A Gathering of Old Men (1987)
- Director(s):
- Volker Schlöndorff
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of A Gathering of Old Men
Gathering of Old Men was based on the novel by Ernest J. Gaines, who'd previously written The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman. Like Pittman, Gathering builds its narrative upon a tapestry of deep-bred racial intolerance in the South. When a bigoted white Louisiana tenant farmer is killed, black sharecropper Louis Gossett Jr. is the most likely suspect. Plantation manager Holly Hunter, fearing a lynching, rallies Gossett's friends to form a united front to ward off any vigilantes. Sheriff Richard Widmark arrives to arrest Gossett, whereupon his old friends, in Spartacus fashion, all confess to the killing. Even threats of violent retaliation cannot dissuade these elderly black men from displaying their pride to the white powers-that-be. Adapted for television by Charles (A Soldier's Story) Fuller, it was first broadcast on May 10, 1987. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 94 mins
Complete Cast of A Gathering of Old Men
- Holly Hunter - Candy Marshall
- Lenore Banks - Miss Merle
- Papa John Creach
- Louis Gossett, Jr. - Mathu
- Tiger Haynes - Booker
- Joe Seneca - Clatoo
- Adam Storke - Gil
- Rosanna Carter - Beulah
- Richard Widmark - Sheriff Mapes
- Walter Breaux - Charlie
- Stocker Fontelieu - Fix
- Julius Harris - Coot
- Will Patton - Lou Dimes
- Al Shannon - Luke
- Woody Strode - Yank
- Director(s):
- Volker Schlöndorff
- Writer(s):
- Charles Fuller
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