Gandhi

Resource Information

The work Gandhi represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Barrington Area Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Gandhi

Statement of responsibility

Columbia Pictures in association with Goldcrest Films and International Film Investors and National Film Development Corporation of India and Indo-British Films present Richard Attenborough's film ; written by John Briley ; produced and directed by Richard Attenborough

Creator

• Gandhi (Motion picture)

Contributor

• Attenborough, Richard
• Bergen, Candice, 1946-
• Briley, John
• Fenton, George
• Fox, Edward, 1937-
• Gielgud, John, 1904-2000
• Howard, Trevor, 1916-1988
• Jaffrey, Saeed, 1929-2015
• Kingsley, Ben, 1943-
• Mills, John, 1908-2005
• Shankar, Ravi, 1920-2012
• Sheen, Martin

Subject

• Biographical films
• Blu-ray discs
• Epic films
• Feature films
• Films for the hearing impaired
• Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 -- Assassination -- Drama
• Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 -- Drama
• Great Britain -- Colonies -- India -- Drama
• Historical films
• Hunger strikes -- India -- Drama
• India -- Drama
• India -- History -- 1947- -- Drama
• India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947 -- Drama
• Nonviolence -- Drama
• Religious leaders -- India -- Drama

Genre

• Biographical films
• Blu-ray discs
• Drama
• Epic films
• Feature films
• Films for the hearing impaired
• Historical films

Language

• fre
• ger
• ita
• jpn
• kor
• por
• spa
• tha
• eng
• fre
• por
• spa
• ara
• chi
• dut
• eng
• eng

Summary

Follows the life of Mahatma Gandhi from his days as a lawyer in South Africa to his role as India's spiritual leader by using his philosophy of non-violent but direct-action protest that helped end British rule. Centers on the extraordinary man who fought for a nonviolent, peaceful existence and set an entire nation free

Awards note

Academy Awards, 1983: Oscars for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Ben Kingsley) ; Best Art Direction - Set Decoration (Stuart Craig, Robert W. Laing, Michael Seirton) ; Best Cinematography (Billy Williams, Ronnie Taylor) ; Best Costume Design (John Mollo, Bhanu Athaiya) ; Best Director (Richard Attenborough) ; Best Film Editing (John Bloom) ; Best Picture ; Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (John Briley).

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Directors of photography, Billy Williams, Ronnie Taylor ; editor, John Bloom ; music, Ravi Shankar ; orchestra score and additional music, George Fenton

Intended audience

MPAA rating: PG

Language note

• Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing
• (Feature): English (TrueHD 5.1), dubbed French (TrueHD 5.1), dubbed Portuguese (Dolby 5.1) or dubbed Spanish (Dolby 5.1) dialogue, Arabic, Dutch, English, French, Portuguese or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• (Special features): English (Dolby 2.0) dialogue, Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish or Thai subtitles

PerformerNote

Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox, John Gielgud, Trevor Howard, John Mills, Martin Sheen, Saeed Jaffrey

Runtime

191

Technique

live action