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Mister Johnson [videorecording (DVD)].

The Criterion Collection, 2015.

Culture conflict -- Drama.

Race relations -- Drama.

Great Britain -- Colonies -- Drama.

Nigeria -- Social life and customs -- Drama.

Criterion collection ; 774.

Alternate title:

Mr. Johnson [videorecording (DVD)]

[videorecording (DVD)].

Director approved DVD special ed.

1 videodisc (101 min.) : Dolby digital stereo. sd., col. ; 12 cm. + 1 folded insert.

Based on a 1939 novel by Joyce Cary.

DVD release of the 1990 motion picture.

Special features: New interviews with Beresford, producer Michael Fitzgerald, and actors Maynard Eziashi and Pierce Brosnan ; trailer ; essay.

English (SDH) subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Screenplay by William Boyd ; directed by Bruce Beresford.

Maynard Eziashi, Pierce Brosnan and Edward Woodward.

"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 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."--Container.

Films for the hearing impaired.

Cary, Joyce, 1888-1957. Mister Johnson.

Beresford, Bruce.

Boyd, William, 1952-

Eziashi, Maynard.

Brosnan, Pierce.

Woodward, Edward, 1930-2009.

Criterion Collection (Firm)

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