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Harry, an old friend from the Deep South, comes to stay with an older middle-class Black couple in central Los Angeles. The couple's two grown sons and their families think him a silly superstitious buffoon, and an old girlfirend thinks he's the devil.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Burnett, Charles, 1944- (Screenwriter), Glover, Danny (Actor), Butler, Paul (Actor), Alice, Mary, 1941- (Actor), Lumbly, Carl (Actor), McGee, Vonetta (Actor), Brooks, Richard, 1962-, Ralph, Sheryl Lee, Lloyd, Walt, Richardson, Nancy (Motion picture editor), Taylor, Stephen James
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: [U.K.] : Bfi Video Pub., [2004?]
Subjects:
African American men > Drama.
African Americans > California > Los Angeles > Drama.
Superstition > Drama.
African American men.
African Americans.
Superstition.
California > Los Angeles.
Comedy films.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Online Access:Connect to Internet Movie Database entry
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Summary:Harry, an old friend from the Deep South, comes to stay with an older middle-class Black couple in central Los Angeles. The couple's two grown sons and their families think him a silly superstitious buffoon, and an old girlfirend thinks he's the devil.
Item Description:DVD release of the 1990 motion picture.
Special features: director's biography.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD, region 2; PAL; stereo. sound; aspect ratio: 1.33:1.
Audience:MPAA rating: PG ; BBFC rating: 12.
Awards:Independent Spirit Awards, 1991: Independent Spirit Award in Best Director (Charles Burnett), Best Male Lead (Danny Glover), Best Supporting Female (Sheryl Lee Ralph), Best Screenplay (Charles Burnett).
Sundance Film Festival, 1990: Special Jury Recognition / Dramatic (Charles Burnett).
Production Credits:Photography, Walt Lloyd ; editor, Nancy Richardson ; music, Stephen James Taylor ; production design, Penny Barrett ; executive producers, Edward R. Pressman, Danny Glover, Harris E. Tulchin.