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Attica (1980) (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Emmy Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
Italian ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
97 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1980 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Marvin J. Chomsky

Written By:
James S. Henerson
Tom Wicker

Actors:
Henry Darrow ..... Herman Badillo
Charles Durning ..... Commissioner Russell Oswald
Joel Fabiani ..... Senator Gordon Conners
Morgan Freeman ..... Hap Richards
George Grizzard ..... Tom Wicker
David Harris ..... T. J.
Roger E. Mosley ..... Frank Green
Arlen Dean Snyder ..... Superintendant Vince Mancusi
Glynn Turman ..... Raymond Franklin
Anthony Zerbe ..... William Kunstler
Andrew Duncan ..... Lieutenant John Driscoll
William Flatley ..... Carl Dudley
Ron Foster ..... Leon Clay
Noble Lee Lester ..... Bobby Seale
Paul Lieber ..... Art Silver

Synopsis:

Attica is a probing, no-nonsense TV-movie re-creation of the tragic events which followed the Attica (New York) Correctional Facility rebellion of September 9, 1971. Inmates demanding better food and living conditions used jerry-built weapons to take 38 guards as hostage. Negotiations begin immediately, only to continually break down thanks to uncompromising stubbornness on both sides. Four days into the crisis, the rebellion ends in a bloodbath, with state troopers firing on the prisoners-- killing several of the guards in the process. Based on the eyewitness reporting of the New York Times' Tom Wicker (here played by George Grizzard), who was one of the civilian negotiators during the stalemate, Attica was first telecast on March 3, 1980. (Perhaps significantly, Governor Nelson Rockefeller, whom many hold responsible for the climactic carnage at the prison, is never seen in either factual or fictional form during the film).

The behind the scenes of the 1971 prisoners revolt at the Attica prison.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 19 May, 2011.