Carolina Skeletons

Starring:Louis Gossett Jr., Bruce Dern, Melissa Leo, Paul Roebling, Bill Cobbs, Henderson Forsythe, Clifton James, Richard Jenkins, Kenny Blank, G.D. Spradlin, Rosanna Carter, Trazana Beverley, Mary Nell Santacroce, Marc Macaulay, Kate Bernsohn, Melody Kay, Chris Blackwelder, C. Harrison Avery, Dan Biggers, Charles Black
Director: John Erman
Studio: Live / Artisan
Product Type: DVD

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QUIETLY POWERFUL FILM.......2005-05-24

Made for TV back in 1991, CAROLINA SKELETONS is based on the book by David Stout, and inspired by a true story. Set in the 1960's South, the story focuses on the execution of a 14 year old African-American lad who supposedly brutally slaughtered two little girls. Thirty years later, the boy's brother, now a colonel in the Green Berets, has come home to visit his dying mother who asks him to find out who really killed the girls. While the movie has its share of cliches and stereotypes, it nonetheless has some powerful and tragic scenes. The execution of the little boy in itself is terrifying, but even more so is the sheriff's insistence that his own son (a closet friend of the condemned) witness the execution is ghastly. Lou Gossett Jr. brings a stoic strength in his role as the Green Beret, whose search for the truth uncovers those Carolina Skeletons. Bruce Dern is very good as the sheriff, who is the little boy forced to witness the execution; he too wants to find out from his now institutionalized father, what really transpired. Melissa Leo gives an effective performance as Dern's daughter who aids Gossett in his quest for the truth, and Richard Jenkins is vile as a good old boy out to stop Gossett from finding the truth. No special effects, no intense action sequences, CAROLINA SKELETONS brings home the sad truth of a country riddled with hate, and is tragic in its exposition of such truth.

Learn from History.......2000-01-29

Louis Gossett, Jr. is the star of Carolina Skeletons and gives his usual excellent performance as a man returning to his small South Carolina town in 1964 who is asked by his dying mother to prove that his older brother executed thirty years previous was wrongly accused. Carolina Skeletons is a made-for-television movie that is somewhat lacking in some of the production values of more expensively produced films. It has several scenes that come to a dramatic climax and then fade to black. I found myself expecting commercials. The movie is worthy of attention because it reminds us of the unjust treatment of African Americans in our country - especially in the South. As citizens, we must always be aware of injustice in order that it be identified and vanquished.

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Starring: Dan Biggers , Charles Black , Kenny Blank , Jerry Campbell , and Bill Coates
Director: John Erman
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Carolina Skeletons

ASIN: B0009GX1WE
Release Date: 2005-07-26

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Academy Award® winner Louis Gossett Jr. and Academy Award® Nominee Bruce Dern star in this gripping drama based on the prize-winning novel by David Stout. The brutal murder of two young white girls results in the wrongful execution of a young African-American boy. Thirty years later, his brother and war-torn Green Beret James Bragg (Louis Gossett Jr., An Officer and a Gentleman), investigates the facts to clear his name. With the aid of a local lawman (Bruce Dern, The Haunting), Bragg must delve into the town's history in order to deliver the real killer to justice. But, some unsavory locals will stop at nothing to prevent Bragg from revealing the dangerous truth. From the intriguing beginning to the shocking conclusion, this powerful film grabs you and never lets go!

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Carolina Skeletons
Starring: Louis Gossett Jr. , Bruce Dern , Melissa Leo , Paul Roebling , and Bill Cobbs
Director: John Erman
Manufacturer: Live / Artisan
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ASIN: B00006L91M
Release Date: 2002-11-19

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His innocent brother died and now 30 years later, someone's going to pay. Academy Award-winner Louis Gossett, Jr. stars as an iron-willed Green Beret dead set on clearing his brother's name. When they were children, his brother was accused, sentenced and executed for committing a shocking double murder. With the help of the town's sheriff (Bruce Dern), nothing can stop Gossett from uncovering this small Southern town's deepest, darkest secret.

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Starring: Louis Gossett, Jr., Bruce Dern, Melissa Chessington Leo, and Paul Robeling.
Directed By: John Erman.
Running Time: 93 Min., Color.
This film is presented in "Standard" format.
Copyright 2002 Artisan Entertainment.

Format: DVD MOVIE

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QUIETLY POWERFUL FILM.......2005-05-24

Learn from History.......2000-01-29

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Starring: Louis Gossett Jr. , Bruce Dern , Melissa Leo , Paul Roebling , and Bill Cobbs
Director: John Erman
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
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