Black Robe
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Black Robe
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Vidmark Entertainment ; Samuel Goldwyn ; Alliance Communications & Samson Productions present a Robert Lantos production ; executive producers, Jake Eberts, Brian Moore, Denis Héroux ; screenplay by Brian Moore ; produced by Robert Lantos, Stéphane Reichel, Sue Milliken ; directed by Bruce Beresford ; produced with the participation of Telefilm Canada and in association with First Choice Canadian Communications Corporation.
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Black robe (Motion picture)
Edition:
Full screen and widescreen.
Publication Information:
Santa Monica, CA : Lions Gate Home Entertainment, [2008]
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (101 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Full screen and widescreen.
Based on the novel: Black Robe / by Brian Moore.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1991.
Special features: Black Robe trailer; Biographies; Trimark releases.
Abstract:
In the rugged 17th century Canadian wilderness, Father Laforgue, a young and idealistic Jesuit priest, is assigned to go up river into the wilderness on a perilous journey to convert the Huron Indians. His Algonquin Indian guides nickname him "Black Robe." His young aide and translator, Daniel, falls in love with Annuka, the beautiful daughter of the Algonquin chief. Torn between his own desires and ideals of the priesthood, Laforgue's faith is tested as the expedition faces the elements. Attacked, captured and brutalized by hostile Indians, the traumatic experience challenges everything the young priest believes. Together with his young campanions, he escapes to complete his mission and comes to understand the true spirit of the land and the spirit he sought to convert.
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MPAA rating: R, areas of strong violence and sensuality.
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Credits:
Director of photography, Peter James ; production designer, Herbert Pinter ; costume designers, Renée April & John Hay ; music composed by Georges Delerue ; editor, Tim Wellburn.
Performer:
Lothaire Bluteau, Aden Young, Sandrine Holt, Tantoo Cardinal, Frank Wilson, Billy Two Rivers, Raoul Trujillo, Lawrence Bayne, Harrison Liu, Yvan Labelle, August Schellenberg.
Technical Details:
DVD; NTSC, region 1; digitally mastered; Dolby 2.0 surround sound; double sided, full screen and widescreen versions.
Language:
Soundtrack in English, with optional French and Spanish subtitles. Some dialog in Algonquin. Closed captioned.