A Dry White Season

A Dry White Season
Theatrical release poster
Directed byEuzhan Palcy
Screenplay byColin Welland
Euzhan Palcy
Based onA Dry White Season
by Andre Brink
Produced byPaula Weinstein
Starring
CinematographyPierre-William Glenn
Kelvin Pike
Edited byGlenn Cunningham
Sam O'Steen
Music byDave Grusin
Production
companies
Davros Films
Sundance Productions
Distributed byMGM/UA
Release date
  • September 22, 1989 (1989-09-22)
Running time
107 minutes
CountriesUnited States
France
LanguageEnglish
Budget$9 million
Box office$3,766,879[1]

A Dry White Season is a 1989 American drama film directed by Euzhan Palcy, and starring Donald Sutherland, Jürgen Prochnow, Marlon Brando, Janet Suzman, Zakes Mokae and Susan Sarandon. It was written by Colin Welland and Palcy, based upon André Brink's novel A Dry White Season. Robert Bolt also contributed uncredited revisions of the screenplay. It is set in South Africa in 1976 and deals with the subject of apartheid. Brando was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

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