Malcolm X [videorecording] / Warner Brothers Pictures ; Warner Bros. presents in association with Largo International N.V. ; a 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks production ; a Marvin Worth production ; a Spike Lee Joint ; screenplay by Arnold Perl and Spike Lee ; produced by Marvin Worth and Spike Lee ; directed by Spike Lee.
Other Titles: Autobiography of Malcolm X.
Autobiography of Malcolm X.
Edition: Widescreen version.
Publisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c2000.
ISBN: 0790739232 :
Description: 1 videodisc (201 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject(s): X, Malcolm, 1925-1965 Drama.
Black Muslims Drama.
African Americans Drama.
African Americans Race identity Drama.
African Americans Race relations Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films. local
Credits: Co-producers, Monty Ross, Jon Kulik and Preston Holmes ; music, Terence Blanchard ; editor, Barry Alexander Brown ; director of photography, Ernest Dickerson.
Performers: Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett, Albert Hall, Al Freeman, Jr., Delroy Lindo, Spike Lee, Theresa Randle, Kate Vernon.
Target Audience: MPAA rating: PG-13.
Notes: English language soundtrack (Dolby surround 5.1) with optional subtitles in English or French ; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1992.
Special features include: interactive menus ; scene access ; cast & crew biographies ; awards.
Based on the book "The autobiography of Malcolm X" as told to Alex Haley.
Summary: Screen version of the life of Malcolm X, who through his religious conversion to Islam, found the strength to rise up from a criminal past to become an influential civil rights leader.
