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The Great white hope

Title
  1. The Great white hope / directed by Martin Ritt.
Published by
  1. New York, N.Y. : CBS/Fox Video, 1998.

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Additional authors
  1. Ritt, Martin, 1914-1990
  2. Turman, Lawrence
  3. Sackler, Howard
  4. Alexander, Jane, 1939-
  5. Jones, James Earl
  6. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, production company
  7. CBS Fox Video
Description
  1. 1 videocassette (103 min.) : sound, color; 1/2 in.
Summary
  1. Jack Jefferson, a boxer who bows to no man, black or white, becomes the first black heavyweight champion of the world. But his outspoken ways and relationship with a white woman enrages bigots and racists both in and out of the boxing world. As attempts to 'silence' him mount, he flees the country. His subsequent odysssey takes him from the heights of fame and fortune to the lowest depths of existence. Based on the life of boxing legend Jack Johnson.
Subject
  1. Johnson, Jack, 1978-1946
  2. Feature films
  3. Film adaptations
  4. African American boxers -- Biography
  5. Boxing -- History
  6. African Americans in motion pictures
  7. Discrimination in sports -- United States
  8. Sports in motion pictures
  9. Sports films
  10. Racism in motion pictures
Genre/Form
  1. Feature films.
  2. Biographical films.
Call number
  1. Sc Visual VRA-317
Note
  1. Based on the play by Howard Sackler.
  2. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1970.
Credits (note)
  1. Producer, Lawrence Turman ; screenwriter, Howard Sackler ; cinematographer, Burnett Guffey ; film editor, William Reynolds ; composer, Lionel Newman ; 20th Century Fox.
Performer (note)
  1. James Earl Jones, Jane Alexander with Lou Gilbert, Joel Fluellen, Chester Morris, Robert Webber, Moses Gunn, Marlene Warfield, R.G. Armstrong, Hal Holbrook, Beah Richards.
System details (note)
  1. VHS, hi-fi.
Title
  1. The Great white hope / directed by Martin Ritt.
Imprint
  1. New York, N.Y. : CBS/Fox Video, 1998.
Type of content
  1. two-dimensional moving image
Type of medium
  1. video
Type of carrier
  1. videocassette
Cast
  1. James Earl Jones, Jane Alexander with Lou Gilbert, Joel Fluellen, Chester Morris, Robert Webber, Moses Gunn, Marlene Warfield, R.G. Armstrong, Hal Holbrook, Beah Richards.
Credits
  1. Producer, Lawrence Turman ; screenwriter, Howard Sackler ; cinematographer, Burnett Guffey ; film editor, William Reynolds ; composer, Lionel Newman ; 20th Century Fox.
System details
  1. VHS, hi-fi.
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Added author
  1. Ritt, Martin, 1914-1990, film director.
  2. Turman, Lawrence, film producer.
  3. Sackler, Howard, screenwriter.
  4. Alexander, Jane, 1939- actor.
  5. Jones, James Earl, actor.
  6. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, production company.
  7. CBS Fox Video.
Publisher no.
  1. 1151 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
ISBN
  1. 0793911516
  2. 9780793911516
Research call number
  1. Sc Visual VRA-317
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