Product Details

• Actors: Louis Gossett Jr., Holly Hunter, Richard Widmark
• Directors: Volker Schlöndorff
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: July 15, 2004
• Run Time: 94 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00028G752
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #53,016 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "A Gathering of Old Men" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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GATHERING OF OLD MEN - DVD Movie

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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars There's nothing like the truth., March 3, 2002

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Clifford (Lafayette, Louisiana United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Murder on the Bayou - (aka "A Gathering of Old Men") [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Anyone who doesn't appreciate the effectiveness of this movie has never lived in Louisiana. The complicated relationships between the races is perfectly depicted in the characters of Candy, Mathu, Sheriff Mapes, and the Boutans. The book upon which this movie is based is an outstanding work of reality disguised as fiction. The film version does a creditable job of transferring literature to the screen--that is, until the ending. The movie's conclusion is not as effective as that in the book (A GATHERING OF OLD MEN, by Ernest J. Gaines). All-in-all, however, this one is worth seeing!

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A BEAUTIFUL MOVIE, May 8, 2003

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Björn Weizenkeim "Hans Breitmann" (Home of the Wadel, Germany) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Murder on the Bayou - (aka "A Gathering of Old Men") [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is a very poetic, thoughtful, human, often funny, and altogether well-done movie. I highly recommend it. There is hardly any violence in it, and still it is about violence and discrimination in Louisiana in the 70s. Also, it is a good adaptation of Gaines' novel, A GATHERING OF OLD MEN. I haven't the faintest idea why a person would compare this movie with Ed Wood stuff (see review below) - incredible.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Reminder of How Far We've Come..., February 25, 2008

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D. Williams "DlW..." (Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Gathering of Old Men (DVD)

A Gathering of Old Men is magnificent on many levels. To start with it has an all STAR cast. While you may not have heard of many of the senior Black actors in this movie, make no mistake about it, they all have a long film career. This movie is a must have if you are to have a complete film library of really great films. It depicts a time in American history that should never be forgotten, a transitional time that happened out of site of many, but was important to all. The civil rights era changed many things, but it was the spiritual change that was most significant. A Gathering of Old Men is a tribute to that change in some of the last hold outs of a dark time in American history.