Emperor Jones

Emperor Jones
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Format:  DVD-R
item number:  37E8E
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DVD-R Details

  • Run Time: 1 hours, 12 minutes
  • Video: Black & White
  • Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
  • Released: January 24, 2012
  • Originally Released: 1933
  • Label: American Pop Classics

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Fresh71%

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Total Count: 7

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 435
Rating: 4/4 -- Robeson's powerful presence, particularly through his wonderful, mellifluous voice, dominates each scene. Full Review
TV Guide
Oct 16, 2007
Rating: C- -- Despite its marked deficiencies ... remains a "must see" for historic and cultural purposes Full Review
Old School Reviews
Mar 4, 2007
Rating: 3/4 -- The Emperor Jones bludgeoned through color barriers. Full Review
Q Network Film Desk
Oct 16, 2007
Paul Robeson gives one of his greatest film performances in this arty, dated, but interesting 1933 adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's play. Full Review
Chicago Reader
Oct 16, 2007
The result, to my amazement, was an unexciting and indifferent motion picture. Full Review
Vanity Fair
Jun 4, 2019
Rating: 4/5 -- It is a distinguished offering, resolute and firm, with a most compelling portrayal by Paul Robeson. Full Review
New York Times
Oct 16, 2007
Rating: B+ -- A great performance from the legendary African-American singer Paul Robeson. Full Review
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Jan 21, 2008

Description by OLDIES.com:

Eugene O'Neill's controversial play about the rise and fall of Brutus Jones, an upwardly-mobile African-American whose life careens from railroad porter to convict to a corrupt island ruler in Haiti, made for an even more daring film adaptation in 1933. Actor Paul Robeson (who also played Jones on stage) delivers a career performance that features several musical numbers and climaxes with a 25-minute monologue delivered as his life unravels before him. In 1999, the film was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry after the Library of Congress deemed it "culturally significant" for its portrayal of black characters.

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  • Sales Rank: 41,290
  • UPC: 874757025094
  • Shipping Weight: 0.27/lbs (approx)
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