A raisin in the sun /
A raisin in the sun /
Columbia Pictures Corporation presents ; a Paman-Doris production ; screen play by Lorraine Hansberry ; produced by David Susskind and Philip Rose ; directed by Daniel Petrie.
- Two-DVD special edition.
, United States
- 2 videodiscs (128 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (24 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
- The Criterion collection ; 945 .
- Criterion collection ; 945. .
Title and credits from screen. Based on the play by Lorraine Hansberry. Originally released as a motion picture in 1961. Wide screen (1.85:1 aspect ratio). 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."
disc one. [Feature film and supplements] -- disc two. [Supplements].
Director of photography, Charles Lawton, Jr. ; film editors, William A. Lyon, Paul Weatherwax ; music, Laurence Rosenthal. Director of photography, Charles Lawton, Jr. ; film editors, William A. Lyon, Paul Weatherwax ; music, Laurence Rosenthal.
Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee, Diana Sands, Ivan Dixon, John Fiedler, Louis Gossett, Stephen Perry, Joel Fluellen, Louis Terkel, Roy Glenn.
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.
DVD; region 1 NTSC; 16:9 wide screen presentation (1.85:1); Dolby digital mono; black & white.
In English, with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
9781681435022 1681435020
715515220712
CC2947D The Criterion Collection
African American families--Illinois--Chicago--Drama.
Home ownership--Illinois--Chicago--Drama.
Insurance claims--Drama.
Feature films.
Melodramas (Motion pictures)
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Title and credits from screen. Based on the play by Lorraine Hansberry. Originally released as a motion picture in 1961. Wide screen (1.85:1 aspect ratio). 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."
disc one. [Feature film and supplements] -- disc two. [Supplements].
Director of photography, Charles Lawton, Jr. ; film editors, William A. Lyon, Paul Weatherwax ; music, Laurence Rosenthal. Director of photography, Charles Lawton, Jr. ; film editors, William A. Lyon, Paul Weatherwax ; music, Laurence Rosenthal.
Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee, Diana Sands, Ivan Dixon, John Fiedler, Louis Gossett, Stephen Perry, Joel Fluellen, Louis Terkel, Roy Glenn.
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.
DVD; region 1 NTSC; 16:9 wide screen presentation (1.85:1); Dolby digital mono; black & white.
In English, with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
9781681435022 1681435020
715515220712
CC2947D The Criterion Collection
African American families--Illinois--Chicago--Drama.
Home ownership--Illinois--Chicago--Drama.
Insurance claims--Drama.
Feature films.
Melodramas (Motion pictures)
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.