A Raisin in the Sun

Starring:Joseph C. Phillips, Danny Glover, John Fiedler, Lou Ferguson, Esther Rolle, Helen Martin (II), Starletta DuPois, Stephen Henderson, Kim Yancey, Kimble Joyner
Director: Bill Duke
Studio: Monterey Video
Product Type: DVD

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A Raisin in the Sun
Starring: Sidney Poitier , Claudia McNeil , Ruby Dee , Diana Sands , and Ivan Dixon
Director: Daniel Petrie
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
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Lorraine Hansberry's play is given sensitive treatment by filmmaker Daniel Petrie (The Bay Boy). Sidney Poitier heads a fine cast in the story of an African American family in Chicago who are struggling with mixed aspirations, not enough money, conflicts over religion, and institutional racism. The film is pretty much set-bound (as plays adapted for the screen sometimes are), but the drama is intense and moving. --Tom Keogh

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A Raisin in the Sun.......2007-06-27

Based on Lorraine Hansberry's play, Daniel Petrie's magnificent "A Raisin In The Sun" provides an ideal star vehicle for young Poitier's explosive talent. The actor projects barely suppressed rage as he pleads with Claudia McNeil's resolute matriarch, who wants to use her money to buy a new home. Poitier's raw desperation is palpable as his one chance to better himself slips away. See this for Poitier's intense performance, and McNeil's equally powerful turn as his mother

Superb! Don't Miss This Movie!!!.......2007-05-28

This is a superbly written and superbly acted "play" transformed into a movie. This must be among the "Ten Best Movies of All Time". If you haven't seen this one, PLEEESE get it. You won't be disappointed. Comments to email: boland7214@aol.co

A Raisin in the Sun.......2007-05-07

A movie taken from the Lorraine Hansberry play about a black family in Chicago circa 1966, who try to focus on family life and the possiblility of moving out of the ghetto, when an insurance check for $10,000 has come due. The family is frustrated with living in their crowded Chicago apartment and when the $10,000 arrives, they see this as an answer to everyone's prayers. But what to do with the money? Pay tuition for college, open a liquor business in Chicago, or buy a house for the now extending family in an all white suburb of Chicago.

The Matriarch "Lena Younger" is wonderfully and beautifully played by Claudia McNeil, the Son aka "Brother/Walter Lee Younger" is played by the incomparable Sidney Poitier in what I think is one of his best roles ever. Daughter/Sister "Beneatha aka Benny" played by the beautiful and talented Diana Sands is great as the "non-assimilationist" daughter who is smitten with an African Exchange Student and dates a wealthy black collegian. Ruby Dee is Walter Lee's wife "Ruth", who struggles with a "surprise" pregnancy and her role as wife/daughter-in-law/and mother in this mercurial family. The role of "Travis Younger" the son/grandson/nephew is played with total childhood reality by Stephen Perry. The supporting cast of Louis Gosset Jr. (George Murchison), Ivan Dixon (Joseph Asagai), Bobo (Lonne Elder), and John Fiedler (Mark Lindner) all do terrific jobs in their respective roles.

This is one of the best movies I have ever seen and as someone who was a child when all of this was going on, I remember it vividly as if it were yesterday. The relationships of all the family members is so much a memory of my childhood that it is watched with relish everytime I watch it with my own children.

A movie to be watched and enjoyed by the entire family.

Remind us we are in this together.......2007-04-11

The mistakes we make affect all those around us and in those mistakes we still have the one powerful gift to restore things. LOVE.

A Raisin in the Sun.......2007-03-09

An important and revealing film re African American history and culture and American history/develoopment;powerful dialogue, fine acting, sensitive directing; Hansberry's story has immense relevance/impact today.

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Please See The Original Film Version First
THE LADDER OF THE TWO VERSIONS..
Moving Story of an African American Experience
Assignment for English class is viewed with pleasure.

A Raisin in the Sun
Starring: Helen Martin (II) , Starletta DuPois , Joseph C. Phillips , Danny Glover , and Stephen Henderson
Director: Bill Duke
Manufacturer: Monterey Video
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Release Date: 2004-03-09

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Not Bad.......2006-07-23

I will have to disagree with some of the earlier reviewers. I think there is a tendency to prefer more updated versions just because they're newer. Danny Glover's portrayal of Walter Lee is far too exaggerated. In his interpretation, the quiet rage of Walter Lee Younger is inflated to almost maniacal behavior which is distracting and over the top. Esther Rolle (Lena) and Starletta Dupois (Ruth) are both pretty good, but Kim Yancey sometimes overplays Beneatha. Although I know it's inevitable to do so, I think it's unfair to compare this version to the 1960 film, since we all know that production regulations of the time period dictated the accommodations that were made. Besides, the 1960 version is a feature film, and this version is really more of a filmed stage production, which makes them different animals entirely. When time allows, I show both versions to my classes. Some actually prefer the 1960 version, while others like this one better. Ultimately, I think each has merits of its own and should be judged individually.

Please See The Original Film Version First.......2005-05-28

This version is decent, but it pales in comparison to the original film version. Ester Rolle as Lena Younger doesn't have quite the command and authority of Claudia McNeil, but her performance is solid and convincing. Danny Glover's Walter is serviceable, but trying to match the electricity of Sidney Poiter's interpretation is an uphill battle. Starletta DuPois' portrayal of Ruth fails to convey the physical and emotional fatigue that Ruby Dee exuded with seeming effortlessness. Kim Yancey's performance as Beneatha is solid, but seems to borrow too liberally from Diana Sands' work in the earlier film. A nice treat is John Fiedler, reprising his role from the earlier film. Worth seeing, but... see the original, classic version first.

THE LADDER OF THE TWO VERSIONS.........2004-08-18

This is absolutely the best version of this play ever.....Not to take anything away from the Sidney P. version, but it had too many cuts and added scenes and lost alot of what Lorraine Hansberry was really saying...Danny Glover's Walter Lee is stellar and far more compelling that Sidney's...Its just and all around master piece

Moving Story of an African American Experience.......2003-05-29

I thoroughly enjoyed this play which ran for almost three hours. It takes place in the early sixties. It tells the story of a black family, which receives a $10,000 insurance payment after the death of a family member. The Grandmother, her daughter, her son and his wife, and her grandson all live in the small apartment. There is conflict over what to do with the money. The son wants to invest it in a liquor store. The grandmother wants to buy her own home so the whole family can be more comfortable and she can at last have her own garden. The son becomes despondent after the grandmother buys a house. He starts drinking heavily and quits his job as a driver. His wife, who is two months pregnant, considers having an abortion. The sister, who is quite brilliant, struggles to get through medical school. She has to choose between two boyfriends: A Nigerian and a wealthy black American (who wears white shoes). She also explores her afrocentricity and tries to repel ýassimilationý by wearing an Afro.

To bring her son out of the funk heýs in, Mama gives him the remainder of the money leftover after the down payment on the house. She directs him to put half the money in the bank for his sister so that she would be able to pay for medical school and invest the rest of the money as he saw fit. (Who knew $10,000 could go that far. Talk about miracle money). Unfortunately, the son didnýt do as he was told and was swindled out of all the money. This was not discovered until after the chairman of the welcoming committee, of the neighborhood they were supposed to be moving into, offers to pay the family not to move in. I must say that Danny Glover is one hell of an actor. It was really scary when he broke down and cried after he found out he was robbed. He decides to call the welcoming committee chairman to accept his offer to get some money back. He couldnýt do it. Because of the pride instilled in him by his dead father, pressure from his mother, and the poor example he would be setting for his son, he backs out at the last minute.

I saw this play because the story was referenced in a monologue from Vin Dieselýs MultiFacial. Pride was just as important to Vinýs character. I am glad that I saw it. If it wasnýt for Vin Diesel, I probably wouldnýt have come to know this great story about an African American transitional experience. Thank you Vin!!

Assignment for English class is viewed with pleasure........2001-12-13

As an assignment for a college class, after reading the play, I had to watch the movie version of "A Raisin in the Sun." I was amazed at how well the movie script stuck to Hansberry's award winning version. The acting was superb, (particularly Glover and Rolle) and the three hours flew by quickly. I recommend this movie highly.

Charlie Rose with John Hume; Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee (November 24, 1998)

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Charlie Rose with John Hume; Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee (November 24, 1998)

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First, John Hume, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and leader of the Social Democratic and Labor Party in Ireland. He discusses his efforts to reconcile conflicted factions in Ireland and his success at getting the Irish Republican Army to engage in peace talks. Then, Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee discuss their long-lasting marriage and their collaborations on projects such as A Raisin in the Sun in 1959 and Do The Right Thing in 1989. They also discuss their commitment to civil rights and activism and their new book, With Ossie and Ruby.

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A Raisin in the Sun
Superb! Don't Miss This Movie!!!
A Raisin in the Sun
Remind us we are in this together
A Raisin in the Sun

A Raisin in the Sun [Region 2]
Starring: Sidney Poitier , Claudia McNeil , Ruby Dee , Diana Sands , and Ivan Dixon
Director: Daniel Petrie
ProductGroup: DVD
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