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Title:

Mister Johnson / Janus Films ; director, Bruce Beresford ; screenplay by William Boyd.

Edition:

Director-approved blu-ray special edition.

Publisher:

The Criterion Collection,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

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

Subject:

Cary, Joyce,--1888-1957--Drama.
Blacks--Nigeria--Drama.
British--Nigeria--Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
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.
Janus Films.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.

Notes:

Title from container. Maynard Eziashi, Pierce Brosnan, Edward Woodward. Based on the 1939 novel by Joyce Cary. Originally released as a motion picture in 1990. Widescreen (1.85:1). Special features: New interviews with Beresford, producer Michael Fitzgerald, and actors Maynard Eziashi and Pierce Brosnan; trailer; Plus: An essay by film scholar Neil Sinyard.

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:

The Criterion collection ; 774

OCLC:

(OCoLC)919989123

UPC:

715515156912

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)