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In a quirk of film history, this new version of the 1972 classic is directed by Kevin Hooks--who played the central role of the sharecropper's son in the original. That's a nice full circle, although it leaves unanswered a basic question: why bother remaking a movie that got it right the first time? The story is simplicity: a black family in the Depression suffers when the father is arrested for stealing a ham. The punishment? Five years, hard labor. Sounder has an under-rehearsed, rushed quality common to low-budget TV pictures, although Carl Lumbly brings a powerful presence to the role of the father. (That's Paul Winfield,
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Manufacturer: WALT DISNEY PICTURES
Release date: 24 June 2003
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0786936221749 UPC: 786936221749
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Release date: 24 June 2003
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0786936221749 UPC: 786936221749
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