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Title:

Mister Johnson / screenplay by William Boyd ; directed by Bruce Beresford.

Edition:

Director approved DVD special edition.

Publisher:

The Criterion Collection,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

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

Subject:

Male friendship--Drama.
Civil service--Drama.
Great Britain--Colonies--Africa--Drama.
Nigeria--Social life and customs--Drama.
British colonies.
Male friendship.
Manners and customs.
Africa.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Drama.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Authors:

Beresford, Bruce, film director.
Boyd, William, 1952- screenwriter.
Eziashi, Maynard, actor.
Brosnan, Pierce, actor.
Woodward, Edward, 1930-2009, actor.
Motion picture adaptation of (work) : Cary, Joyce, 1888-1957. Mister Johnson.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.

Notes:

Title from container. Maynard Eziashi, Pierce Brosnan, Edward Woodward. 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.

Summary:

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.

Series:

Criterion collection ; 774

OCLC:

(OCoLC)917670433

UPC:

715515157018

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)