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Cry, the Beloved Country | |
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Directed by | Darrell Roodt |
Screenplay by | Ronald Harwood Joshua Sinclair |
Based on | Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton |
Produced by | Anant Singh Harry Alan Towers |
Starring | James Earl Jones Richard Harris Charles S. Dutton |
Cinematography | Paul Gilpin |
Edited by | David Heitner |
Music by | John Barry |
Distributed by | Miramax Films |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
Countries | South Africa United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $4 million |
Box office | $676,525 (US) (sub-total) |
Cry, the Beloved Country is a 1995 South African-American drama film directed by Darrell Roodt, based on the novel Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton. It stars James Earl Jones and Richard Harris.
The film was made in 1995, shortly after the fall of apartheid and the free election of Nelson Mandela as President of South Africa.