Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Other authors / contributors: | Attenborough, Richard.
Briley, John.
Kingsley, Ben, 1943-
Bergen, Candice, 1946-
Fox, Edward, 1937-
Gielgud, John, 1904-2000
Howard, Trevor, 1916-1988
Mills, John, 1908-2005
Sheen, Martin.
Charleson, Ian.
Fugard, Athol.
Halmer, Gunther Maria.
Jaffrey, Saeed, 1929-
Taylor, Ronnie, 1924-
Williams, Billy.
Bloom, John.
Shankar, Ravi, 1920-2012
Athaiya, Bhanu.
Mollo, John.
Craig, Stuart.
Seirton, Michael.
Carolina Bank Limited (London, England)
Goldcrest Films International.
Indo-British Films, Ltd.
International Film Investors (Firm)
National Film Development Corporation of India.
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
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| ISBN: | 1424840945
9781424840946
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| Notes: | Title from container.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1982.
Special features: "In search of Gandhi" featurette: Lord Attenborough discusses the various hurdles he faced in getting the film made; "Reflections on Ben" featurette; "Madeleine Slade: an Englishwoman abroad" featurette; "The funeral" featurette; "Shooting an epic in India" featurette; "Looking back" featurette; "Designing Gandhi" - 3 mini featurettes; "Ben Kingsley talks about Gandhi" featurette; four vintage newsreel shorts; "The making of 'Gandhi': a photo montage of behind-the-scenes stills.
Directors of photography, Ronnie Taylor, Billy Williams ; editor, John Bloom ; music, Ravi Shankar ; costume designers, Bhanu Athaiya, John Mollo ; production designer, Stuart Craig.
Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox, John Gielgud, Trevor Howard, John Mills, Martin Sheen, Ian Charleson, Athol Fugard, Gunter Maria Halmer, Saeed Jaffrey.
DVD, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo., surround.
English (Dolby 5.1), French (Dolby 2.0), Portuguese (Dolby 2.0) or Spanish (Dolby 2.0) dialogue, English, Korean, Portuguese or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
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| Summary: | Follows the life of Mahatma Gandhi from his days as a lawyer in South Africa to his role as India's spiritual leader by using his philosophy of non-violent but direct-action protest that helped end British rule. Centers on the extraordinary man who fought for a nonviolent, peaceful existence and set an entire nation free.
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| Target Audience: | MPAA rating: PG.
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| Awards: | Academy Awards, USA, 1983: Oscars for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Ben Kingsley) ; Best Art Direction - Set Decoration (Stuart Craig, Robert W. Laing, Michael Seirton) ; Best Cinematography (Billy Williams, Ronnie Taylor) ; Best Costume Design (John Mollo, Bhanu Athaiya) ; Best Director (Richard Attenborough) ; Best Film Editing (John Bloom) ; Best Picture ; Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (John Briley).
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| Standard no.: | 043396174375
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| Publisher's no.: | 17437 Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
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