DVD: purlie (pastures lucasta)

DVD: purlie

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10 reviews
Eartha Kitt, Sammy Davis Jr.

MGM (Video & DVD), 2005

A "Great" Movie
I read the life story of Sydney Poitier recently. (Recommended very much) This "play" was listed as one of the plays the young Sydney Poitier played in in summer stock. That's why I have been viewing several of Sydney Poitier's films like "A Raisin In The Sun" (very highly recommended also). This movie isn't quite up to "A Raisin in the Sun" but it's close. The acting is superb, the story ...

The Green Pastures

54 reviews
Rex Ingram, Oscar Polk

Warner Bros. Pictures, 2006

An Absolute Joy
I have watched this movie several times and always find something new in it. For a black audience still without civil rights and whose elders remembered slavery, this movie shows a most merciful, grandfatherly God who cares deeply about his creation, and gives them a fine heaven behind those massive pearly gates. A visiting Ugandan Anglican priest spent the night at our home in the 1980s, and ...

Hallelujah

30 reviews
Daniel L. Haynes, Nina Mae McKinney

Warner Home Video, 2006

Truly Hallelujah
This was a truly fabulous movie. It was so good to see the cinematic efforts from so far back (1929). The commentary from the movie added to its historical impact. We have made tremenous progress since those days and our stars today should be proud to stand on their shoulders. I would reccommend this to all old cinema buffs.

Purlie Victorious

11 reviews
Sorrell Booke, Godfrey Cambridge

Mpi Home Video, 2006

Charming adaptation of a stage masterpiece!
I first came across this film version of "Pulie Victorious" back in 1998 when I was cast in a local production of the play (I played Charlie Cotchipee, the role played by Alan Alda in this film.) The wonderful thing about this picture, is that it stays true to it's stage roots. After the opening scene, a rousing sermon, the walls of the church open up to reveal a road, on which Lutiebelle and ...