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| Genre/Form: | Feature films Fiction films Film adaptations Video recordings for the hearing impaired Drama |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | E L Doctorow |
| Material Type: | Videorecording |
| Document Type: | Visual material |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
E L Doctorow; John Heyman; Burtt Harris; Sidney Lumet; Timothy Hutton; Mandy Patinkin; Lindsay Crouse; Edward Asner; Paramount Pictures Corporation (1914-1927); Legend Films (Firm); Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm) |
| OCLC Number: | 237212605 |
| Language Note: | Closed-captioned. |
| Notes: | Based on the novel "The book of Daniel" by E.L. Doctorow. Originally released in 1983 as a motion picture by Paramount. |
| Credits: | Director of photography, Andrzej Bartkowiak ; editor, Peter C. Frank. |
| Cast: | Timothy Hutton, Mandy Patinkin, Lindsay Crouse, Edward Asner, Ellen Barkin, Amanda Plummer. |
| Target Audience: | Rating: R. |
| Description: | 1 videodisc (130 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Details: | DVD; NTSC. |
| Contents: | The electric chair -- the Isaacson Foundation -- Young Communist League -- Lessons from the old country -- May Day protests -- Grass roots communist ideology -- My Soviet comrades -- Susan's attempt -- Paul and Rochelle become symbols -- The children are indoctrinated -- The peoples' soldiers go to see Robeson -- Visiting Susan -- Drawn and quartering -- Mindish has been arrested -- FBI comes to question Paul -- Paul is arrested -- Violated the Espionage Act of 1917 -- Daniel reflects on Susan's influence -- Rochelle lashes against Mindish -- Rochelle testifies at grand jury -- Rochelle is arrested -- A home for Daniel and Susan -- Daniel searches for answers -- Letter from Mom -- East Bronx Children's Center -- Daniel and Susan break out -- Corporal punishment in Czarist Russia -- Daniel searches for papers and files -- Susan's deterioration -- Jacob Ascher hurts the case -- The trial -- Passion and hate -- Burning at the stake -- The last visit to Mom and Dad -- Linda Mindish -- two perspectives -- Confronting Mindish -- The execution -- The funerals -- The resistance continues. |
| Responsibility: | Paramount Pictures ; screenplay by E.L. Doctorow ; a John Heyman production ; produced by Burtt Harris ; directed by Sidney Lumet. |
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Abstract:
After his parents work with the Communist Party and execution for selling secrets to the Soviets, a young man involves himself in the protests of the 60's, and lives with his belief that his parents were wrongly murdered.
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- Doctorow, E. L., -- 1931- -- Film adaptations.
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