Death in the Family DVD

A Death in the Family
Adapted from James Agee's posthumously published, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Death in the Family is set in Knoxville, TN, in 1915. The death of husband and father Jay Follett (John Slattery) in a car accident has profound and long-reaching effects upon his wife, Mary (Annabeth Gish), and his sensitive, seven-year-old son, Rufus (Austin Wolff). At the core of the crisis is Mary's prickly relationship with her own family, exacerbated by her late husband's unwillingness to "go with the flow" in terms of religion and race relations. The kindly intervention of Mary's free-spirited artist brother, Andrew (David Alford), enables her and her son to go on with their lives. Told from Rufus' point of view, the novel version of Death in the Family had previously served as the source for the Broadway play and film All the Way Home. This production, filmed on-location in Tennessee, was telecast by PBS on March 25, 2002 as part of Masterpiece Theatre's "American Collection." ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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Crew Peggy Farrell - Costume Designer Gilbert Cates - Director Stephen Kulczycki - Executive Producer Marian Rees - Executive Producer Anne Hopkins - Executive Producer Rebecca Eaton - Executive Producer Charles Fox - Composer (Music Score) Marcia Calosio - Production Designer Stephen M. Katz - Cinematographer Ronald B. Colby - Producer Dennis E. Doty - Producer Gilbert Cates - Producer Robert W. Lenski - Screenwriter Keith Rogers - Re-Recording Mixer James Agee - Book Author

A Death in the Family
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General Specifications: Language Options: English Subtitle Options: Sound Processing: DD2: Dolby Digital Stereo Additional Features: none specified DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1: Pre-1954 Standard MPAA Rating: NR DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: Content Length: 90 min Part of Series: PBS Pictures   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- 1. Introduction [1:53] 2. Father and Son [9:24] 3. Rufus Rastas Johnson Brown [1:32] 4. The Follet Brothers [2:49] 5. A Happy Home [5:45] 6. Jay Goes to His Dying Father [9:35] 7. The Cap [2:20] 8. The Phone Call With Bad News [7:50] 9. He Was Taken in His Strength [3:10] 10. Peaches, Pickels, and Pears [2:42] 11. The Life Force Stays On for a While [5:29] 12. The Morning After [9:51] 13. The Matter of Baptism [4:54] 14. Ritual Won't Help Us Today [4:54] 15. Your Father Was Kind of Like Lincoln [4:56] 16. We Go On [6:59] 17. Credits [1:53]