CRY FREEDOM
Kevin
Kline, Denzel Washington
Universal
Pictures; Directed by Richard Attenborough
Rated
PG; 157 minutes; 1987
, VHS
An explosive and emotional film that
tells of the profound and extraordinary friendship that develops between black
activist Steven Biko (Denzel Washington) and liberal white newspaper editor
Donald Woods (Kevin Kline) as they fought apartheid in South Africa. Based on
Woods' books Biko and Asking for Trouble.
REVIEWS
"One of the year's ten best."
Gary
Franklin, KABC-TV
Jeffrey
Lyons, SNEAK PREVIEWS
Judith
Crist
David
Sheehan, KNBC-TV
Marshall
Fine, GANNETT NEWSPAPERS
"10+! A great and powerful film
that leaves you filled with hope and fear, thrilled and frightened, angry as
the darkness of the human soul and smiling at the resiliency of humans."
- Gary Franklin, ABC-TV
"On the honors list of movies that
really matter, reserve a top spot for CRY FREEDOM. Denzel Washington is superb
and Kevin Kline delivers his best screen performance ever."
- Bruce Williamson, PLAYBOY
"You cannot leave CRY FREEDOM
unmoved. The performances are excellent . . .One of the few films since GANDHI
that truly demands to be seen."
- Joy Gould Boyum, GLAMOUR
"****. A film of great
artistry and passion will all the elements of a first-class suspense thriller.
Don't miss it."
- Rex Reed, AT THE MOVIES
"A high adventure with the kind of
personal power only Richard Attenborough could possibly deliver."
- David Sheehan, NBC-TV
"Thrilling. One of the year's most
inspiring, wonderful films. Don't miss it."
- Jeffrey Lyons, SNEAK PREVIEWS/INN
"CRY FREEDOM is powerful. An
exciting adventure of escape. A movie of passion."
- Gene Shalit, TODAY SHOW/NBC-TV
"Nerve-tingling and heart-breaking,
CRY FREEDOM is a blockbuster thriller in the very best sense, as powerful in
its political truths as it is compassionate in its consideration of
friendship."
- Judith Crist
"The film of the year, the decade,
even of this generation."
- GANNETT NEWSPAPERS
BLURBS
Academy AwardŽ winner Kevin Kline stars
in this sure-fire campus hit.