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Lilies of the field

Nelson, Ralph, 1916-1987 (film producer,, film director.). Poe, James, 1923-1980 (screenwriter.). Poitier, Sidney, (actor.). Skala, Lilia, (actor.). Adams, Stanley, 1915-1977 (actor.). Barrett, William E. (William Edmund), 1900-1986 Motion picture adaptation of (work): Lilies of the field. (Added Author). United Artists Corporation. (Added Author). Rainbow Productions (Chicago, Ill.), (production company.). Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc. (Added Author). Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1992- ) (Added Author). Kino Lorber, Inc., (publisher.). Sidney Poitier (Homer Smith), Lilia Skala (Mother Maria), Stanley Adams (Juan); Lisa Mann (Sister Gertrude), Isa Crino (Sister Agnes), Francesca Jarvis (Sister Albertine), Pamela Branch (Sister Elizabeth), Dan Frazer (Father Murphy). (Cast).

Free spirited ex-G.I. and unemployed construction worker Homer Smith stops at a remote farm in the Arizona desert to get water when his car overheats. The farm is being worked by a group of German refugee Catholic nuns, headed by the strict Mother Maria, who believes that Homer has been sent by God to build a much-needed church in the desert.

DVD  - 2015
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Subject
African Americans > Drama.
African Americans > Relations with German Americans > Drama.
Nuns > Arizona > Drama.
Germans > Arizona > Drama.
United States > Race relations > Drama.
Church buildings > Arizona > Drama.
Genre
Feature films.
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Classic films.
Video recordings.
Drama.
  • Physical Description videodisc
    1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher [New York, New York] : Kino Lorber Incorporated, [2015]

Content descriptions

General Note:
First released at the Berlin International Film Festival in June 1963. First released in the U.S.A. on October 1, 1963.
Based on the novel by William E. Barrett.
"Distributed by Kino Lorber Corp. under license from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment LLC and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc."--Container.
Anamorphic wide screen (1.66:1).
Bonus material: Lilies of the Field theatrical trailer ; They Call Me Mister Tibbs trailer ; The Organization trailer ; Duel at Diablo trailer.
GMD: videodisc.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Music, Jerry Goldsmith ; vocal arrangements, Jester Hairston ; director of photography, Ernest Haller ; film editor, John W. McCafferty.
Participant or Performer Note: Sidney Poitier (Homer Smith), Lilia Skala (Mother Maria), Stanley Adams (Juan); Lisa Mann (Sister Gertrude), Isa Crino (Sister Agnes), Francesca Jarvis (Sister Albertine), Pamela Branch (Sister Elizabeth), Dan Frazer (Father Murphy).
Target Audience Note:
Not rated by MPAA.
System Details Note:
DVD; Dolby Digital; NTSC; region 1.
Language Note:
English language with some German and Spanish, and optional English subtitles.
Awards Note:
Academy Award, Best Actor, 1963.

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