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starring: Carl Lumbly, Suzzanne Douglas, Daniel Lee Robertson III, Peter MacNeill, Bill Lakedirected by: Kevin Hooks
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 0786936221732
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
Label: Walt Disney Video
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Walt Disney Video
Release Date: June 24, 2003
Running Time: 96 minutes
Sales Rank: 36979
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2003
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
In a quirk of film history, this new version of the 1972 classic is directed by Kevin Hooks--who played the central role of the sharecropper's son in the original. That's a nice full circle, although it leaves unanswered a basic question: why bother remaking a movie that got it right the first time? The story is simplicity: a black family in the Depression suffers when the father is arrested for stealing a ham. The punishment? Five years, hard labor. Sounder has an under-rehearsed, rushed quality common to low-budget TV pictures, although Carl Lumbly brings a powerful presence to the role of the father. (That's Paul Winfield, the star of the original, as the teacher who befriends the son.) The shortcomings may not matter much to the young audiences Disney targets, as they'll probably be too busy rooting for the return of the dog that gives the movie its name. --Robert Horton
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Not as good as the ORIGINAL - as is for most things in LIFE
There is something authentic about the original that this new version lacks. I remember being a child in school watching the Cicely Tyson & Paul Winfield classic, and I'm just being honest, but nothing beats the original. If you're going to watch the modern remake, do yourself the favor and enjoy the classic too! It's one-of-a-kind :)
Rating:  - I loved it!
Even though this production was my cousin, Daniel Lee Robertson's first movie, I'm not going to be biased. I loved it!!!
Congrats Dan Dan!
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