The brother from another planet
(DVD)
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Published
Santa Monica, Calif. : MGM Home Entertainment, c2003.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Published
Santa Monica, Calif. : MGM Home Entertainment, c2003.
Format
DVD
Language
English
UPC
027616886460
Notes
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1984.
General Note
""The Brother from Another Planet" (1984) has been preserved by Anarchists' Convention in collaboration with UCLA Film and Television Archive"--Opening frames.
General Note
Special features: audio commentary by John Sayles, featurette with John Sayles and Maggie Renzi, Casa de los Babys trailer.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Ernest R. Dickerson ; production designer, Nora Chavooshian ; music, Mason Daring.
Participants/Performers
Joe Morton (The Brother), Maggie Renzi (Noreen), Ren Woods (Bernice), Steve James (Odell), Leonard Jackson (Smokey), Bill Cobbs (Walter), Tom Wright (Sam), John Sayles (Man In Black), David Strathairn (Man In Black), Fisher Stevens (Card trickster).
Description
"Sayles takes a fresh look at our society through the eyes of a black extraterrestrial who crash-lands on Earth--in Harlem--and is taken in by the regulars of a local bar. The alien changes everyone he meets on his original and eye-opening journey through the streets of urban America. But can his message of brotherly love resonate with the intergalactic bounty hunters trying to track him down?"--Container.
Target Audience
MPAA rating: R; for language, some drug content and brief nudity.
System Details
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation enhanced for widescreen 16:9 televisions ; Dolby digital mono.; NTSC.
Language
Dialogue in English with optional subtitles in English or Spanish.
Language
Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Sayles, J., Renzi, M., Morton, J., Woods, R., James, S., Jackson, L., Cobbs, B., Wright, T., Strathairn, D., Stevens, F., Rajski, P., & Dickerson, E. R. (2003). The brother from another planet . MGM Home Entertainment.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)John Sayles et al.. 2003. The Brother From Another Planet. MGM Home Entertainment.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)John Sayles et al.. The Brother From Another Planet MGM Home Entertainment, 2003.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Sayles, John, et al. The Brother From Another Planet MGM Home Entertainment, 2003.
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