Boycott

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Clark Johnson's docudrama Boycott, about the Montgomery, AL, bus boycott, comes to DVD with a widescreen anamorphic transfer that produces an image with an aspect ratio of 1.85:1. A closed-captioned English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Surround, while a Spanish soundtrack has been recorded in Dolby Digital Stereo. English, Spanish, and French subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials include a commentary track recorded by Johnson, cast and crew biographies, and some historical background ...
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Overview

Clark Johnson's docudrama Boycott, about the Montgomery, AL, bus boycott, comes to DVD with a widescreen anamorphic transfer that produces an image with an aspect ratio of 1.85:1. A closed-captioned English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Surround, while a Spanish soundtrack has been recorded in Dolby Digital Stereo. English, Spanish, and French subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials include a commentary track recorded by Johnson, cast and crew biographies, and some historical background information about the time period portrayed in the film. This is a very good disc from HBO/Rysher.
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Special Features

Cast and director bios; Historical background; References; Web links; Main menu; English Dolby Surround; Director's commentary; Spanish stereo
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All Movie Guide - Tom Wiener
Thanks to a magnetic lead performance by Jeffrey Wright as Martin Luther King Jr. and inventive direction by Clark Johnson, Boycott is both an informative and hugely entertaining look at a crucial chapter in the history of the modern civil rights struggle. Wright embodies many facets of King's personality: his personal charisma, his faith in the power of nonviolence, and (at this moment in his life) his uncertainty about what the struggle would mean to his career and to his family. Johnson adroitly mixes in vintage footage and black-and-white cinematography (mainly in meetings between the African-American activists and the white power structure in Montgomery), using handheld cameras in many scenes to create a sense of urgency and immediacy. Though the white characters come off as rather one-dimensional, this is a film about the varying attitudes of the black characters to the burgeoning movement. At the beginning of the film, Rosa Parks has to talk her husband into endorsing the boycott, as does King with his wife Coretta. Even as the boycott picks up steam, the film continues to explore its internal politics, revealing that King's own father wanted him to withdraw from Montgomery. There's some witty and touching use of source music, including Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama," Dizzy Gillespie's "Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac," and Bob Dylan's "Gotta Serve Somebody." A standout in the supporting actors is Erik Todd Dellums in the key role of Bayard Rustin, whose encouragement of King was crucial to keeping the boycott nonviolent. Sharp-eyed viewers may also spot the director as a journalist and singer Aaron Neville in the crowd of citizens who gather outside King's home after it is bombed.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 1/8/2002
  • UPC: 026359177927
  • Original Release: 2001

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  • Source: Hbo Home Video
  • Region Code: 1
  • Aspect Ratio: Alternate Wide Screen (1.78:1)
  • Presentation: Wide Screen / Stereo
  • Sound: stereo
  • Language: English, Español
  • Time: 1:52:00
  • Format: DVD

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Jeffrey Wright Martin Luther King Jr.
Terrence Howard Ralph Abernathy
CCH Pounder Jo Ann Robinson
Carmen Ejogo Coretta King
Reg E. Cathey E. D. Nixon
Brent Jennings Rufus Lewis
Shawn Michael Howard Fred Gray
Walter Franks Rev. Fields
Whitman Mayo Rev. Banyon
E. Roger Mitchell Bob Phillips
Clark Johnson Emory Jackson
Mike Hodge Daddy King
Jack Martin
Jack Martin
Mert Hatfield
Danny Nelson
Thomas Byrd
Eric Dellums Bayard Rustin
Technical Credits
Clark Johnson Director
Charles C. Bennett Production Designer
James Bigwood Co-producer
Jaki Brown-Karman Casting
David Hennings Cinematographer
Preston Holmes Producer
Timothy J. Sexton Screenwriter
Stephen James Taylor Score Composer
Norman Twain Executive Producer
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Scene Index

Side #1 --
0. Chapters
1. Introduction/The Ride [4:40]
2. Plan of Action [7:04]
3. "A Good Day for Walking" [2:45]
4. Guilty as Charged? [3:32]
5. The Husband, the Preacher, the Outsider [10:22]
6. "A More Humane System" [7:12]
7. Car Pool [7:59]
8. Reactions and Opinions [8:35]
9. False Arrest [11:32]
10. Dangerous Limbs [9:36]
11. When Hate Meets Love [4:46]
12. Family and Liberty [9:20]
13. A Spiritual Movement [3:15]
14. Time for a Message [4:45]
15. Understanding the Consequences [8:52]
16. March of Freedom/Epilogue [2:52]
17. Today/Credits [5:24]
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Menu

Side #1 --
   Play Movie
   Special Features
      Featurette
      Cast & Director Bios
         Jeffrey Wright (Martin Luther King, Jr.)
         Terrence Howard (Reverend Ralph Abernathy)
         Carmen Ejogo (Coretta Scott King)
         Clark Johnson (Director)
      Historical Background
         Milestones in Civil Rights History
         Verbatim - Spreading the Word
         Boycott by the Numbers
         Time Capsule - Back With Humility
         Q & A With Stewart Burns and Henry Gates, Jr.
         Who's Who - The Leaders
            Rosa Parks
            Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
            Coretta Scott King
            Reverend Ralph Abernathy
            Jo Ann Robinson
            Bayard Rustin
      References
         Books
         Video/Multimedia
      Web Links
   Audio
      English Dolby Surround
      Director's Commentary
      Spanish Stereo
   Subtitles
      English
      Français
      Español
      Subtitles: None
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