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Uptight
- Title
- Uptight / directed by Jules Dassin.
- Publication
- [United States] : Olive Films, [2012]
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Dassin, Jules, 1911-2008
- Dee, Ruby
- Mayfield, Julian, 1928-1984
- Bernard, Jason
- St. Jacques, Raymond, 1930-1990
- Browne, Roscoe Lee
- Silvera, Frank, 1914-1970
- Booker T., 1944-
- O'Flaherty, Liam, 1896-1984.
- Booker T. & the MG's (Musical group)
- Malurkin Productions (Firm), production company.
- Paramount Pictures Corporation, distributor.
- Olive Films, distributor.
- Description
- 1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- An updated remake of John Ford's 1935 film, The Informer. Dublin becomes the Cleveland ghetto and the Irish Republicans are replaced by black revolutionary fighters. Days after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Tank Williams is an unemployed and itinerant steelworker who turns over his militant friend Johnny to the police for the $1,000 reward, resulting in an underground all-points bulletin to exact vengeance on the squealer.
- Alternative Title
- Up tight!
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Action and adventure films.
- Film adaptations.
- Fiction films.
- Feature films.
- Film remakes.
- Note
- Based on the novle 'The informer' by Liam O'Flaherty.
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 1968.
- Credits (note)
- Producer, Jules Dassin ; screenwriters, Jules Dassin, Ruby dee, Julian Mayfield ; director of photography, Boris Kaufman ; editor, Robert Lawrence ; music, Booker T. Jones, performed by Booker T. & the MG's ; Paramount ; Malurkin Productions presents
- Performer (note)
- Jason Bernard, Raymond St. Jacques, Ruby Dee, Roscoe Lee Browne, Julian Mayfield, Frank Silvera, Max Julien.
- System Details (note)
- DVD, NTSC; Region 1, NTSC, anamorphic widescreen presentation.
- Call Number
- Sc Visual DVD-2089
- LCCN
- 887090042505
- OCLC
- 809566207
- Title
- Uptight / directed by Jules Dassin.
- Publisher
- [United States] : Olive Films, [2012]
- Edition
- Widescreen.
- Country of Producing Entity
- United States.
- Type of Content
- two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
- video
- Type of Carrier
- videodisc
- Digital File Characteristics
- video file DVD video
- Cast
- Jason Bernard, Raymond St. Jacques, Ruby Dee, Roscoe Lee Browne, Julian Mayfield, Frank Silvera, Max Julien.
- Credits
- Producer, Jules Dassin ; screenwriters, Jules Dassin, Ruby dee, Julian Mayfield ; director of photography, Boris Kaufman ; editor, Robert Lawrence ; music, Booker T. Jones, performed by Booker T. & the MG's ; Paramount ; Malurkin Productions presents
- System Details
- DVD, NTSC; Region 1, NTSC, anamorphic widescreen presentation.
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- Added Author
- Dassin, Jules, 1911-2008, film producer.Dassin, Jules, 1911-2008, film director.Dassin, Jules, 1911-2008, screenwriter.Dee, Ruby, screenwriter, actor.Mayfield, Julian, 1928-1984, screenwriter, actor.Bernard, Jason, actor.St. Jacques, Raymond, 1930-1990, actor.Browne, Roscoe Lee, actor.Silvera, Frank, 1914-1970, actor.Booker T., 1944- composer (expression)Motion picture adaptation of (work): O'Flaherty, Liam, 1896-1984. Informer.Booker T. & the MG's (Musical group)Malurkin Productions (Firm), production company.Paramount Pictures Corporation, distributor.Olive Films, distributor.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 887090042505
- Publisher No.
- OF425 Olive Films
- Research Call Number
- Sc Visual DVD-2089