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The last brickmaker in America [videorecording (DVD)].

Contributor(s): Language: English Publication details: Toronto : Distributed exclusively in Canada by Phase 4 Entertainment, c2010.Description: 1 videodisc (85 min.) : 2.0 stereo sd., col. ; 12 cmSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 22
LOC classification:
  • PN1997 .L378 2008
Production credits:
  • Phase 4 Films, Paramount Pictures and Nasser Group present ; produced by Derek Kavanagh ; written by Richard Leder ; directed by Gregg Champion.
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Wendy Crewson, Jay Sanders.Summary: "Henry Cobb (Sidney Poitier), a warm and honest man, has worked his family brickyard for 57 years. From dusk to dawn every day but Sunday, every week of the year, he has proudly put his blood and sweat into creating red clay bricks. But now, in a time when automation rules in America and following the recent passing of his beloved wife, Cobb's passion for his work is gone. When 13-year-old Danny Potter (Cody Newton) enters his life in search of a refuge from his bickering parents, Henry becomes his mentor, giving the boy a sense of purpose and the role model he so desperately needs. In turn, Danny rejuvenates Henry's passion for life."--Container.
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Originally broadcast as a movie in 2001 on CBS.

16x9 anamorphic widescreen (1.78:1) format.

Phase 4 Films, Paramount Pictures and Nasser Group present ; produced by Derek Kavanagh ; written by Richard Leder ; directed by Gregg Champion.

Sidney Poitier, Wendy Crewson, Jay Sanders.

"Henry Cobb (Sidney Poitier), a warm and honest man, has worked his family brickyard for 57 years. From dusk to dawn every day but Sunday, every week of the year, he has proudly put his blood and sweat into creating red clay bricks. But now, in a time when automation rules in America and following the recent passing of his beloved wife, Cobb's passion for his work is gone. When 13-year-old Danny Potter (Cody Newton) enters his life in search of a refuge from his bickering parents, Henry becomes his mentor, giving the boy a sense of purpose and the role model he so desperately needs. In turn, Danny rejuvenates Henry's passion for life."--Container.

Home use only.

In English.

DRA PG dmn

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