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Additional authors

1. Dassin, Jules, 1911-2008
2. Dee, Ruby
3. Mayfield, Julian, 1928-1984
4. Bernard, Jason
5. St. Jacques, Raymond, 1930-1990
6. Browne, Roscoe Lee
7. Silvera, Frank, 1914-1970
8. Booker T., 1944-
9. O'Flaherty, Liam, 1896-1984.
10. Booker T. & the MG's (Musical group)
11. Malurkin Productions (Firm), production company
12. Paramount Pictures Corporation, distributor
13. Olive Films, distributor

Description

1. 1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. An updated remake of John Ford's 1935 film, The Informer. Dublin becomes the Cleveland ghetto and the Irish Republicans are replaced by black revolutionary fighters. Days after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Tank Williams is an unemployed and itinerant steelworker who turns over his militant friend Johnny to the police for the $1,000 reward, resulting in an underground all-points bulletin to exact vengeance on the squealer.

Alternative title

1. Up tight!

Subject

1. Action and adventure films
2. Informers > Ohio > Cleveland > Drama
3. Film adaptations
4. Fiction films
5. Feature films
6. Revolutionaries > Ohio > Cleveland > Drama
7. African Americans > Ohio > Cleveland > Drama
8. Film remakes

Genre/Form

1. Action and adventure films.
2. Film adaptations.
3. Fiction films.
4. Feature films.
5. Film remakes.

Call number

1. Sc Visual DVD-2089

Note

1. Based on the novle 'The informer' by Liam O'Flaherty.
2. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1968.

Credits (note)

1. Producer, Jules Dassin ; screenwriters, Jules Dassin, Ruby dee, Julian Mayfield ; director of photography, Boris Kaufman ; editor, Robert Lawrence ; music, Booker T. Jones, performed by Booker T. & the MG's ; Paramount ; Malurkin Productions presents

Performer (note)

1. Jason Bernard, Raymond St. Jacques, Ruby Dee, Roscoe Lee Browne, Julian Mayfield, Frank Silvera, Max Julien.

System details (note)

1. DVD, NTSC; Region 1, NTSC, anamorphic widescreen presentation.

Title

1. Uptight / directed by Jules Dassin.

Publisher

1. [United States] : Olive Films, [2012]

Edition

1. Widescreen.

Country of producing entity

1. United States.

Type of content

1. two-dimensional moving image

Type of medium

1. video

Type of carrier

1. videodisc

Digital file characteristics

1. video file DVD video

Cast

1. Jason Bernard, Raymond St. Jacques, Ruby Dee, Roscoe Lee Browne, Julian Mayfield, Frank Silvera, Max Julien.

Credits

1. Producer, Jules Dassin ; screenwriters, Jules Dassin, Ruby dee, Julian Mayfield ; director of photography, Boris Kaufman ; editor, Robert Lawrence ; music, Booker T. Jones, performed by Booker T. & the MG's ; Paramount ; Malurkin Productions presents

System details

1. DVD, NTSC; Region 1, NTSC, anamorphic widescreen presentation.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Schomburg Moving Images and Recorded Sound

Added author

1. Dassin, Jules, 1911-2008, film producer.
2. Dassin, Jules, 1911-2008, film director.
3. Dassin, Jules, 1911-2008, screenwriter.
4. Dee, Ruby, screenwriter, actor.
5. Mayfield, Julian, 1928-1984, screenwriter, actor.
6. Bernard, Jason, actor.
7. St. Jacques, Raymond, 1930-1990, actor.
8. Browne, Roscoe Lee, actor.
9. Silvera, Frank, 1914-1970, actor.
10. Booker T., 1944- composer (expression)
11. Motion picture adaptation of (work): O'Flaherty, Liam, 1896-1984. Informer.
12. Booker T. & the MG's (Musical group)
13. Malurkin Productions (Firm), production company.
14. Paramount Pictures Corporation, distributor.
15. Olive Films, distributor.

Other standard identifier

1. 887090042505

Publisher no.

1. OF425 Olive Films

Research call number

1. Sc Visual DVD-2089