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A Lesson Before Dying

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PG13,2hrs 0min

Genre:

Drama

Released:

January 1, 1999

Director:

Joseph Sargent

Distributor:

Home Box Office

Starring:

Don Cheadle, Cicely Tyson, Mekhi Phifer ...more

Synopsis: Don Cheadle, Mekhi Phifer, and Cicely Tyson star in this drama set in the 1940s about a black man sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit and teacher who is to counsel him as he awaits execution. A Lesson Before Dying is based on a novel by Ernest J. Gaines. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

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	Derek Armstrong, AMG Review It's too much of a lesson to make for great entertainment, but A Lesson Before Dying wasn't made to sell popcorn. In fact, it wasn't even made for the theater. By 1999, cable was the only home for steadfastly earnest movies about soul-searching blacks in the South. Joseph Sargent's film tells an important enough story that it rewards HBO's investment. A Lesson Before Dying wasn't the first nor last ... Full Review

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	Don Cheadle Grant Wiggins Cicely Tyson Tante Lou Mekhi Phifer Jefferson Irma P. Hall Miss Emma

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