| Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
Disney DVD.
|
| System Details |
DVD, Dolby digital, Region 1 encoding, fullscreen presentation (1.33:1); Dolby digital 5.1 surround sound. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned. |
| Note |
Title from container |
|
Originally broadcast January 19, 2003 as a segment of: The wonderful world of Disney. |
|
Based on the book by William H. Armstrong. |
| Performer |
Cast: Carl Lumbly, Suzzanne Douglass, Daniel Lee Robertson III, Peter MacNeill, Bill Lake, Paul Winfield, Marcus Johnson, Ashley Archer, Joshua Watkis. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Rodney Charters; original music, Lee Holdridge; film editor, Richard Nord. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: TV-PG. |
| Note |
MPAA rating: TV-PG. |
| Summary |
This is the story of an 11-year-old black youngster, "Boy." When his sharecropper father is arrested and sentenced to five years at hard labor after stealing food to feed his family, Boy embarks upon a journey to find out where his father has being imprisoned. Accompanied by his dog Sounder, Boy also makes the arduous crossover from boyhood to manhood, with the help and sometimes hindrance of various people along the road. |
| Subject |
Adventure and adventurers -- Fiction -- Juvenile fiction -- Videodiscs.
|
|
African American children -- Juvenile fiction -- Videodiscs.
|
|
Preteens -- Juvenile fiction -- Videodiscs.
|
|
Travel with dogs -- Juvenile fiction -- Videodiscs.
|
|
Travel -- Juvenile fiction -- Videodiscs.
|
|
Dogs -- Juvenile fiction -- Videodiscs.
|
| Local Subject |
DVDS, JUVENILE.
|
| Genre |
Feature films.
|
|
Children's films.
|
|
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
|
| Added Author |
Hooks, Kevin, 1958-
|
|
George, Clara.
|
|
Cain, Bill.
|
|
Lumbly, Carl.
|
|
Douglass, Suzzanne, 1957-
|
|
Robertson, Daniel Lee, III.
|
|
MacNeill, Peter.
|
|
Lake, Bill.
|
|
Winfield, Paul.
|
|
Johnson, Marcus.
|
|
Archer, Ashley.
|
|
Watkis, Joshua.
|
|
Charters, Rodney, 1948-
|
|
Holdridge, Lee, 1944-
|
|
Nord, Richard.
|
|
Armstrong, William H. (William Howard), 1914-1999.
Sounder.
|
|
Jaffe/Braunstein Films Ltd.
|
|
Rock Creek Entertainment (Firm)
|
|
Touchstone Television.
|
|
Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)
|
| Added Title |
Disney presents sounder |
| ISBN |
0788846620 |
|
9780788846625 |
| Standard No. |
786936221749 |
| Music No. |
31145 Buena Vista Home Entertainment |
|
More Resources