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217 A Soldier's Story
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2020 8:42 am
by MichaelB
A SOLDIER'S STORY
(Norman Jewison, 1984)
Release date: 14 December 2020
Limited Edition Blu-ray (UK Blu-ray premiere)
The murder of a black sergeant on a segregated army base in Louisiana in 1944 is investigated by a black soldier and lawyer, revealing deep-seated racism in the Deep South. Adapted from Charles Fuller’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, the film was nominated for three Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (for Adolph Caesar), and Best Adapted Screenplay (by Fuller himself).
INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES
• 2K restoration
• Original mono audio
• Audio commentary with director Norman Jewison (1999)
• Archival Interview with Norman Jewison (2010): ninety-minute, career-spanning discussion between the filmmaker and film historian David Poland
• March to Freedom (1999): documentary on the experiences of African American soldiers during World War II, narrated by Paul Winfield
• Original theatrical trailer
• Image gallery: promotional and publicity materials
• New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
• Limited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Molefi Kete Asante, an archival interview with Norman Jewison, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film credits
• UK premiere on Blu-ray
• Limited edition of 3,000 copies
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BBFC cert: 15
REGION B
EAN: 5060697921038
Re: 217 A Soldier's Story
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2020 11:15 am
by Ribs
This is a cool movie for Indicator to release - not really one I ever thought would be making the jump to BD. Leaves me hopeful the Columbia Best Picture nominee from the year prior, The Dresser, which seems extremely up Indicator’s alley, might be soon to follow.
Re: 217 A Soldier's Story
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2020 12:11 pm
by therewillbeblus
Excellent movie that is equal parts intriguing mystery and revealing systemic racial drama. Easily Jewison’s best work, and an early Denzel perf for the books.
Re: 217 A Soldier's Story
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2020 3:28 pm
by domino harvey
Ribs wrote: Thu Sep 17, 2020 11:15 am
This is a cool movie for Indicator to release - not really one I ever thought would be making the jump to BD.
Already out on Blu in the states. It is a great film though, a true tonic for bad medicine cinema with its thought provoking (and provoking in general) approach
Re: 217 A Soldier's Story
Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2020 10:09 pm
by rapta
A first Jewison for Indicator...will we get And Justice For All next? Hard to imagine they'd skip a Pacino performance (and surely a better proposition than, say, Bobby Deerfield). Curious to see this one nevertheless.
Re: 217 A Soldier's Story
Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2020 8:44 pm
by knives
therewillbeblus wrote: Thu Sep 17, 2020 12:11 pm
Excellent movie that is equal parts intriguing mystery and revealing systemic racial drama. Easily Jewison’s best work, and an early Denzel perf for the books.
I'm tempted to agree, but in addition to all of the films I haven't seen by him
Jesus Christ Superstar and
FIST are real tempting to place as well. That's not even getting into nostalgic favorite
Fiddler on the Roof.
Re: 217 A Soldier's Story
Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2020 10:28 pm
by therewillbeblus
I should be clear that I genuinely like a lot of Jewison’s work so “easily” may insinuate that it’s a one-off when that’s not the case. Still, he’s spent a sizable portion of his career trying to evoke emotions around (in)justice and (thwarted) belongingness within systems, and this feels like the best and purest embodiment of that drive.
Re: 217 A Soldier's Story
Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2020 2:50 am
by knives
I definitely agree it’s his most engaging presentation of the why for civil rights.
Re: 217 A Soldier's Story
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2020 9:53 am
by MichaelB
Final specs:
Re: 217 A Soldier's Story
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2020 8:41 pm
by MichaelB
Re: 217 A Soldier's Story
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2020 5:51 pm
by MichaelB