Record details

• ISBN: 0738930938
• ISBN: 9780738930930
• Physical Description: videorecording
  videodisc
  2 videodiscs (150 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
• Edition: 30th anniversary special edition.
• Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : Classic Media, Inc. ; New York, N.Y. : Sony Wonder, [2005]

Content descriptions

General Note:

Based on the novel of the same title by Ernest J. Gaines.

Full screen presentation.

Originally produced as a television movie in 1973.

Sony Wonder: L2D58953 (LVD 58975 (disc 1) and LVD 58980 (disc 2)).

Special features: "The Making of the Autobiography of Ms. Jane Pittman" documentary - behind the scenes footage; new interviews with Ernest J. Gaines, Odetta, director John Korty, producers Rick Rosenberg and Bob Christiansen and more; "The Writing of the Autobiography of Ms. Jane Pittman" documentary - Ernest J. Gaines gives an in-depth look at the people and places that inspired his award-winning novel; "Oral Story Telling Tradition" documentary - scholars explain the importance of oral story-telling; Best Picture and Best Actress Emmy clips; Digitally remastered.

Creation/Production Credits Note:

Cinematographer, James Crabe ; music, Fred Karlin.

Participant or Performer Note:

Cicely Tyson, Barbara Chaney, Richard Dysart, Katherine Helmond, Michael Murphy, Odetta, Thalmus Rasulala.

Target Audience Note:

MPAA rating: Not rated.

System Details Note:

DVD; Dolby Digital.

Language Note:

Closed-captioned.

Awards Note:

Winner of 9 Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Special, Best Actress and Best Teleplay.

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Genre:

Television movies.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Biographical television programs.

Biographical films.

Feature films.

Made-for-TV movies.