| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 102 min.) : sound, color |
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The Criterion collection ; [774] |
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Criterion collection ; 774.
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| Summary |
A decade after he broke through with Breaker Morant, Australian director Bruce Beresford made another acclaimed film about the effects of colonialism on the individual. In a performance that earned him the Berlin Film Festival's Silver Bear for best actor, Maynard Eziashi plays the title character, a Nigerian villager eager to work as a civil servant for the British authorities, including a sympathetic district officer (Pierce Brosnan), in the hope that it will benefit him in the future. Instead, his ambition leads to his tragic downfall. Mister Johnson, based on the 1939 novel by Joyce Cary, is a graceful, heartfelt drama about the limits of idealism, affectingly acted and handsomely shot. --Provider's description |
| Notes |
Based on a 1939 novel by Joyce Cary |
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Originally produced by Ithaca-Ogunde in 1990 |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Peter James ; edited by Humphrey Dixon ; music by George Delerue ; production designer, Herbert Pinter ; costume designer, Rosemary Burrows |
| Cast |
Pierce Brosnan, Edward Woodward, Beatie Edney, Denis Quilley, Bella Enahoro, Kwabena Manso, Nick Reding, Femi Fatoba, Hubert Ogunde, Sola Adeyemi, Maynard Eziashi |
| Event |
Filmed on location Nigeria |
| Notes |
In English with optional English subtitles for the hearing-impaired |
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online resource; title from title frames (Kanopy, viewed December 17, 2020) |
| Subject |
Male friendship -- Drama.
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Civil service -- Drama
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Manners and customs.
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Male friendship.
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Civil service.
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British colonies.
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Motion pictures.
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa -- Drama
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Nigeria -- Social life and customs -- Drama
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| Subject |
Nigeria.
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Africa.
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| Genre/Form |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Film adaptations.
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Fiction films.
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Drama.
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Feature films.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Film adaptations.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Films de fiction.
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Adaptations cinématographiques.
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Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
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| Form |
Streaming video
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| Author |
Beresford, Bruce, film director
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Fitzgerald, Michael (Producer), film producer.
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Fitzgerald, Kathy, film producer.
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Benenson, Bill, film producer.
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Boyd, William, 1952- screenwriter.
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Brosnan, Pierce, actor.
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Woodward, Edward, 1930-2009, actor.
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Edney, Beatie, 1962- actor.
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Quilley, Denis, actor.
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Enahoro, Bella, actor.
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Manso, Kwabena, actor.
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Reding, Nick, 1962- actor.
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Fatọba, Fẹmi, 1939- actor.
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Ogunde, Hubert, 1916-1990, actor.
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Adeyemi, Sola, actor
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Eziashi, Maynard, actor.
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James, Peter, 1947 March 7- director of photography.
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Dixon, Humphrey, editor of moving image work.
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Delerue, Georges, 1925-1992, composer (expression)
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Pinter, Herbert, production designer.
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Burrows, Rosemary, costume designer.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Cary, Joyce, 1888-1957.
Mister Johnson
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Ithaca-Ogunde, production company
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Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor.
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Janus Films, film distributor.
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