To sleep with anger / SVS, Inc. presents ; an Edward R. Pressman production ; written and directed by Charles Burnett ; produced by Thomas S. Byrnes, Caldecot Chubb, Darin Scott.

Burnett, Charles, 1944- (film director,, screenwriter,, interviewee.). Pressman, Edward R., (film producer.). Byrnes, Thomas S., (film producer.). Chubb, Caldecot, (film producer.). Scott, Darin, (film producer.). Koulisis, Linda, (film producer,, interviewee.). Glover, Danny, (actor,, interviewee.). Butler, Paul, 1941-1941 or 1942-2010, (actor.). Alice, Mary, 1941- (actor.). Lumbly, Carl, (actor.). McGee, Vonetta, (actor.). Brooks, Richard, 1962- (actor.). Ralph, Sheryl Lee, (actor,, interviewee.). Townsend, Robert, 1957- (interviewee.). Clark, Ashley, (writer of additional text.). Burnett, Charles, 1944- (film director.). Glover, Danny, (actor.). SVS Films, (presenter,, film distributor.). Criterion Collection (Firm), (publisher.). Danny Glover, Paul Butler, Mary Alice, Carl Lumbly, Vonetta McGee, Richard Brooks, Sheryl Lee Ralph. (Cast).

Summary:

Harry, a devilish charmer from the Deep South, turns up out of the blue on the South Central Los Angeles doorstep of his old friends. In short order, Harry's presence turns a seemingly peaceful household upside down, exposing smoldering tensions between parents and children, tradition and change, virtue and temptation. Interweaving evocative strains of gospel and blues with rich, poetic-realist images, it is a sublimely stirring film from an autonomous artistic sensibility, a portrait of family resilience.

Item details

ISBN: 9781681435558
ISBN: 1681435551
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (102 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (16 panels : color illustrations ; folded to 19 cm).
Edition: Director-approved DVD special edition.
Publisher: [New York, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2019]
Copyright: ©2019

Contents / Notes

General Note:	Originally released as a motion picture in 1990. Special features: New, restored 4K digital transfer, approved by director; Of Family and Folklore, a new interview program, featuring Charles Burnett, actors Danny Glover and Sheryl Lee Ralph, and associate producer Linda Koulisis; A Walk with Charles Burnett, a new hour-long conversation between Burnett and filmmaker Robert Townsend that revisits Burnett's films and shooting locations; Short video tribute to Burnett produced for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Governors Awards ceremony in 2017. Container insert includes the essay "You Never Know What's in the Heart" by film critic Ashley Clark.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, Walt Lloyd ; music, Stephen James Taylor ; editor, Nancy Richardson.
Participant or Performer Note:	Danny Glover, Paul Butler, Mary Alice, Carl Lumbly, Vonetta McGee, Richard Brooks, Sheryl Lee Ralph.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: PG;
System Details Note:	DVD, NTSC region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Audio 2.0 surround.
Language Note:	In English; English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).
Source of Description Note:	Title from disc surface.