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Resting Place on DVD

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Average rating: 53%
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Starring: Morgan Freeman, John Lithgow, C.C.H. Pounder
Director: John Korty
Studio: CINEMA CLUB
Run time: 94 mins
Certificate: PG
Genres: Drama
Languages: English
Released: 07/03/2005

Brief synopsis of Resting Place

When a black Army Lieutenant killed in Vietnam is prevented from being buried in his hometown's all-white cemetery, an Army Major investigates the situation. As he looks back upon the soldier's career, he discovers that he may not have been a victim of the war after all...

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Rating of 2 stars out of 5 Radio Times

In a long career, pioneer film historian and left-wing documentary maker Paul Rotha directed only three features to which time and fashion have been less than kind. This bucolic drama was the first of the fictional trio. As with its successors, Cat and Mouse and The Silent Raid, the film's strongest aspect is the creation of a realistic background to the story, in this case the fanciful tale of an Irish tinker (Michael Gough), who accidentally kills a gamekeeper. After a brawl with the police, he's heading for the gallows, but he escapes, briefly, to enjoy a reunion with his wife and child. Despite sympathetic observation and good performances, it is rather naive and cannot compare with Rotha's earlier documentary work.

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Rated - 3 starstroubled history

be-en from cumbria , 31/08/2005

a further in site into americas,deep south relations

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Rated - 2 starsPoor!

A customer from Banchory, Scotland , 17/08/2005

Disapointing. Potential for an excellent film with such a highly charged subject matter - badly edited with little emphasis on the emotional struggle of the family.

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Rated - 3 starsResting Place

A customer from Lytham St. Annes , 11/03/2008

This is an enjoyable film although a little slow. It is hard to believe the racism that ,went on in America especially as the guy who died was a 'hero' who served his country. Morgan Freeman is one of my favourite actors and in this he was overshadowed by the persistent Army officer. A nice one!!!!!!! worth an evenings entertainment.

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Rated - 3 starstroubled history

be-en from cumbria , 31/08/2005

a further in site into americas,deep south relations

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Rated - 3 starsResting Place

A customer from Lytham St. Annes , 11/03/2008

This is an enjoyable film although a little slow. It is hard to believe the racism that ,went on in America especially as the guy who died was a 'hero' who served his country. Morgan Freeman is one of my favourite actors and in this he was overshadowed by the persistent Army officer. A nice one!!!!!!! worth an evenings entertainment.

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