The mission

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An epic about a man of the sword and a man of the cloth who unite to shield the Guarani South American Indian tribe from brutal subjugation by 18th-century colonial empires.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Morricone, Ennio (Composer, Conductor)
Corporate Authors: Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ), Goldcrest Films International, Kingsmere Productions, Enigma (Firm), British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service, Warner Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Ghia, Fernando, 1935-2005 (Producer), Bolt, Robert (Screenwriter), Puttnam, David, 1941- (Producer), Joffé, Roland, 1945- (Director), De Niro, Robert (Actor), Irons, Jeremy, 1948- (Actor), McAnally, Ray (Actor), Quinn, Aidan (Actor), Lunghi, Cherie, 1952- (Actor), Pickup, Ronald (Actor), Low, Chuck, 1937-2017 (Actor), Neeson, Liam (Actor), Menges, Chris, 1940- (Cinematographer), Clark, James, 1931-2016 (Film editor), Lough, Robin (Director)
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
French
Spanish
Published: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2003]
Edition:Two-disc special edition.
Subjects:
1700-1799
Guarani Indians > Missions > Drama.
Seven Reductions, War of the, 1754-1756 > Drama.
Waunana Indians > Social conditions > Drama.
Guarani (South American people) > Missions > Drama.
Waunana (Central and South American people) > Social conditions > Drama.
Guarani Indians > Missions.
Waunana Indians.
Social conditions.
Guarani Indians.
South America > History > 18th century > Drama.
South America.
Paraguay.
Historical films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Documentary television programs.
History.
Drama.
Table of Contents:
  • Disc one. The mission / Warner Bros., Goldcrest and Kingsmere present ; an Enigma production, in association with Fernando Ghia ; original story and screenplay by Robert Bolt ; produced by Fernando Ghia and David Puttnam ; directed by Roland Joffé (1986, 125 min.)
  • Disc two. Omnibus. The mission / a BBC-TV production, in association with Goldcrest ; film cameramen, John Howarth, Michael Anderson, Mary Routh ; film editors, Arthur Solomon, John Veal ; director, Robin Lough (1987, 57 min.).

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