Lilies of the field, United Artists presents ; Rainbow Productions, Inc. ; associate producer, J. Paul Popkin ; screenplay by James Poe ; produced and directed by Ralph Nelson
Type
Label
Lilies of the field, United Artists presents ; Rainbow Productions, Inc. ; associate producer, J. Paul Popkin ; screenplay by James Poe ; produced and directed by Ralph Nelson
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Not rated by MPAA
Main title
Lilies of the field
Medium
DVD
Oclc number
930183321
Responsibility statement
United Artists presents ; Rainbow Productions, Inc. ; associate producer, J. Paul Popkin ; screenplay by James Poe ; produced and directed by Ralph Nelson
Runtime
95
Series statement
KL Studio classics
Summary
Free spirited ex-G.I. and unemployed construction worker Homer Smith stops at a remote farm in the Arizona desert to get water when his car overheats. The farm is being worked by a group of German refugee Catholic nuns, headed by the strict Mother Maria, who believes that Homer has been sent by God to build a much-needed church in the desert
Technique
live action
resource.variantTitle
Ralph Nelson's Lilies of the fieldLillies of the field
Classification
Contributor
- Kino Lorber, Inc
- Rainbow Productions (Chicago, Ill.)
- Poitier, Sidney
- Poe, James, 1923-1980
- Nelson, Ralph, 1916-1987
- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
- Goldsmith, Jerry
- Barrett, William E., William Edmund, 1900-1986
- Adams, Stanley, 1915-1977
- United Artists Corporation
- Skala, Lilia
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1992- )
Subject
- Germans -- Arizona
- Nuns -- Arizona
- Academy Award winner - Best picture
- Videodiscs for the hearing impaired
- United States -- Race relations
- Film adaptations
- Academy Award winner - Best actor
- Feature films
- Church buildings -- Arizona
- African Americans
- African Americans + Relations with German Americans
- Academy Award winner - Best supporting actress
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- Kino Lorber, Inc
- Rainbow Productions (Chicago, Ill.)
- Poitier, Sidney
- Poe, James, 1923-1980
- Nelson, Ralph, 1916-1987
- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
- Goldsmith, Jerry
- Barrett, William E., William Edmund, 1900-1986
- Adams, Stanley, 1915-1977
- United Artists Corporation
- Skala, Lilia
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1992- )
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- Germans -- Arizona
- Nuns -- Arizona
- Academy Award winner - Best picture
- Videodiscs for the hearing impaired
- United States -- Race relations
- Film adaptations
- Academy Award winner - Best actor
- Feature films
- Church buildings -- Arizona
- African Americans
- African Americans + Relations with German Americans
- Academy Award winner - Best supporting actress
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