Description
Summary: | Traces the story of Jim Jones and the People's Temple from its roots in Indianapolis in 1953 to the Nov. 16, 1978 mass suicide in Jonestown, Guyana.
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Item Description: | Based on the book Guyana Massacre by Charles A. Krause. Bonus features: trailers, bios. |
Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (189 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
Format: | DVD-9, NTSC, region all, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby digital |
Audience: | Not rated. |
Awards: | Emmy Awards, 1980: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series (Boothe) |
Production Credits: | Music, Elmer Bernstein ; editors, Aaron Stell and Tony de Zarraga ; director of photography, Gil Hubbs ; executive producer, Frank Konigsberg. |
Participant or Performer: | Powers Boothe, Ned Beatty, James Earl Jones, Irene Cara, Veronica Cartwright, Rosalind Cash, Brad Dourif, Meg Foster, Diane Ladd, Randy Quaid, Levar Burton, Colleen Dewhurst. |
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note: | Originally shown as a two-part TV movie on CBS in April, 1980. |