A Lesson Before Dying (film)
A Lesson Before Dying | |
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Based on | Ernest J. Gaines (novel) |
Written by | Ann Peacock |
Directed by | Joseph Sargent |
Starring | Don Cheadle Cicely Tyson Mekhi Phifer Irma P. Hall Brent Jennings |
Theme music composer | Ernest Troost |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Cinematography | Donald M. Morgan |
Editor | Michael Brown |
Running time | 105 minutes |
Production companies | Ellen M. Krass Productions HBO NYC Productions Spanky Pictures |
Distributor | Future Film HBO mediacs AG |
Release | |
Original network | HBO |
Original release | 22 May 1999 |
A Lesson Before Dying is a 1999 American made-for-television drama film adapted from the 1993 Ernest J. Gaines novel of the same name. It won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie.
Cast and characters[]
- Don Cheadle – Grant Wiggins
- Cicely Tyson – Tante Lou
- Mekhi Phifer – Jefferson
- Irma P. Hall – Miss Emma
- Brent Jennings – Reverend Ambrose
- Lisa Arrindell Anderson – Vivian Baptiste
- Frank Hoyt Taylor – Sheriff Guidry
- Stuart Culpepper – Henri Pichot
- Patty Mack – Inez
- Elijah Kelley – Clarence
- Wynton Yates – Louis Washington
- Clay Chappell – Paul
- Cierra Meche – Estelle
References[]
- "The Primetime Emmy Awards: The 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards". TV.com. 1999. Archived from the original on 2009-06-12. Retrieved 2009-01-08.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1999 television films
- 1999 films
- 1990s drama films
- American films
- American drama films
- English-language films
- Films set in the 20th century
- Television shows based on American novels
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Made for Television Movie winners
- HBO Films films
- Films directed by Joseph Sargent
- American television film stubs