Gandhi

Resource Information

The work Gandhi represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in St. Catharines Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Gandhi

Statement of responsibility

Columbia Pictures ; Goldcrest, Indo-British International Film Investors ; produced and directed by Richard Attenborough ; written by John Briley

Contributor

• Shankar, Ravi, 1920-2012
• Bloom, John, 1935-
• Goldcrest Films International
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm)
• Fenton, George
• Howard, Trevor, 1916-1988
• Taylor, Ronnie, 1924-
• Fox, Edward, 1937-
• International Film Investors (Firm)
• Columbia Pictures
• Attenborough, Richard
• Williams, Billy
• Gielgud, John, 1904-2000
• Bergen, Candice, 1946-
• Briley, John
• Sheen, Martin
• Kingsley, Ben, 1943-
• Mills, John, 1908-2005

Subject

• India -- Politics and government -- 1857-1919 -- Fiction
• Nationalists -- India -- Fiction
• India -- Politics and government -- 1919-1947 -- Fiction
• Statesmen -- India -- Fiction
• Feature films
• Biographical films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Historical films
• Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 -- Fiction

Genre

• Fiction
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• fre
• por
• spa
• mul
• eng

Summary

Biographical film of Mahatma Gandhi, India's man of peace, which follows his life from his simple beginnings as a lawyer in South Africa to his struggle to free India from colonial rule

Awards note

Winner of 9 Academy Awards, 1982 including: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay

Cataloging source

lbi

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Billy Williams, Ronnie Taylor ; production design, Stuart Craig ; editor, John Bloom ; music, Ravi Shankar

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

Canadian Home Video rating: PG

Language note

• Includes audio tracks in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish with subtitles in English, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish and French
• Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired

PerformerNote

Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox, John Gielgud, John Mills, Martin Sheen

Runtime

191

Target audience

general

Technique

live action