Shakespeare behind bars [videorecording] / produced by Philomath Films ; in association with the Independent Television Service and the BBC ; Hank Rogerson, director and writer ; Jilann Spitzmiller, producer.

Shakespeare behind bars (Motion picture)

Widescreen format.

0738934755
9780738934754

Los Angeles, CA : Shout! Factory, c2006.

English

1 videodisc (93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

826663100723

HV8861 .S535 2006

792.02/22

826663-10072 Shout! Factory
10072 Shout! Factory

Convicted felons at Kentucky's Luther Luckett Correctional Complex rehearse for the Shakespearean production, The Tempest, as part of the Shakespeare Behind Bars Program. The play's underlying theme of forgiveness parallels themes of transformation and redemption in the lives of the prisoners.

Documentary.
Originally produced as a feature film in 2005.
Special features: optional audio commentary by prisoners Jerry Guenther, Floyd Vaughn, and Curt Tofteland; optional audio commentary by prisoners Hal Cobb, Leonard Ford and Curt Tofteland; optional audio commentary by filmmakers Hank Rogerson and Jilann Spitzmiller; deleted scenes (8 min.); "performance selects" bonus performance footage (12 min.); "Troupe update".
A documentary about an all-male Shakespearean theater company at Kentucky's Luther Luckett Correctional Complex as they rehearse The Tempest.

Director of photography, Shana Hagan ; editor, Victor Livingston ; composer, James Wesley Stemple.

Not rated; contains adult language and subject matter.

DVD.

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