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

Carolina Bank ; Goldcrest Films International ; Indo-British ; International Film Investors ; National Film Development Corporation of India ; produced by Richard Attenborough ; written by John Briley ; directed by Richard Attenborough

Creator

• Gandhi (Motion picture)

Contributor

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

Subject

• Biographical films
• Epic films
• Feature films
• 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
• Drama
• Epic films
• Feature films
• Historical films

Language

• eng
• fre
• por
• spa
• eng
• kor
• por
• spa
• 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, Ronnie Taylor, Billy Williams ; editor, John Bloom ; music, Ravi Shankar ; costume designers, Bhanu Athaiya, John Mollo ; production designer, Stuart Craig

Intended audience

MPAA rating: PG

Language note

English (Dolby 5.1), French (Dolby 2.0), Portuguese (Dolby 2.0) or Spanish (Dolby 2.0) dialogue, English, Korean, Portuguese or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned

PerformerNote

Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox, John Gielgud, Trevor Howard, John Mills, Martin Sheen, Ian Charleson, Athol Fugard, Gunter Maria Halmer, Saeed Jaffrey

Runtime

190

Technique

live action