The Mission /

An epic about a man of the sword and a man of the cloth who unite to shield the Guarani South American Indian tribe from brutal subjugation by 18th-century colonial empires.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Mission (Motion picture : 1986).
Corporate Authors:	British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service, Warner Home Video (Firm) (film distibutor.)
Other Authors:	Joffé, Roland, 1945- (Director), Ghia, Fernando, 1935-2005 (Producer), Puttnam, David, 1941- (Producer), Bolt, Robert (Screenwriter), Menges, Chris, 1940- (director of photography.), Morricone, Ennio (Conductor, composer (expression),), Clark, James, 1931-2016 (Film editor), Sabbatini, Enrico, 1932-1998 (Costume designer), De Niro, Robert (Actor), Irons, Jeremy, 1948- (Actor), McAnally, Ray (Actor), Quinn, Aidan (Actor), Lunghi, Cherie, 1952- (Actor), Pickup, Ronald (Actor), Low, Chuck, 1937-2017 (Actor), Neeson, Liam (Actor), Lough, Robin (Director), McNaspy, C. J. (Clement J.), 1915-1995
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English French
Language Notes:	In English or dubbed French; with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Published:	Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2003]
Edition:	Two-disc special edition.
Series:	Indigenous People in the Americas.
Subjects:	Guarani Indians > Missions > Drama. Seven Reductions, War of the, 1754-1756 > Drama. South America > History > 18th century > Drama. Waunana Indians > Social conditions > Drama. Feature films > Great Britain. Spanish language materials. French language materials. Longs métrages > Grande-Bretagne. Feature films Guarani Indians > Missions Great Britain South America Historischer Film Kolonialismus Jesuitenschule Guaraní Paraguay Argentinien Brasilien 1700-1799 DVDs. Documentary television programs Drama Fiction films Films for the hearing impaired Historical films History Video recordings for the hearing impaired Historical films. Feature films. Films for the hearing impaired. Fiction films. Documentary television programs. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Films pour personnes handicapées auditives. Films historiques. Films de fiction. Documentaires télévisés. Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
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Description
Summary:	An epic about a man of the sword and a man of the cloth who unite to shield the Guarani South American Indian tribe from brutal subjugation by 18th-century colonial empires.
Item Description:	Title from title frame. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1986. Based on the book "The Lost Cities of Paraguay" by Father C.J. McNaspy, S.J. "The historical events represented in this story are true, and occurred around the borderlands of Argentina, Paraguay & Brazil in the year 1750"--Opening credits. Special features (disc 1): optional audio commentary by Joffé; cast and crew selected filmographies (De Niro, Irons, McAnally, Quinn, Lunghi, Bolt, Ghia, Puttnam, Joffé); awards; theatrical trailer (2 minutes). Special features (disc 2): episode of the BBC documentary television program "Omnibus" about the Waunana Indians who portrayed the Guarani tribespeople in "The mission" (57 minutes ; 1987).
Physical Description:	2 videodiscs (125 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Playing Time:	02:05:00
Format:	DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen presentation, enhanced for widescreen TVs; Dolby digital 5.1 surround in English, Dolby digital surround stereophonic.
Audience:	MPAA rating: PG.
Awards:	Cannes Film Festival, 1986: Best film, Palme d'Or and Grand Prix De La Commission Supérieure. Academy Awards, 1987: Best cinematography.
Production Credits:	Director of photography, Chris Menges ; production designer, Stuart Craig ; costume designer, Enrico Sabbatini ; editor, Jim Clark ; music composed, orchestrated and conducted by Ennio Morricone.
ISBN:	0790775581 9780790775586