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The Tuskegee airmen  Cover Image DVD DVD

The Tuskegee airmen / HBO Films presents a Price Entertainment production, a film by Robert Markowitz ; produced by William C. Carraro ; story by Robert Williams and T.S. Cook ; teleplay by Paris Qualles, Trey Ellis and Ron Hutchinson ; directed by Robert Markowitz.

Summary:

The story of the 'Fighting 99th' - the first squadron of black American pilots to be allowed to fight for their country. It is 1943 and the U.S. is suffering huge losses on the ground and in the air. Four newly recruited pilots are united by a desire to serve their country, at a time when black flyers were not welcomed in the Air Force. Now, the "Tuskegee Airmen" must undertake the riskiest mission of their lives and to prove to America that courage knows no color.

Item details

  • ISBN: 1419896385
  • ISBN: 9781419896385
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: [New York] : Home Box Office, [2010]
  • Distributor: Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video

Contents / Notes

General Note:
Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1995.
Special features: Cast & crew bios.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director of photography, Ronald Orieux ; music, Lee Holdridge.
Participant or Performer Note:
Laurence Fishburne, Allen Payne, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Courtney B. Vance, Andre Braugher, Chris McDonald, John Lithgow, Cuba Gooding, Jr.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: PG-13; for thematic elements and brief strong war violence ; CHV rating: G.
System Details Note:
DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation, Dolby Digital surround, Dolby Digital stereo., Dolby Digital mono.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:
This DVD disc is copy protected.
Language Note:
English (Dolby surround), dubbed French (Dolby stereo.) or dubbed Spanish (Dolby mono.) dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Subject: United States. Air Force > African Americans > Drama.
United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Squadron, 99th > Drama.
African American fighter pilots > Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, American > Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 > African Americans > Drama.
Estados Unidos. Air Force > Afronorteamericanos > Teatro.
Aviadores > Estados Unidos > Teatro.
Genre: War films.
Feature films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Drama.
War films.
Feature films.
War films.
Feature films.
Made-for-TV movies.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Currently available copies

  • 31 / 32 copies available at PINES (Show)
  • 3 / 3 copies available at Athens Regional Library System

Holds

  • 2 current holds on 32 total copies.
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Athens Regional Library System:
      Athens-Clarke County Library
DVD TUSKEGEE
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31001003465573 AV Available
Athens Regional Library System:
      Danielsville/Madison County Library
DVD TUSKEGEE
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31001005145728 AV Available
Athens Regional Library System:
      Lay Park Community Resource Ctr.
DVD TUSKEGEE
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31001001998831 AV Available

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