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Lilies of the field. [dvd]

2015
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Free spirited ex-G.I. and unemployed construction worker Homer Smith stops at a remote farm in the Arizona desert to get water when his car overheats. The farm is being worked by a group of German refugee Catholic nuns, headed by the strict Mother Maria, who believes that Homer has been sent by God to build a much-needed church in the desert ...
Main title:
Lilies of the field. [dvd]
Author:
Nelson, Ralph, 1916-1987, producer, directorPoe, James, 1923-1980, screenwriterPoitier, Sidney, actorSkala, Lilia, actorAdams, Stanley, 1915-1977, actorBarrett, William E. (William Edmund), 1900-1986United Artists CorporationRainbow Productions (Chicago, Ill.)Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, IncMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1992- )Kino Lorber, Inc
Work:
Lilies of the field (Motion picture)
Imprint:
[New York, N.Y.] Kino Lorber Incorporated, [2015]
Collation:
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Series title:
KL studio classics
Notes:
First released at the Berlin International Film Festival in June 1963. First released in the U.S.A. on October 1, 1963.Based on the novel by William E. Barrett."Distributed by Kino Lorber Corp. under license from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment LLC and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc."--Container.Bonus material: Lilies of the Field theatrical trailer ; They Call Me Mister Tibbs trailer ; The Organization trailer ; Duel at Diablo trailer.English language with some German and Spanish, and optional English subtitles.Closed-captioned.
Credits:
Screenplay by James Poe ; produced and directed by Ralph Nelson ; associate producer, J. Paul Popkin.
Performers:
Cast: Sidney Poitier (Homer Smith), Lilia Skala (Mother Maria), Stanley Adams (Juan); Lisa Mann (Sister Gertrude), Isa Crino (Sister Agnes), Francesca Jarvis (Sister Albertine), Pamela Branch (Sister Elizabeth), Dan Frazer (Father Murphy).
Audience:
Not rated by MPAA.
System details:
DVD region 1, anamorphic widescreen format (aspect ratio 1.66:1).
Awards:
Academy Award, Best Actor, 1963.
Dewey class:
791.4372
Language:
English
Added title:
Lilies of the field (Motion picture)Ralph Nelson's Lilies of the fieldLillies of the fieldLilies of the field
Subject:
Barrett, William E. (William Edmund), 1900-1986 -- Film adaptationsAfrican Americans -- DramaAfrican Americans -- Relations with German Americans -- DramaNuns -- Arizona -- DramaGermans -- Arizona -- DramaChurch buildings -- Arizona -- DramaUnited States -- Race relations -- DramaFeature filmsFilm adaptations
BRN:
445635
Bookmark link:
https://librarysearch.melbourne.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=445635
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