A Lesson Before Dying
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A Lesson Before Dying

Year:
Duration:
105 min | Germany:97 min
Genres:
Drama
IMDB rate:
7
Director:
Joseph Sargent
Awards:
Won 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 10 wins & 19 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1999-05-22
Filming Locations: Louisiana, USA
Cast
Actor
Character
Don Cheadle
Grant Wiggins
Cicely Tyson
Tante Lou
Mekhi Phifer
Jefferson
Irma P. Hall
Miss Emma
Brent Jennings
Reverend Ambrose
Lisa Arrindell Anderson
Vivian Baptiste
Dana Ivey
Edna Guidry
Frank Hoyt Taylor
Sheriff Guidry
Stuart Culpepper
Henri Pichot
Patty Mack
Inez
Von Coulter
Farrell Jarreau
Elijah Kelley
Clarence
Wynton Yates
Louis Washington
Jameelah Nuriddin
Irene
Cierra Meche
Estelle
Sonny Shroyer
Defense Attorney
Clay Chappell
Deputy Paul
Sahr Ngaujah
Brother (as Michael Sahr Ngaujah)
David Kote
Bear
Danny Nelson
Mr. Grope
Walter Breaux Jr.
Joe
Carol Sutton
Thelma
Julian Dalcour
Bricklayer #1
Anthony Michael Frederick
Bricklayer #2
Ronald McCall
Foreman
Anthony Bean
Field Hand
Larry McDonald
Old Field Hand
Mark Rickard
Charlie (uncredited)
Terence Rosemore
Man in bar (uncredited)
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Trivia
The poem Grant reads to the children before Farrell comes to class with news from Sheriff Guidry the 2nd time is Edgar Allen Poe's "Annabel Lee."
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Goofs
Jefferson's execution date is right after Easter. Yet as the schoolchildren are going to the jail for a last visit with him, there are autumn leaves on the ground.
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When Grant Wiggins spins the globe in the classroom, a student's finger lands on China, but she reads the name of the country as "Turkey." Her finger is clearly not on Turkey or anywhere near it.
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