Tsotsi
Tsotsi [videorecording] /
Title in English: Thug
The UK Film & TV Production Company, PLC ; The Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa ; The National Film & Video Foundation of South Africa ; in association with MoviWorld ; screenplay by Gavin Hood ; co-producer, Paul Raleigh ; produced by Peter Fudakowski ; directed by Gavin Hood.
- Widescreen.
- Burbank, CA : Miramax Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2006]
- 1 videodisc (ca. 94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Based on a novel by Athol Fugard. Originally produced in 2005 as a motion picture. Bonus features: alternate endings with optional commentary by screenwriter and director Gavin Hood; deleted scenes with optional commentary by Gavin Hood; the making of 'Tsotsi'; feature commentary with Gavin Hood; director's short film 'The Storekeeper'; music video ; About the soundtrack.
Director of photography, Lance Gewer; original score by, Mark Kilian & Paul Hepker; editor, Megan Gill. Director of photography, Lance Gewer; original score by, Mark Kilian & Paul Hepker; editor, Megan Gill.
Presley Chweneyagae, Terry Pheto, Kenneth Nkosi, Mothusi Magano, Zenzo Ngqobe, Zola.
A young man running with a criminal gang on the streets of Johannesburg, Tsotsi - a nickname meaning thug - is immersed in a world of violence that seems to leave him unaffected, until he discovers an infant in the backseat of a car he has stolen.
MPAA rating: R; for language and some strong violent content.
DVD, region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital.
Tsotsi-Taal dialogue with optional SDH English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Academy Awards, 2006: Best Foreign Language Film of the Year (South Africa).
0788868926 9780788868924
786936705362
50667 Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Midwest Tape http://www.midwesttapes.com
Fugard, Athol--Film and video adaptations.
Criminal behavior--South Africa--Drama.
Murder--South Africa--Drama.
Redemption--Drama.
Criminal psychology--South Africa--Drama.
Homicide--South Africa--Drama.
Salvation--Drama.
Feature films.
Gangster films.
Melodrama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Gangster--Feature.
Crime--Feature.
Melodrama--Feature.
Melodrama.
CM DVD 00165
791.43/72
Based on a novel by Athol Fugard. Originally produced in 2005 as a motion picture. Bonus features: alternate endings with optional commentary by screenwriter and director Gavin Hood; deleted scenes with optional commentary by Gavin Hood; the making of 'Tsotsi'; feature commentary with Gavin Hood; director's short film 'The Storekeeper'; music video ; About the soundtrack.
Director of photography, Lance Gewer; original score by, Mark Kilian & Paul Hepker; editor, Megan Gill. Director of photography, Lance Gewer; original score by, Mark Kilian & Paul Hepker; editor, Megan Gill.
Presley Chweneyagae, Terry Pheto, Kenneth Nkosi, Mothusi Magano, Zenzo Ngqobe, Zola.
A young man running with a criminal gang on the streets of Johannesburg, Tsotsi - a nickname meaning thug - is immersed in a world of violence that seems to leave him unaffected, until he discovers an infant in the backseat of a car he has stolen.
MPAA rating: R; for language and some strong violent content.
DVD, region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital.
Tsotsi-Taal dialogue with optional SDH English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Academy Awards, 2006: Best Foreign Language Film of the Year (South Africa).
0788868926 9780788868924
786936705362
50667 Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Midwest Tape http://www.midwesttapes.com
Fugard, Athol--Film and video adaptations.
Criminal behavior--South Africa--Drama.
Murder--South Africa--Drama.
Redemption--Drama.
Criminal psychology--South Africa--Drama.
Homicide--South Africa--Drama.
Salvation--Drama.
Feature films.
Gangster films.
Melodrama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Gangster--Feature.
Crime--Feature.
Melodrama--Feature.
Melodrama.
CM DVD 00165
791.43/72