The Defiant Ones
(DVD)
Published
Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, p2001.
Edition
Widescreen
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (96 min.) : sd., col.
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| Alamosa Public Library - DVD | DVD FICTION DEF | 1 DVD | On Shelf |
| Carnegie Public Library - DVD | DVD DEFIA | On Shelf | |
| West Routt Library District - DVD | DVD DEF | On Shelf |
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Published
Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, p2001.
Format
DVD
Edition
Widescreen
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Videodisc release of the 1958 motion picture.
Creation/Production Credits
Produced and directed by Stanley Kramer ; written by Nathan E. Douglas and Harold Jacob Smith.
Participants/Performers
Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier.
Description
Nominated for nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture, "The Defiant Ones" broke new ground by delivering its message of racial tolerance through a fast-moving blend of action and suspense. Two convicts, one white and one black, escape from a chain gang still shackled to each other.
Description
Escaping from a Southern work gang, the two men are bound together by an unbreakable iron chain and separated by an unbridled hatred towards each other. Relentlessly pursued by a posse and bloodhounds, they put aside their differences to survive. But when a lonely woman (Cara Williams) breaks their chain and deliberately sends Cullen to certain death, Jackson must decide what's more important: saving Cullen...or saving himself. *1958: Best Picture, Actor (Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier), Supporting Actor (Theodore Bikel), Supporting Actress (Cara Williams), Director,Story and Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (won), Cinematography (won), Film Editing.
Target Audience
Not rated.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Poitier, S. C. (2001). The Defiant Ones (Widescreen). MGM Home Entertainment.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Poitier, Sidney; Curtis, Tony. 2001. The Defiant Ones. MGM Home Entertainment.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Poitier, Sidney; Curtis, Tony. The Defiant Ones MGM Home Entertainment, 2001.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Poitier, Sidney; Curtis. The Defiant Ones Widescreen, MGM Home Entertainment, 2001.
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