williams.
System details note
DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen (1.78:1 aspect ratio); Dolby digital 2.0.
Videorecording number
OF885 Olive Films
OF885-1 Olive Films
OF885-2 Olive Films
Subjects
Genre/Form
Television programs - United States.
Biographical television programs.
Drama.
Fiction television programs.
Historical television programs.
History.
Television mini-series.
Biographical television programs.
Television mini-series.
Biographical television programs.
Historical television programs.
Fiction television programs.
Also listed under
Filmways TV Productions, production company.
Olive Films, film distributor.
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