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Release Date:
18 September 1961 (Sweden) more
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The Prize-Winning Drama That Warms The Screen With Its People and Its Passions!...
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A substantial insurance payment could mean either financial salvation or personal ruin for a poor black family. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 3 wins & 5 nominations more
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128 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Sound Recording)
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USA:Approved (PCA #19812) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | UK:PG | USA:TV-PG (TV rating) | UK:A (original rating) | Canada:PG (Ontario - 2006) | Argentina:Atp | Spain:13 | Chile:14 | South Korea:12 | Finland:S | Sweden:15 | Australia:G
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The Broadway production of "A Raisin in the Sun" by Lorraine Hansberry opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theater in New York on March 11, 1959, ran for 530 performances and was nominated for the 1960 Tony Award (New York City) for the Best Play. Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee, Diana Sands, Ivan Dixon, Louis Gossett Jr. and John Fiedler recreated their stage roles in the movie version. A 1960 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play nomination went to Claudia McNeil. more
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Walter Lee Younger: [to George Murchison, Beneatha's date] How come all you college boys wear them faggoty-looking white shoes? more
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Superb, Way ahead of its time, 22 May 2000
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Author: smakawhat from Washington, DC

Brilliant performances all around. Amazing how far ahead this movie must have been in 1961. Watching it now it boggles my mind that these issues made it to cinema.

Poiter is GOD and has such a stage presence that it is no wonder he is such a gifted actor. Truly Brilliant film.

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