A Gathering of Old Men (film)
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Director Volker Schlondorff Initial DVD release July 15, 2004 Language English | 6.6/10 IMDb Genre Drama Duration Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date May 10, 1987 (1987-05-10) Nominations Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie Cast (Candy Marshall), Louis Gossett, Jr. (Mathu), (Sheriff Mapes), (Lou Dimes)Similar movies Related Volker Schlondorff movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A Gathering of Old Men is a 1987 American television drama film directed by Volker Schlöndorff and based on the novel of the same name. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.
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A bigoted white farmer is shot in self-defense on a Louisiana sugarcane plantation. A group of old black men come forward en masse to take responsibility for the killing. As the sheriff confronts the suspects, the young plantation owner stands firm in her defense of the old men.
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