A Lesson Before Dying Trailer

A Lesson Before Dying Trailer (1999)

"A young man's destiny becomes a teacher's journey." 22 May 1999 Drama 101 mins

In the 1940s South, an African-American man is wrongly accused of the killing a a white store owner. In his defense, his white attorney equates him with a lowly hog, to indicate that he didn't have the sense to know what he was doing. Nevertheless convicted, he is sentenced to die, but his godmother and the aunt of the local schoolteacher convince school teacher go to the convicted man's cell each day to try to reaffirm to him that he is not an animal but a man with dignity.

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Cast

Don Cheadle

as Grant Wiggins

Cicely Tyson

as Tante Lou

Mekhi Phifer

as Jefferson

Irma P. Hall

as Miss Emma

Brent Jennings

as Reverend Ambrose

Lisa Arrindell

as Vivian Baptiste

Dana Ivey

as Edna Guidry

Frank Hoyt Taylor

as Sheriff Guidry

Stuart Culpepper

as Henri Pichot

Von Coulter

as Farrell Jarreau

Elijah Kelley

as Clarence

Wynton Yates

as Louis Washington

Patty Mack

as Inez

Sonny Shroyer

as Defence Attourney

Clay Chappell

as Deputy Paul

Sahr Ngaujah

as Brother

Crew

Ann Peacock

Ann Peacock Teleplay

Ted Demme

Ted Demme Executive Producer

Ellen Krass

Ellen Krass Executive Producer

Joel Stillerman

Joel Stillerman Executive Producer

Daniele Bernstein

Daniele Bernstein Associate Producer

Celia D. Costas

Celia D. Costas Co-Producer

Tracy Falco

Tracy Falco Associate Producer

Ernest Troost

Original Music Composer

Donald M. Morgan

Donald M. Morgan Cinematography

Robi Reed

Robi Reed Casting

Charles C. Bennett

Charles C. Bennett Production Design

International Titles

A Lesson Before Dying - Nachhilfestunden in der Todeszelle Trailer

A Lesson Before Dying - Zwischen Leben und Tod Trailer

Verurteilt - Der Fall Jefferson Trailer

International Releases Dates

Germany 01 August 2003

United Kingdom 16 December 2002

Hungary 05 May 2006

Poland 06 March 2001

Sweden 30 March 2005

United States 25 January 2000

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