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Cry Freedom
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Cry Freedom is a 1987 biographical drama film directed by Richard Attenborough, who also produced the work. The screenplay was written by John Briley, with cinematography by Ronnie Taylor and editing by Lesley Walker. The cast includes Denzel Washington, Kevin Kline, Penelope Wilton, and Kevin McNally. The film originates from the United Kingdom and Italy, with production companies Universal Pictures and Marble Arch Productions. George Fenton composed the score, and Stuart Craig served as production designer.
The narrative is set in South Africa and focuses on apartheid. Filming took place in Zimbabwe and Kenya. The movie was released on November 6, 1987, and has a runtime of 157 minutes. It is distributed by Universal Pictures and Netflix, available via video on demand. The film received a PG rating.
Cry Freedom was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor and Best Original Score. It also won the National Board of Review award for Top Ten Films. The work has an IMDb rating of 7.4 and a Metascore of 59. Its budget was 29,000,000, with revenue of 25,900,000.
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Film · TMDB
7.0A dramatic story, based on actual events, about the friendship between two men struggling against apartheid in South Africa in the 1970s. Donald Woods is a white liberal journalist in South Africa who begins to follow the activities of Stephen Biko, a courageous and outspoken black anti-apartheid activist.
Cast
- Kevin Kline as Donald Woods
- Denzel Washington as Steve Biko
- Penelope Wilton as Wendy Woods
- Kate Hardie as Jane Woods
- John Matshikiza as Mapetla
- Zakes Mokae as Father Kani
Themes
- journalist
- 1970s
- male friendship
- south africa
- apartheid
- biography
- police corruption
- racism
- based on memoir or autobiography
- newspaper editor
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Ratings
IMDb
7.4/10
15,034 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
73%
Metacritic
59/100
- Year
- 1987
- Runtime
- 157 min
- Genres
- Biography, Drama, History
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- Nominated for 3 Oscars. 6 wins & 16 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Italy
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- apartheid
- Director
- Richard Attenborough
- Screenwriter
- John Briley
- Composer
- George Fenton
- Producer
- Richard Attenborough
- Production company
- Universal Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Ronnie Taylor
- Narrative location
- South Africa
- Filming location
- Kenya
- Duration
- 157
- FilmAffinity ID
- 317801
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.nbcuniversalstore.com/detail.php?p=11083
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- publication date
- 1987-00-00
- film editor
- Lesley Walker
- title
- Cry Freedom
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Original Score
- distributed by
- Netflix
- production designer
- Stuart Craig
- review score
- 73%
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