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
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: July 15, 2004
• Run Time: 94 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00028G752
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #45,045 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Studio: Platinum Disc Llc Release Date: 02/28/2006 Run time: 94 minutes

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	Bernd Wahlbrinck "Hans Breitmann" (Rheine, Home of the Wadel, Germany) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	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!

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Black American History, July 15, 2005

By	Joseph M. Linzy "Joseph M. Linzy Sr." (Castaic, CA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I enjoyed the DVD tremendously. The younger generation of Black-Americans have forgotten their heritage. This DvD is a sad story of man's inhumanity to man. It also shows us the beginning of Black-Americans and some White Americans working towards justice.