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The Killing Yard (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Edgar Allan Poe Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

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

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

Running Time:
120 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Biographies
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2001 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Euzhan Palcy

Written By:
Benita Garvin

Actors:
Alan Alda ..... Ernie Goodman
Morris Chestnut ..... Shango
Rose McGowan ..... Linda Borus
Lindsay Owen Pierre ..... L.D. Barkley
Dean Patrick Fleming ..... Malcolm Bell
Tyrone Benskin ..... Haywood Burns
B Martin Sage ..... Conrad
Benz Antoine ..... Johnny Flowers
Terence Bowman ..... Juror Thomson
Bill Corday ..... Court Clerk
Larry Day ..... Anthony Simonetti
Lesley Faulkner ..... Beth
Arthur Holden ..... Dr. John Edland
Marcel Jeannin ..... Stewart Dan
Robert B. Kennedy ..... Bill Goodman
Patrick Kerton ..... Guard 2
Kevin Ryder ..... Patrick Moynihan
Amy Sloan ..... Mary Jo
Eliska Sursova ..... Kassidy
Danny Wells ..... Mort

Synopsis:

Noted filmmaker Euzhan Palcy, who made a name for herself by directing a series of socially minded films about racism and oppression -- including Sugar Cane Alley and A Dry White Season -- continues in the same vein with this gritty courtroom drama about the bloodshed and the coverup of the Attica prison uprising of 1971. Protesting the dreadful conditions at the state penitentiary, 1200 inmates -- mostly African-American -- took control of Prison Yard D. After a half a week negotiating with the prisoners, the police burst into the jail with guns ablaze. Reportedly 2,200 rounds were fired, 39 people killed, and 80 wounded. Fearing an investigation, the State Department indicted a number of prisoners for murder, including Shango (Morris Chestnut), a former law student and activist against the prison administration. Crack lawyer Ernie Goodman (Alan Alda) agrees to defend him, but before he can keep him from the gallows he has to allay Shango's distrust. Meanwhile, civil liberties activist Linda Borus (Rose McGowan) uncovers the truth and the elaborate layers of deceit that the state erected. This film was first screened at the 2001 Toronto Film Festival.

A man is accused of murdering two of his inmates around the same time as the 1971 Attica prison riots.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 01 April, 2010.

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