A Gathering of Old Men (film)
1987 film
- Louis Gossett Jr.
- Richard Widmark
- Holly Hunter
Hans Prescher
Craig McKay
Bioskop Film
Consolidated Productions
Hessischer Rundfunk
Jennie & Co.
Zenith Entertainment
A Gathering of Old Men is a 1987 American-German television drama film directed by Volker Schlöndorff and based on the novel of the same name. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.[1] The film was released as television film in the US.[2] For his performance actor Louis Gossett Jr. was nominated at the Emmy Awards for "Outstanding lead actor in a miniseries or a special".[3]
Plot
A bigoted white farmer is shot in self-defense on a Louisiana sugarcane plantation. A group of old black men come forward en masse to take responsibility for the killing. As the sheriff confronts the suspects, the young plantation owner stands firm in her defense of the old men.
Cast
- Louis Gossett Jr. as Mathu
- Richard Widmark as Sheriff Mapes
- Holly Hunter as Candy Marshall
- Joe Seneca as Clatoo
- Will Patton as Lou Dimes
- Woody Strode as Yank
- Tiger Haynes as Booker
- Papa John Creach as Jacob
- Julius Harris as Coot
- Rosanna Carter as Beulah
- Walter Breaux as Charlie
- Joe 'Flash' Riley as Jameson (as Jay 'Flash' Riley)
- Danny Barker as Chimley
- Howard 'Sandman' Sims as Uncle Billy
- Michael Audley ss Uncle Jack Marshall
- P. Jay Sidney as Gable
- Rod Masterson as Couch
Reception
Mark Schwed, in his article published in the Winston-Salem Journal, said he liked it. He noted that the director "does a beautiful job of capturing the feeling of the people the place and the time as it was framed in the novel by Ernest J Gaines."[4]
Ron Weiskind in his review published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette thought it was stirring and thoughtful. He wrote that "the film's laconic pace seems oddly casual and desultory at first. But "Gathering" slowly peels away at scabs of anger and hurt and prejudice to reveal the effects racism has had on its characters and, by extension, on the rest of us." Of the cast he said "this gathering of old men is filled with talent."[5]
Accolades
1987 Cannes Film Festival - Un Certain Regard
Emmy Awards - Nominated - Outstanding lead actor in a miniseries or a special - Louis Gossett Jr.
References
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: A Gathering of Old Men". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved July 20, 2009.
- ^ O'Connor, John J. (May 10, 1987). ""Old men" is memorable TV drame". The South Bend Tribune. pp. C9.
- ^ "Outstanding Lead Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie Nominees / Winners 1987". Television Academy. Retrieved December 19, 2022.
- ^ Schwed, Mark (May 9, 1987). "CBS' 'A Gathering of Old Men' Doesn't Offer Viewers the Traditionally Trashy Television". Winston-Salem Journal. pp. Entertainment Week: 2 and 9.
- ^ Weiskind, Ron (May 9, 1987). "'Gathering' stirring, thoughtful CBS film". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 39.
External links
- A Gathering of Old Men at IMDb
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Films directed by Volker Schlöndorff
- Young Törless (1966)
- A Degree of Murder (1967)
- Man on Horseback (1969)
- Baal (1970)
- The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach (1971)
- The Morals of Ruth Halbfass (1972)
- A Free Woman (1972)
- Übernachtung in Tirol (1974)
- The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum (1975)
- Coup de Grâce (1976)
- Germany in Autumn (1978)
- The Tin Drum (1979)
- Circle of Deceit (1981)
- Swann in Love (1984)
- Death of a Salesman (1985)
- A Gathering of Old Men (1987)
- The Handmaid's Tale (1990)
- Voyager (1991)
- The Ogre (1996)
- Palmetto (1998)
- The Legend of Rita (2000)
- The Ninth Day (2004)
- Enigma - Eine uneingestandene Liebe (2005)
- Strike (2006)
- Ulzhan (2007)
- Calm at Sea (2011)
- Diplomacy (2014)
- Return to Montauk (2017)
- Nur zum Spaß, nur zum Spiel (1977)
- The Candidate (1980)
- War and Peace (1984)
- The Michael Nyman Songbook (1992)
- Ein Produzent hat Seele oder er hat keine (2002)
- Billy Wilder Speaks (2006)
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