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- Rated: PG
- Closed captioning available
- Run Time: 1 hours, 53 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: May 1, 2012
- Originally Released: 2001
- Label: Warner Archives
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Jeffrey Wright & Terrence Howard | |
Performer: | Reg E. Cathey, CCH Pounder, Carmen Ejogo, Iris Little-Thomas, Eric Todd Dellums, Brent Jennings & Shawn Michael Howard | |
Directed by | Clark Johnson | |
Edited by | Cindy Mollo | |
Screenwriting by | Herman Daniel Farrell, III & Timothy J. Sexton | |
Composition by | Joseph Vitarelli | |
Cinematography by | David Hennings | |
Produced by | Preston L. Holmes | |
Executive Production by | Shelby Stone & Norman Twain |
Entertainment Reviews:
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User Ratings: 387
As Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Jeffrey Wright is completely in step with their particular bent, playing the civil rights leader with hushed zeal and an inner flame that grows into a fuel burn by telepic's end.
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...[Wright] delivers a remarkable performance...
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Description by OLDIES.com:
December 1, 1955, Montgomery, Alabama. A time when resentment gives birth to rebellion; when a gesture has the power to bring about change. This single act by Rosa Parks inspires an uprising that will make history, and make a leader of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Product Description:
Clark Johnson (HOMICIDE) makes his feature-film directorial debut with BOYCOTT, the story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which helped the rise of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. After Rosa Parks (Iris Little-Thomas) refuses to sit in the back of the bus and is arrested, the Montgomery Improvement Association decides to fight back, naming Dr. King its president and staging a boycott against the Montgomery buses, bringing the black community together in one of the first major organized battles against segregation and racism in the 1950s. But the grass-roots struggle grows harder every day, as bad weather and an aggressive Montgomery police force threaten to put an end to the boycott.
Jeffrey Wright is a revelation as Dr. King. His inspirational speeches and personal struggles take center stage. Director Johnson combines actual newsreel footage with testimonials and handheld shots, switching from color to black and white, going in and out of focus to give the film a documentary-like quality. The soundtrack, featuring songs by Nat King Cole, Dizzy Gillespie, Aaron Neville with Sweet Honey in the Rock, and BeBe Winans, helps set the tone of the film, yet another important, well-made story from HBO.
Jeffrey Wright is a revelation as Dr. King. His inspirational speeches and personal struggles take center stage. Director Johnson combines actual newsreel footage with testimonials and handheld shots, switching from color to black and white, going in and out of focus to give the film a documentary-like quality. The soundtrack, featuring songs by Nat King Cole, Dizzy Gillespie, Aaron Neville with Sweet Honey in the Rock, and BeBe Winans, helps set the tone of the film, yet another important, well-made story from HBO.
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