| Descript |
1 videodisc (ca. 87 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
|
two dimensional moving image tdi rdacontent |
|
video v rdamedia |
|
videodisc vd rdacarrier |
| System Det |
DVD, Dolby, Region 1 encoding. |
| Note |
Closed-captioned. |
|
Information from pre-release promotional materials; release date: June 24, 2003. |
|
Based on the book by William H. Armstrong. |
| Cast |
Carl Lumbly, Suzzanne Douglass, Daniel Lee Robertson III, Peter MacNeill, Bill Lake, Paul Winfield, Marcus Johnson, Ashley Archer, Joshua Watkis. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Rodney Charters ; editor, Richard Nord ; original music, Lee Holdridge. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: TV-PG. |
| Note |
Also issued on VHS. |
| Summary |
This is the story of an 11-year-old black youngster, "Boy." When his sharecropper father is arrested and sentenced to five years at hard labor after stealing food to feed his family, Boy embarks upon a journey to find out where his father has being imprisoned. Accompanied by his dog Sounder, Boy also makes the arduous crossover from boyhood to manhood, with the help (and sometimes hindrance) of various people along the road. |
| Awards |
Newbery Medal Winner 1970. |
| Genre |
Action and adventure fiction -- Drama.
|
| Subject |
Coming of age -- Drama.
|
|
Travel with dogs -- Drama.
|
| Genre |
Feature films.
|
|
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
|
|
DVDs.
|
|
Children's films.
|
|
DVD-Video discs.
|
| Add Author |
George, Clara.
|
|
Hooks, Kevin, 1958-
|
|
Cain, Bill.
|
|
Lumbly, Carl.
|
|
Douglass, Suzzanne, 1957-
|
|
Robertson, Daniel Lee.
|
|
MacNeill, Peter.
|
|
Lake, Bill.
|
|
Winfield, Paul.
|
|
Johnson, Marcus.
|
|
Archer, Ashley.
|
|
Watkis, Joshua.
|
|
Charters, Rodney.
|
|
Nord, Richard.
|
|
Holdridge, Lee, 1944-
|
|
Armstrong, William H. (William Howard), 1914-1999.
Sounder.
|
|
Jaffe/Braunstein Films Ltd.
|
|
Rock Creek Entertainment (Firm)
|
|
Touchstone Television.
|
|
Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)
|
| ISBN |
0788846620 |
| Stndrd # |
786936221749 |
| Music # |
31145 Walt Disney Home Entertainment |
|
