Product Details

• Actors: Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Godfrey Cambridge, Hilda Haynes, Beah Richards
• Directors: Nicholas Webster
• Writers: Ossie Davis
• Producers: Nicholas Webster, Brock Peters
• Format: Black & White, Color, DVD, 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: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Mpi Home Video
• DVD Release Date: January 31, 2006
• Run Time: 99 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000BM7YHE
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #16,605 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Purlie Victorious" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

A black preacher returns home to rural Georgia to claim an inheritance and plot revenge on the ruthless plantation owner he once served.
Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: NR
Release Date: 31-JAN-2006
Media Type: DVD

Customer Reviews

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended for its interesting and progressive message, June 4, 2006

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This review is from: Purlie Victorious (DVD)

Starring Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, and Alan Alda, Purlie Victorious, originally a popular Broadway production, is the intriguing story of a black preacher's return to his home in rural Georgia to claim a rightful inheritance and diminish the powers of his once served 'boss' Ol' Cap'n Stonewall Jackson Cotchipee. As an activist film in the midst of the civil rights movement in the 1960's, Purlie Victorious entertains viewers with a great plot as Purlie's persuasion convinces his young girl-friend to claim herself a long-lost relative of Cotchipee's family. When the deception fails to work, rendering Purlie "dispositioned" to go into hiding. Remarkably, however, Cotchipee's son, Charlie, intervenes to the couples assistance and hopefully their eventual success. Purlie Victorious is very highly recommended for its interesting and progressive message. (black & white, 100 minutes)

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars From the Mind OF A Master, September 8, 2006

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Lester L. Carter "DOC FEELGOOD" (PHILA , PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Purlie Victorious (DVD)

Ossie Davis was indeed a master storyteller. I saw the play on broadway with Cleavon Little in the title role and Melba Moore as Lutiebelle. I saw the play on A&E with Robert Guilluame in the title role. But, Ossie was truly Purlie in every fiber of his being. The original title of this movie was Gone Are The Days when I saw it on television many years ago. I was so taken with his performance that I taped it on a reel to reel just to hear it over and over again. Now that I have the original on dvd my children can get to see what real acting is all about. And they get to see 'The Mayor' in his prime. Yes, from the beginning Ossie knew how to 'do the right thing'!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Purlie was Victorious, March 26, 2007

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Francine A. Williams (Willingboro, NJ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Purlie Victorious (DVD)

This movie reminds me how much I love Ruby Dee and Ozzie Davis. They really do compliment each other with their acting as well as their relationship. She was the Ying to his Yang.