Lilies of the field
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Subjects

LC Subjects
African Americans -- Drama.
African Americans -- Relations with German Americans -- Drama.
Barrett, William E. -- (William Edmund), -- 1900-1986 -- Film adaptations.
Church buildings -- Arizona -- Drama.
Drama.
Feature films.
Film adaptations.
Germans -- Arizona -- Drama.
Nuns -- Arizona -- Drama.
United States -- Race relations -- Drama.
Video recordings.

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Published
[New York, N.Y.] : Kino Lorber Incorporated, [2015].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
738329163723

Notes

General Note
First released at the Berlin International Film Festival in June 1963. First released in the U.S.A. on October 1, 1963.
General Note
Based on the novel by William E. Barrett.
General Note
"Distributed by Kino Lorber Corp. under license from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment LLC and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc."--Container.
General Note
Bonus material: Lilies of the Field theatrical trailer ; They Call Me Mister Tibbs trailer ; The Organization trailer ; Duel at Diablo trailer.
Creation/Production Credits
Music, Jerry Goldsmith ; vocal arrangements, Jester Hairston ; director of photography, Ernest Haller ; film editor, John W. McCafferty.
Participants/Performers
Sidney Poitier (Homer Smith), Lilia Skala (Mother Maria), Stanley Adams (Juan); Lisa Mann (Sister Gertrude), Isa Crino (Sister Agnes), Francesca Jarvis (Sister Albertine), Pamela Branch (Sister Elizabeth), Dan Frazer (Father Murphy).
Description
Free spirited ex-G.I. and unemployed construction worker Homer Smith stops at a remote farm in the Arizona desert to get water when his car overheats. The farm is being worked by a group of German refugee Catholic nuns, headed by the strict Mother Maria, who believes that Homer has been sent by God to build a much-needed church in the desert...
System Details
DVD, anamorphic widescreen format (aspect ratio 1.66:1).
Language
English language with some German and Spanish, and optional English subtitles.
Language
Closed-captioned.
Awards
Academy Award, Best Actor, 1963.
Local note
DVD

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Nelson, R., Poe, J., Poitier, S., Skala, L., Adams, S., & Barrett, W. E. 1. (2015). Lilies of the field . Kino Lorber Incorporated.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Ralph Nelson et al.. 2015. Lilies of the Field. [New York, N.Y.]: Kino Lorber Incorporated.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Ralph Nelson et al.. Lilies of the Field [New York, N.Y.]: Kino Lorber Incorporated, 2015.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Nelson, R., Poe, J., Poitier, S., Skala, L., Adams, S. and Barrett, W. E. 1. (2015). Lilies of the field. [New York, N.Y.]: Kino Lorber Incorporated.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Nelson, Ralph, et al. Lilies of the Field Kino Lorber Incorporated, 2015.

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