Attica (film)
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| Attica | |
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| Directed by | Marvin J. Chomsky |
| Starring | Henry Darrow, Charles Durning, Joel Fabiani, Anthony Zerbe |
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Release dates
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March 2, 1980 |
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Running time
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97 mins. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Attica is a 1980 television film directed by Marvin J. Chomsky. It stars Morgan Freeman, Henry Darrow, Charles Durning, Joel Fabiani and Anthony Zerbe.[1] It depicts the events leading up to and during the 1971 Attica Correctional Facility riot and the aftermath.
Cast
- Henry Darrow as Herman Badillo
- Charles Durning as Commissioner Russell Oswald
- Joel Fabiani as Senator Gordon Conners
- Morgan Freeman as Hap Richards
- George Grizzard as Tom Wicker
- Roger E. Mosley as Frank Green
- Anthony Zerbe as William Kunstler
Nominations and Awards
The film was nominated for five Primetime Emmys and eventually won one (for Outstanding Directing, Marvin J. Chomsky). [2]
References
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- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Attica at IMDb
- ↑ http://allmovie.com/work/attica-3279
- ↑ IMDb, Attica
