Mister Johnson
(2015, original release: 1980)

Fiction

DVD

Series:
Call Numbers:
DVD/DRAMA/MISTER

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Movies DVD/DRAMA/MISTER Available

Details

PUBLISHED
[United States] : The Criterion Collection, [2015]
EDITION
Director approved DVD special edition
DESCRIPTION

1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in

ISBN/ISSN
9781681430522 CC2534D, 1681430525 :, 715515157018
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Title from container

A Nigerian villager is eager to work as a civil servant for the British authorities, including a sympathetic district officer, in the hopes that it will benefit him in the future. Instead, his ambition leads to his tragic downfall. Mister Johnson, based on a 1939 novel by Joyce Cary, is a graceful, heartfelt drama about the limits of idealism, affectingly acted and handsomely shot

Based on a 1939 novel by Joyce Cary

DVD release of the 1990 motion picture

Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special features: New interviews with Beresford, producer Michael Fitzgerald, and actors Maynard Eziashi and Pierce Brosnan; trailer; essay

Editor, Humphrey Dixon ; music, George Delerue ; director of photography, Peter James

Maynard Eziashi, Pierce Brosnan, Edward Woodward

MPAA rating: PG-13

DVD ; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation ; Dolby digital stereo

Closed-captioned

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