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Tsotsi = [Thug]
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A young man running with a criminal gang on the streets of Johannesburg, Tsotsi - a nickname meaning thug - is immersed in a world of violence that seems to leave him unaffected, until he discovers...
A young man running with a criminal gang on the streets of Johannesburg, Tsotsi - a nickname meaning thug - is immersed in a world of violence that seems to leave him unaffected, until he discovers an infant in the backseat of a car he has stolen.
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- Creator
- Miramax Films presents in association with the UK Film & TV Production Company, PLC, The Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa, The National Film & Video Foundation of South Africa and in association with Moviworld ; written and directed by Gavin Hood ; produced by Peter Fudakowski
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Languages
- Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans
- Contributors
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- Hood, Gavin, author of screenplay, director
- Fudakowski, Peter
- Chweneyagae, Presley
- Pheto, Terry
- Nkosi, Kenneth
- Fugard, Athol
- Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa
- Moviworld (Firm)
- National Film and Video Foundation (South Africa)
- UK Film & TV Production Company
- Publication
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- Widescreen
- Burbank, CA : Miramax Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2006]
- Physical Details
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- 1 videodisc (approximately 94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
- ISBNs
- 9780788868924, 0788868926
- OCLC
- ocm66292655
- Credits
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- Presley Chweneyagae, Terry Pheto, Kenneth Nkosi, Mothusi Magano, Zenzo Ngqobe, Zola
- Director of photography, Lance Gewer; original score by, Mark Kilian & Paul Hepker; editor, Megan Gill
- Based on a novel by Athol Fugard.
- Originally produced in 2005 as a motion picture.
- Bonus features: alternate endings with optional commentary by screenwriter and director Gavin Hood; deleted scenes with optional commentary by Gavin Hood; the making of 'Tsotsi'; feature commentary with Gavin Hood; director's short film 'The Storekeeper.'
- DVD, region 1; Dolby Digital.
- Tsotsi-Taal dialogue with optional English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.