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Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786302024098 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC ISBN: 6302024099 Label: Sony Pictures Manufacturer: Sony Pictures Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Sony Pictures Release Date: January 07, 1997 Running Time: 102 minutes Sales Rank: 3184 Studio: Sony Pictures Theatrical Release Date: October 12, 1990
Amazon.com: Danny Glover plays the mysterious Harry Mention, a charming trickster who invades the life of a family and who claims to have (and may very well have) a connection to dark powers. In any case, his presence sows dissent among a patriarch (Paul Butler) and his offspring, the latter more interested in the legacy of mystical wisdom Harry may represent. Based on stories of superstition he heard in youth, writer-director Charles Burnett's film is a fine and funny accomplishment that intersects dream time and linear time, and it has the heart of a folk tale. Glover and Butler are very good, their characters locked in knowing rivalry. --Tom Keogh
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Rating: - One of my all time favorites
I love this movie. I have been trying for years to fine it on DVD to add to my collection. I hope it will soon be on a DVD format I can use. Everything else finds it way to DVD. What a shame this has not.
Rating: - SLEPT ON
To Sleep With Anger was slept on. Outstanding performances by Danny Glover, Paul Butler and Mary Alice. A grown folks film for intelligent grown folk. Recommended by the Doc.
Rating: - A captivating movie
This is a fascinating, in some instances even strange, movie, filled with nuance and dark overtones. A menacing man (Danny Glover) "with a past" shows up one day to the home of a solidly middle-class black family. They'd known each other thirty years before in the deep South - country folks. We're never sure what Glover is up to, but he begins to "lead astray" the younger son of the family: he begins to give the boy an identity he's never had - he has always felt emasculated in his parent's eyes. Glover gives him a chance to stand on his own for a while. The movie gets a grip on us and really ... Read More
Rating: - Old School Movie
To Sleep with Anger was a 'sleeper' that went by un-noticed and did not receive much recognition. It is one of my favorite movies because it is so subtle without getting too deep.
This movie has many understated nuances that could have been explored a little bit more,and this is what makes the movie special.
It leaves the viewer to draw their own conclusions about the character of Harry (Danny Glover). On the surface he is smooth & charming,and seems innocent enough. One wonders if it is his ill-intentions that creates szhism & discord,chaos and confusion in his interactions ... Read More
Rating: - "To Sleep With Anger"
This is the best movie that Danny Glover made, it shows that when things are going well, something or someone that you open your home or life to will bring evil into your home. Never go to sleep in or on anger.
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