Screen version of the life of Malcolm X, who through his religious conversion to Islam, found the strength to rise up from a criminal past to become an influential civil rights leader.
2 videodiscs (202 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in polychrome digital optical mixed Dolby video file DVD video
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: PG-13, a scene of violence, drugs and some language CHVR: Not rated
Other Title:
By any means necessary
Notes:
Special features include: commentary by Spike Lee, director of photography Ernest Dickerson, editor Barry Alexander Brown, and costume designer Ruth Carter; deleted scenes with introductions by Spike Lee; "By any means necessary" (the making-of Malcolm X); theatrical trailer; "Malcolm X" (1972 Oscar nominated feature length documentary; 92 min.) Based on the book "The autobiography of Malcolm X" as told to Alex Haley Originally produced as a motion picture in 1992 Co-producers, Monty Ross, Jon Kulik and Preston Holmes ; music, Terence Blanchard ; editor, Barry Alexander Brown ; director of photography, Ernest Dickerson Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett, Albert Hall, Al Freeman, Jr., Delroy Lindo, Spike Lee, Theresa Randle, Kate Vernon DVD; Dolby surround 5.1 (English, 1992 movie), Dolby surround stereo. (French, 1992 movie), mono. (1972 documentary) Closed-captioned Sound tracks in English and French; optional subtitles in English, French, Spanish
