To Sleep with Anger
| To Sleep with Anger | |
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| Directed by | Charles Burnett |
| Produced by | Thomas S. Byrnes Caldecot Chubb Darin Scott |
| Written by | Charles Burnett |
| Starring | Danny Glover Richard Brooks Paul Butler Mary Alice |
| Music by | Stephen James Taylor |
| Cinematography | Walt Lloyd |
| Editing by | Nancy Richardson |
| Release date(s) | October 12, 1990 |
| Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
To Sleep with Anger is a 1990 drama film directed and written by Charles Burnett.
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[edit] Plot
Harry Mention (Danny Glover), an enigmatic drifter from the South, comes to visit an old acquaintance named Gideon (Paul Butler), who now lives in South-Central Los Angeles. Harry's charming, down-home manner hides a malicious penchant for stirring up trouble, and he exerts a strange and powerful effect on Gideon and his thoroughly assimilated black, middle-class family, including wife Suzie (Mary Alice) and sons Junior (Carl Lumbly) and Babe Brother (Richard Brooks).
After Gideon suffers a stroke, Harry's influence over the family grows, in particular over Babe Brother, the youngest son. Harry introduces him to a lifestyle of drinking and gambling, and encourages him to leave his wife to join Harry and his friends on the road. However, before Babe Brother gets a chance to leave, Junior confronts him. They fight, and their mother gets stabbed in the hand trying to separate them. After taking her to the hospital, Babe Brother decides to stay with his family instead of joining Harry. When Harry comes back to collect some things, he slips on some marbles belonging to Babe Brother's son, and dies. Soon after, Gideon gets out of his bed for the first time in months, causing the viewer to question the relationship between Harry's presence in the house and Gideon's sickness.
[edit] Cast
- Danny Glover as Harry
- Paul Butler as Gideon
- DeVaughn Nixon as Sunny
- Mary Alice as Suzie
- Reina King as Rhonda
- Cory Curtis as Skip
- Richard Brooks as Babe Brother
- Sheryl Lee Ralph as Linda
- Carl Lumbly as Junior
- Paula Bellamy as Mrs. Baker
- Vonetta McGee as Pat
- Wonderful Smith as Preacher
- Ethel Ayler as Hattie
[edit] Awards
The film won four Independent Spirit Awards, including Best Director and Best Screenplay for Charles Burnett, Best Male Lead for Danny Glover, and Best Supporting Female for Sheryl Lee Ralph.
It also won Best Screenplay at the National Board of Review and the Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.
[edit] External links
- To Sleep With Anger at Rotten Tomatoes
- To Sleep With Anger at AllRovi
- To Sleep With Anger at the Internet Movie Database
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