Description |
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
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two-dimensional moving image tdi rdacontent |
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video v rdamedia |
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videodisc vd rdacarrier |
Physical Medium |
DVD video 4 3/4 in. rda |
Description |
digital optical 5.1 surround Dolby Digital rda |
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anamorphic widescreen (2.40:1) rda |
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DVD NTSC rda |
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video file DVD video region 1 rda |
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Motion picture. |
Series |
KL Studio classics |
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KL studio classics.
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System Details |
DVD, anamorphic widescreen format (aspect ratio 1.66:1). |
Language |
English language with some German and Spanish, and optional English subtitles. |
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Closed-captioned. |
Cast |
Sidney Poitier (Homer Smith), Lilia Skala (Mother Maria), Stanley Adams (Juan); Lisa Mann (Sister Gertrude), Isa Crino (Sister Agnes), Francesca Jarvis (Sister Albertine), Pamela Branch (Sister Elizabeth), Dan Frazer (Father Murphy). |
Credits |
Music, Jerry Goldsmith ; vocal arrangements, Jester Hairston ; director of photography, Ernest Haller ; film editor, John W. McCafferty. |
Note |
First released at the Berlin International Film Festival in June 1963. First released in the U.S.A. on October 1, 1963. |
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Based on the novel by William E. Barrett. |
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"Distributed by Kino Lorber Corp. under license from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment LLC and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc."--Container. |
Summary |
Free spirited ex-G.I. and unemployed construction worker Homer Smith stops at a remote farm in the Arizona desert to get water when his car overheats. The farm is being worked by a group of German refugee Catholic nuns, headed by the strict Mother Maria, who believes that Homer has been sent by God to build a much-needed church in the desert... |
Note |
Bonus material: Lilies of the Field theatrical trailer ; They Call Me Mister Tibbs trailer ; The Organization trailer ; Duel at Diablo trailer. |
Awards |
Academy Award, Best Actor, 1963. |
Audience |
Not rated by MPAA. |
Subject |
Barrett, William E. (William Edmund), 1900-1986 -- Film adaptations.
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African Americans -- Drama.
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African Americans -- Relations with German Americans -- Drama.
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Nuns -- Arizona -- Drama.
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Germans -- Arizona -- Drama.
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United States -- Race relations -- Drama.
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Church buildings -- Arizona -- Drama.
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African American men. (OCoLC)fst00799236
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Church buildings. (OCoLC)fst00860599
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Nuns. (OCoLC)fst01041386
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Arizona. (OCoLC)fst01204820
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Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Film adaptations.
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Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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Film adaptations. (OCoLC)fst01710491
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Subject |
DVD-Video discs.
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Added Author |
Nelson, Ralph, 1916-1987.
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Poe, James, 1923-1980.
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Poitier, Sidney, 1927-2022.
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Skala, Lilia, 1896-1994.
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Adams, Stanley, 1915-1977.
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Barrett, William E. (William Edmund), 1900-1986.
Lilies of the field.
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United Artists Corporation.
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Rainbow Productions (Chicago, Ill.)
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1992- )
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Kino Lorber, Inc.
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Added Title |
Lilies of the field |
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Lillies of the field |
Standard No. |
738329163723 |
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8809154145801 |
Music No. |
K1637 KL Studio Classics |
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