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A Raisin in the Sun
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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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Strong and Moving more (30 total)

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Runtime:
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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Lena Younger: [sobbing] Oh God, please, look down and give me strength! more
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Strong and Moving, 5 June 2004
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Author: robertaltman from Big Pine, CA

This movie shows that dreams really do come true America. In spite of the hardships and extreme humility this family has faced, still, it pushes forward. This family does not stop in spite of losing the Dad. The family doesn't stop when the very ball chain that slows them, further pulls. The family sticks together and gives other support and holds back anger as possible. The family works together and moves forward together. The patriotism and the boldness makes this a great film. I love how it shows that dreams in America change-from a desire for independence to a desire for financial gain. It actually sets up the viewer to ask this question: ?what dreams are yet to come in America for us, the Americans?

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