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Tsotsi [videorecording] / 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.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 50667 | Buena Vista Home EntertainmentLanguage: Creoles and Pidgins (Other) Summary language: English, Spanish Original language: Creoles and Pidgins (Other) Publication details: Burbank, CA : Miramax Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2006]Edition: WidescreenDescription: 1 videodisc (ca. 94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 0788868926
  • 9780788868924
Other title:
  • Title in English: Thug
Uniform titles:
  • Tsotsi (Motion picture)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 22
LOC classification:
  • CM DVD 00165
Online resources: Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Lance Gewer; original score by, Mark Kilian & Paul Hepker; editor, Megan Gill.
  • Academy Awards, 2006: Best Foreign Language Film of the Year (South Africa).
Cast: Presley Chweneyagae, Terry Pheto, Kenneth Nkosi, Mothusi Magano, Zenzo Ngqobe, Zola.Summary: 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.
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DVD DVD Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch CM DVD 00165 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000039165

DVD, region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital.

Tsotsi-Taal dialogue with optional SDH English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.

Presley Chweneyagae, Terry Pheto, Kenneth Nkosi, Mothusi Magano, Zenzo Ngqobe, Zola.

Director of photography, Lance Gewer; original score by, Mark Kilian & Paul Hepker; editor, Megan Gill.

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.

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.

Academy Awards, 2006: Best Foreign Language Film of the Year (South Africa).

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