Ralph Nelson's Lilies of the field
(DVD)
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Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
DVD Drama
DRAMA DVD RALPH
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DRAMA DVD RALPH
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Subjects
LC Subjects
African Americans -- Drama.
African Americans -- Relations with German Americans -- Drama.
Barrett, William E. -- (William Edmund), -- 1900-1986 -- Film adaptations.
Church buildings -- Arizona -- Drama.
Feature films.
Film adaptations.
Germans -- Arizona -- Drama.
Nuns -- Arizona -- Drama.
United States -- Race relations -- Drama.
African Americans -- Relations with German Americans -- Drama.
Barrett, William E. -- (William Edmund), -- 1900-1986 -- Film adaptations.
Church buildings -- Arizona -- Drama.
Feature films.
Film adaptations.
Germans -- Arizona -- Drama.
Nuns -- Arizona -- Drama.
United States -- Race relations -- Drama.
More Details
Format
DVD
Language
English
UPC
DLW44614, 738329163723
Notes
General Note
First released at the Berlin International Film Festival in June 1963. First released in the U.S.A. on October 1, 1963.
General Note
Based on the novel by William E. Barrett.
General Note
"Distributed by Kino Lorber Corp. under license from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment LLC and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc."--Container.
General Note
Bonus material: Lilies of the Field theatrical trailer ; They Call Me Mister Tibbs trailer ; The Organization trailer ; Duel at Diablo trailer.
General Note
10/27/2015
Creation/Production Credits
Music, Jerry Goldsmith ; vocal arrangements, Jester Hairston ; director of photography, Ernest Haller ; film editor, John W. McCafferty.
Participants/Performers
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).
Description
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...
Target Audience
Not rated by MPAA.
System Details
DVD, anamorphic widescreen format (aspect ratio 1.66:1).
Language
English language with some German and Spanish, and optional English subtitles.
Language
Closed-captioned.
Awards
Academy Award, Best Actor, 1963.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Nelson, R., Poe, J., Poitier, S., Skala, L., Adams, S., & Barrett, W. E. 1. (2015). Ralph Nelson's Lilies of the field . Kino Lorber Incorporated.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ralph Nelson et al.. 2015. Ralph Nelson's Lilies of the Field. Kino Lorber Incorporated.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ralph Nelson et al.. Ralph Nelson's Lilies of the Field Kino Lorber Incorporated, 2015.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Nelson, Ralph, et al. Ralph Nelson's Lilies of the Field Kino Lorber Incorporated, 2015.
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