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- 102 Minutes
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Language English
- Country USA
- Rated:
- Format: Fullscreen
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- Directed by Charles Burnett
- Written by Charles Burnett
- Starring Carl Lumbly, Cory Curtis, Danny Glover, Devaughn Walter Nixon, Mary Alice, Paul Butler, Reina King, Richard Brooks, Sheryl Lee Ralph
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Danny Glover plays the mysterious Harry Mention, a charming trickster who invades the life of a family and who claims to have (and may very well have) a connection to dark powers. In any case, his presence sows dissent among a patriarch (Paul Butler) and his offspring, the latter more interested in the legacy of mystical wisdom Harry may represent. Based on stories of superstition he heard in youth, writer-director Charles Burnett's film is a fine and funny accomplishment that intersects dream time and linear time, and it has the heart of a folk tale.
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Won: Special Jury Recognition, 1990 Sundance Film Festival; Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor (Glover), Best Supporting Actress (Ralph), 1991 Independent Spirit Awards
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A tantalizing study of the haunting effect of the past on the present.
-- Jamie Russell, BBC ONLINE
- More on To Sleep with Anger:
- Profile of director Charles Burnett
Genres: Drama