A lesson before dying

Benedetti, Robert L. (Added Author). Sargent, Joseph, 1925-2014 (Added Author). Peacock, Ann. (Added Author). Tyson, Cicely (Added Author). Phifer, Mekhi, 1975- (Added Author). Cheadle, Don. (Added Author). Gaines, Ernest J., 1933- Lesson before dying. (Added Author). HBO Video (Firm) (Added Author). Spanky Pictures. (Added Author). Ellen M. Krass Productions. (Added Author). Don Cheadle, Cicely Tyson, Mekhi Phifer. (Cast).

Summary: A frustrated teacher in a southern town, whose education is being underutilized, finds his own purpose in helping bring meaning to the last days of a young man due to be executed. In teaching one person to die with dignity, he redeems himself.

Item details

ISBN: 0783117159
ISBN: 9780783117157
Physical Description: videorecording
videodisc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: New York : HBO Home Video, c1999.

Contents / Notes

General Note:	Based on the novel by Ernest J. Gaines. See interactive menu for special features.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, Donald M. Morgan ; editor, Michael Brown ; music, Ernest Troost.
Participant or Performer Note:	Don Cheadle, Cicely Tyson, Mekhi Phifer.
Target Audience Note:	Rated PG-13
System Details Note:	DVD.
Language Note:	Closed-captioned; in English and Spanish soundtracks with English, French and Spanish subtitles.