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The harder they come

Author: Trevor D Rhone; Jimmy Cliff; Perry Henzell; Xenon Pictures.; International Films.
Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : Xenon Pictures, [2007] ©2007
Edition/Format:  DVD video : DVD audio : Music  Sound Recording : English : Film & soundtrack special editionView all editions and formats
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A country boy who travels to Kingston to make it big as a reggae singer is ruthlessly exploited, first by his employer, then by the producer of his hit record. At last he becomes a pot-pushing desperado in an effort to live up to the code of his favorite movie heroes.
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Genre/Form: Drama
Feature films
Musical films
Material Type: Music, Videorecording
Document Type: Visual material, Sound Recording
All Authors / Contributors: Trevor D Rhone; Jimmy Cliff; Perry Henzell; Xenon Pictures.; International Films.
ISBN: 1597881155 9781597881159
OCLC Number: 1193451744
Language Note: In Jamaican English with optional English subtitles.
Notes: Accompanying compact disc, Jimmy Cliff in The harder they come : original soundtrack recording, previously issued in 2001 as Island: 314 586 158-2.
Special features: "One and all: the phenomenon of The harder they come" featurette ; making-of documentary, "Hard Road to Travel" ; interviews with Jimmy Cliff, Arthur Gorson, and director Perry Henzell; slide show, "The wild side of paradise"; music video.
Videodisc release of the 1972 motion picture.
Widescreen 16x9.
Credits: Editor, John Victor Smith, Richard White, Reicland Anderson ; camera, David MacDonald, Peter Jessop, Franklin St. Juste.
Cast: Jimmy Cliff, Janet Bartley, Carl Bradshaw, Ras Daniel Hartman, Bobby Charlton.
Target Audience: Certificate 12.
Description: 1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
Details: DVD; Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo., 5.1 surround, or original mono.
Other Titles: Jimmy Cliff in The harder they come : original soundtrack recording.
Responsibility: International Films Management Ltd. presents ; a Perry Henzell film ; written by Perry Henzell & Trevor D. Rhone ; produced & directed by Perry Henzell.

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A country boy who travels to Kingston to make it big as a reggae singer is ruthlessly exploited, first by his employer, then by the producer of his hit record. At last he becomes a pot-pushing desperado in an effort to live up to the code of his favorite movie heroes.

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