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Movies Of Excellence Featuring Morgan Freeman [videorecording] / Sophie and the Moonhanger ; Go Tell It On The Mountain ; Honeydripper ; Race To Freedom ; The Execution Of Raymon Graham ; Endgame

Sayles, John, 1950- (writer,, director,, editor.). McBrearty, Don, (director.). Burnett, Charles, 1944- (director.). Jones, David Hugh, 1934-2008 (director.). Smucker, Barbara Claassen. Underground to Canada. (author.). Paulsen, Gary, (author.). Glover, Danny, (actor.). Richardson, Patricia, (actor.). Whitfield, Lynn, (actor.). Bridges, Beau, (actor.). Davis, Walter Halsey. (Added Author). Korty, John. (Added Author). Lithgow, John, 1945- (Added Author). Freeman, Morgan. (Added Author). Schl©œndorff, Volker. (Added Author). Fuller, Charles. (Added Author). Gossett, Louis, Jr., 1936- (Added Author). Hunter, Holly, 1958- (Added Author). Widmark, Richard. (Added Author). Echo Bridge Home Entertainment, (distributor.). Honeydripper: Danny Glover, Charles S. Dutton, Lisa Gay Hamilton. (Cast). Race to freedom: the Underground Railroad: Janet Bailey, Michael Riley, Courtney B. Vance, Tim Reid, Glynn Turman. (Cast). Nightjohn: Beau Bridges, Carl Lumbly, Lorraine Toussaint, Bill Cobbs, Kathleen York, Gabriel Casseus, Allison Jones.. (Cast). Sophie and the moonhanger: Patricia Richardson, Lynn Whitfield. (Cast). Resting place : John Lighgow, Morgan Freeman. (Cast). Gathering of old men: Louis Gossett Jr., Holly Hunter, Richard Widmark. (Cast).

Summary:

Honeydripper: "Tyrone Purvis will try anything to keep his blues lounge, The Honeydripper, alive. So when a popular guitar player fails to slow up for a packed Saturday night, Purvis turns to a young wanderer for help"--From container.

Race to freedom: the Underground Railroad: "Chronicles the dangerous journey of four determined slaves from a cotton plantation in America to the "Promised Land" in Canada."--From container.

Nightjohn: The story of twelve-year-old Sarny, a slave who faces a grim future until she is taught to read.--Adapted from container.

Sophie and the moonhanger: "A woman pits herself against her husband and his Ku Klux Klan member friends when she learns that they are planning an attack against her black maid and her husband."--IMDb.

Resting Place: Story of one man's fight to give a young black soldier killed in action an honorable burial.

A gathering of old men: When a white farmer in shot in self-defense by a black man, a feisty plantatin owner devises a plan.

Record details

Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (603 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: [La Crosse, WI] : Echo Bridge Home Entertainment, [2014]
Copyright: ℗♭2013.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Title from container. Honeydripper originally released as a motion picture in 2007. Race to freedom: the Underground Railroad originally broadcast on television in 1994. Nightjohn originally broadcast on television in 1996. Sophie and the moonhanger originally broadcast on television in 1996. Resting place originally aired on television in 1986. Gathering of old men originally aired on television in 1987.
Formatted Contents Note:	Honeydripper / a Screen Media Films release ; Anarchist's Convention in association with Emerging Pictures and Rainforest Films (124 min.) Widescreen -- Race to freedom: the Underground Railroad / Atlantis Films Limited (95 min.) -- Nightjohn / Hallmark Entertainment and Sarabande Productions in association with the Disney Channel (96 min.) -- Sophie and the moonhanger / ABC (94 min.) -- Resting place / A Marian Rees Associtaes, Inc. production (100 min) -- A gathering of old men / Zenith Productions (94 min.).
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Honeydripper: Music, Mason Daring ; Cinematographer, Dick Pope ; producer, Maggie Renzi ; writer/director/editor, John Sayles. Race to freedom: the Underground Railroad: writers, Diana Braithwaite, Nancy Trites Botkin & Peter Mohan, inspired by the novel "Underground to Canada" by Barbara Smucker ; director, Don McBrearty ; producers, Daphne Ballon, Brian Parker ; composer, Christopher Dedrick ; editor, Ralph Brunjes. Nightjohn: Music, Stephen James Taylor ; editor, Dorian Harris ; director of photography, Elliot Davis ; producer, Dennis Stuart Murphy ; teleplay, Bill Cain, based on the book by Gary Paulsen ; director, Charles Burnett. Sophie and the moonhanger: story and teleplay, Sara Flanigan ; teleplay, Judi Ann Mason ; director, David Hugh Jones. Resting place: directed by John Korty, written by Walter Halsey Davis. Gathering of old men: directed by Volker Schl©œndorff, written by Charles Fuller.
Participant or Performer Note:	Honeydripper: Danny Glover, Charles S. Dutton, Lisa Gay Hamilton. Race to freedom: the Underground Railroad: Janet Bailey, Michael Riley, Courtney B. Vance, Tim Reid, Glynn Turman. Nightjohn: Beau Bridges, Carl Lumbly, Lorraine Toussaint, Bill Cobbs, Kathleen York, Gabriel Casseus, Allison Jones.. Sophie and the moonhanger: Patricia Richardson, Lynn Whitfield. Resting place : John Lighgow, Morgan Freeman. Gathering of old men: Louis Gossett Jr., Holly Hunter, Richard Widmark.
Target Audience Note:	Honeydripper: Rated PG-13 for brief violence and some suggestive material. Race to freedom: the Underground Railroad: Not rated - adult situations, violence ; Dove "Family-Approved" for ages 12+. Nightjohn: Rated PG-13 for some scenes of racial oppression and abuse ; Dove "Family-Approved" for ages 12+. Sophie and the moonhanger: Not rated - Adult situations, violence, profanity. Resting place: Not rated, adutl situation/ Dove "Family-Approved" for Ages 12+ Gathering of old men: Not rated, viloence, profanity.
System Details Note:	DVD, NTSC, Region 1, Dolby Digital.
Language Note:	English dialogue.