| Description |
1 videodisc (DVD)(161 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD format. |
| Language |
English and French language audio tracks. |
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Closed captioned for the hearing impaired. |
| Note |
"Based on a true story"--Container. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1985. |
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Based on the life of writer Isak Dinesen. |
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Based on the books, Out of Africa, Shadows on the grass, and Letters from Africa by Isak Dinesen ; Isak Dinesen, the life of a storyteller by Judith Thurman ; Silence will speak by Errol Trzebinski. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Credits |
Co-producer, Terence Clegg ; director of photography, David Watkin. |
| Cast |
Robert Redford, Meryl Streep, Klaus Maria Brandauer. |
| Summary |
The true story of Karen Blixen, a strong-willed woman who runs a coffee plantation in Kenya in 1914. |
| Audience |
Rated PG. |
| Awards |
Winner of 7 Academy Awards, 1985, including Best Picture. |
| Subject |
Dinesen, Isak, 1885-1962 -- Television adaptations.
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Dinesen, Isak, 1885-1962 -- Film adaptations.
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Biographical films -- Videodiscs.
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Kenya -- Social life and customs -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Local Subject |
ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS, 1985.
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| Added Author |
Redford, Robert.
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Streep, Meryl.
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Dinesen, Isak, 1885-1962.
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| ISBN |
0783240171 |
| Music No. |
20250 Universal |
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