DVD
The harder they come
Call Number
- DVD DRAMA (CEN)
Edition
Film & soundtrack special ed. ; widescreen version.
Languages
In Jamaican English with optional English subtitles.
Performers
Jimmy Cliff, Janet Bartley, Carl Bradshaw, Ras Daniel Hartman, Bobby Charlton.
Publication Information
Santa Monica, CA : Xenon Pictures, c2006.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 sound disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
Audience
MPAA rating: R.
Summary
A country boy who travels to Kingston to make it big as a reggae singer is ruthlessly exploited, first by his employer, then by the producer of his hit record. At last he becomes a pot-pushing desperado in an effort to live up to the code of his favorite movie heroes.
Notes
Videodisc release of the 1972 motion picture.
Accompanying compact disc, Jimmy Cliff in The harder they come : original soundtrack recording, previously issued in 2001 as Island: 314 586 158-2.
Special features: "One and all: the phenomenon of The harder they come" featurette ; making-of documentary, "Hard Road to Travel" ; interviews with Jimmy Cliff, Arthur Gorson, and director Perry Henzell; slide show, "The wild side of paradise"; music video.