Short eyes [videorecording] / a Film League presentation.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: SCORP111280_ | Scorpion ReleasingPublication details: [New York, NY] : Scorpion Releasing, c2014.Description: 1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inUniform titles:
  • Short Eyes (Motion picture)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 23
LOC classification:
  • PN1997.2 .S56 2014
Production credits:
  • Directed by Robert M. Young. Screenplay by Miguel Piñero. Music scored and composed by Curtis Mayfield. Photography by Peter Sova. Produced by Lewis Harris. Executive producer Marvin Stuart. Edited by Ed Bayer.
Cast: Bruce Davison, José Pérez, Curtis Mayfield, Freddy Fender, Nathan George, Don Blakely, Shawn Elliott, Miguel Piñero, Joseph Carberry, Tito Goya, Kenneth Steward.Summary: "Based on the play by acclaimed writer Miguel Piñero, Short Eyes is a brutal and powerful look at life in Manhattan's infamous detention center, 'The Tombs.' Tensions erupt when white prisoner Clark, an accused child molester, joins their ranks. Universally detested by his fellow inmates for committing the most heinous crime imaginable, Clark becomes a catalyst for anger and violence that breeds behind bars and sets off a horrifying chain of events."--Container.
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DVD DVD Stonewall DVD DVD (2014) 2015 1 Available 207751

DVD.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1977.

Special features: new interview with star Bruce Davidson and director Robert M. Young; audio commentary with director Young and Leon Ichaso (director of "Pinero").

Directed by Robert M. Young. Screenplay by Miguel Piñero. Music scored and composed by Curtis Mayfield. Photography by Peter Sova. Produced by Lewis Harris. Executive producer Marvin Stuart. Edited by Ed Bayer.

Bruce Davison, José Pérez, Curtis Mayfield, Freddy Fender, Nathan George, Don Blakely, Shawn Elliott, Miguel Piñero, Joseph Carberry, Tito Goya, Kenneth Steward.

"Based on the play by acclaimed writer Miguel Piñero, Short Eyes is a brutal and powerful look at life in Manhattan's infamous detention center, 'The Tombs.' Tensions erupt when white prisoner Clark, an accused child molester, joins their ranks. Universally detested by his fellow inmates for committing the most heinous crime imaginable, Clark becomes a catalyst for anger and violence that breeds behind bars and sets off a horrifying chain of events."--Container.

MPAA rating: R.

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