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When Sheriff Mapes (Richard Widmark) arrives at the home of Matheu (Louis Gossett, Jr.) to investigate the murder of a white farmer, he finds 18 elderly black men and one white woman, plantation owner Candy Marshall (Holly Hunter), already there, each holding a recently fired rifle and claiming to be the killer. The independent-minded Matheu is not entirely pleased to receive the help of the others, who include World War II veteran Yank (Woody Strode), frail Jacob (Papa John Creach), and group spokesman Clatoo (Joe Seneca). The white friends of the dead man ready for a lynching while the increasingly frustrated Mapes tries to beat answers out of the old men, a tactic they endure with stoic dignity.

Director Volker Schlvndorff, known for tackling tough social issues (THE TIN DRUM, THE OGRE), and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and screenwriter Charles Fuller (A SOLDIER'S STORY) combine their talents in a searing adaptation of Ernest J. Gaines's critically acclaimed novel A GATHERING OF OLD ME...
 
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A rebellion after liftetimes of nonresistance to oppression

Date of Review:  May 27, 2008
The Bottom Line: An insightful examination of race and class and social change in rural Louisiana, ca. 1970
Review: Several of the novels by Louisiana-born African American writer Ernest J. Gaines have been adapted into acclaimed tv movies, including his 1971 The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman with Cicely Tyson in the title role in 1974, and Gaines's 1993...
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novel may be richer; the newsman (and...
 
 
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Key Information
Directors Volker Schlvndorff
Stars Holly Hunter
Actors Louis Gossett Jr.
Genre Dramas
Subgenre Recommended • Murder • Race Relations
MPAA Rating PG (MPAA)
Available Formats DVD
UPC 031398544838
Release Date 1991
Running Time 1hr 31min

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Original Language English

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Release Company: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment (November 28, 2006)
UPC: 096009181994

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  Format: VHS , 1hr 31min
Release Company: Movies Unlimited (May 17, 1993)
UPC: 031398544838
 
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