Sounder(Movie, 1972)

Name: Sounder
Genre: Drama, Kids & Family
Released: 1972
Duration: T01:45:00
Rating: 3.7

| 1h 45min | Genres: Drama, Kids & Family

Rating: 3.7/5 (with 19 votes)

Sounder is a 1972 American drama film directed by Martin Ritt and adapted by Lonne Elder III from the 1969 novel of the same name by William H. Armstrong. The story concerns an African-American sharecropper family in the Deep South, who struggle with economic and personal hardships during the Great Depression. It stars Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, and Kevin Hooks. Taj Mahal composed the film's blues-inspired soundtrack, and also appears in a supporting role. The film was both a critical and box office success, and the National Board of Review ranked it as one of the Top 10 best films of 1972. Cicely Tyson and Paul Winfield both received Oscar nominations for their performances, and ... ()

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Awards & Nominations for Sounder

National Board of Review: Top Ten Films nominated for: Academy Award for Best Picture nominated for: Academy Award for Best Actor nominated for: Academy Award for Best Actress nominated for: Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

About Sounder

The Morgans, a loving and strong family of Black sharecroppers in Louisiana in 1933, face a serious family crisis when the husband and father, Nathan Lee Morgan, is convicted of a petty crime and sent to a prison camp. After some weeks or months, the wife and mother, Rebecca Morgan, sends the oldest son, who is about 11 years old, to visit his father at the camp. The trip becomes something of an odyssey for the boy. During the journey he stays a little while with a dedicated Black schoolteacher.

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Trailer for Sounder + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Sounder Trailer (1972)(Trailer, 2:07)

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Plays in: Louisiana

Based on: "Sounder" (find it on Amazon)

Made by: 20th Century Fox, Radnitz/Mattel Productions

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 9 languages: English (EN), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 09/24/1972

Cast: Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Kevin Hooks, Taj Mahal, Janet MacLachlan, James Best, Carmen Mathews

Director: Martin Ritt

Producer: Robert B. Radnitz

Screenwriter: Lonne Elder III

Film Editor: Sidney Levin

Director of Photography: John A. Alonzo

Composer: Taj Mahal

Keywords: based on novel or book, prison camp, great depression, louisiana, 1930s, family relationships, stealing food, hardship, sharecropper, urban

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