Gandhi /

Chronicles the life of Gandhi beginning with his political activities in South Africa during the late 1890's and ending with his assassination at the hands of a Hindu extremist in 1948. Shows the development of his philosophy of non-violence as he leads the people of India to independence from...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Gandhi (Motion picture)
Main Authors:	Shankar, Ravi, 1920-2012 (Composer), Fenton, George (Composer, Conductor)
Corporate Authors:	Columbia Pictures, International Film Investors (Firm), Goldcrest Films International, National Film Development Corporation of India, Indo-British Films, Ltd, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors:	Attenborough, Richard (Director), Williams, Billy, 1929- (Cinematographer), Taylor, Ronnie, 1924- (Cinematographer), Stanley-Evans, Michael, 1919-2004 (Producer), Briley, John (Screenwriter), Kingsley, Ben, 1943- (Actor), Bergen, Candice, 1946- (Actor), Fox, Edward, 1937- (Actor), Gielgud, John, 1904-2000 (Actor), Howard, Trevor, 1916-1988 (Actor), Mills, John, 1908-2005 (Actor), Sheen, Martin (Actor), Charleson, Ian (Actor), Fugard, Athol (Actor), Halmer, Gunther Maria, 1943- (Actor), Jaffrey, Saeed, 1929-2015 (Actor), James, Geraldine, 1950- (Actor), Padamsee, Alyque (Actor), Puri, Amrish (Actor), Seth, Roshan, 1942- (Actor), Hattangady, Rohini, 1951- (Actor), Bannen, Ian, 1928-1999 (Actor), Bryant, Michael, 1928-2002 (Actor), Clements, John, Sir, 1910-1988 (Actor), Griffiths, Richard, 1947-2013 (Actor), Hawthorne, Nigel (Actor), Hepton, Bernard (Actor), Hordern, Michael, 1911-1995 (Actor), Lāgū, Śrīrāma (Actor), Puri, Om (Actor), Razdan, Virendra, -2003 (Actor), Vernon, Richard, 1925-1997 (Actor), Mollo, John (Costume designer), Athaiya, Bhanu (Costume designer), Craig, Stuart, 1942- (Designer), Bloom, John, 1935- (Film editor)
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English French Portuguese Spanish
Language Notes:	In English, dubbed French, dubbed Portuguese, or dubbed Spanish with optional English, Portuguese, Spanish, Korean, or French subtitles; Director's commentary optional Portuguese, Spanish or Korean subtitles; Closed-captioned.
Published:	Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2007]
Edition:	2-disc collector's ed.; 25th anniversary ed.
Subjects:	Gandhi, > Mahatma, > 1869-1948 > Drama. Statesmen > India > Drama. Nationalists > India > Drama. India > Politics and government > 1919-1947 > Drama. Biographical films. Historical films. Epic films. Fiction films. Feature films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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Summary:	Chronicles the life of Gandhi beginning with his political activities in South Africa during the late 1890's and ending with his assassination at the hands of a Hindu extremist in 1948. Shows the development of his philosophy of non-violence as he leads the people of India to independence from the British.
Item Description:	Originally produced as a motion picture in 1982. Special features: Disc 1. Introduction by Richard Attenborough; Commentary by Richard Attenborough. Disc 2. Photo gallery of vintage lobby cards; "The making of Gandhi" video montage; "Milestones in the life of Gandhi" interactive timeline; Trailer. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	2 videodiscs (191 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD; region 1, NTSC; anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby digital 5.1 surround; Remastered in high definition.
Audience:	MPAA rating: PG.
Awards:	Academy Awards, USA, 1982: Oscars for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Ben Kingsley) ; Best Art Direction - Set Decoration (Stuart Craig, Robert W. Laing, Michael Seirton) ; Best Cinematography (Billy Williams, Ronnie Taylor) ; Best Costume Design (John Mollo, Bhanu Athaiya) ; Best Director (Richard Attenborough) ; Best Film Editing (John Bloom) ; Best Picture ; Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (John Briley).
Production Credits:	Costume designers, John Mollo, Bhanu Athaiya ; art directors, Ram Yedekar, Norman Dorme ; set decorator, Michael Seirton ; music conducted by George Fenton ; associate producer, Suresh Jindal ; sound recordist, Simon Kaye ; production designer, Stuart Craig ; film editor, John Bloom ; in charge of production, Terence A. Clegg ; co-producer, Rani Dubé ; music, Ravi Shankar ; orchestral score and additional music, George Fenton.
ISBN:	1424840945 9781424840946