A Gathering of Old Men (film)

A Gathering of Old Men
Film poster
Genre	Drama
Written by	Ernest J. Gaines Charles Fuller
Directed by	Volker Schlöndorff
Starring	Louis Gossett Jr. Richard Widmark Holly Hunter
Music by	Ron Carter
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
Production
Executive producer(s)	Michael Deeley
Producer(s)	Gower Frost Hans Prescher Eberhard Junkersdorf (co-producer) James Bigwood (associate producer)
Production location(s)	Thibodaux, Louisiana
Cinematography	Edward Lachman
Editor(s)	Nancy Baker Craig McKay
Running time	91 minutes
Production company(s)	CBS Bioskop Film Consolidated Productions Hessischer Rundfunk Jennie & Co. Zenith Entertainment
Distributor	CBS
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	May 10, 1987 (1987-05-10)

A Gathering of Old Men is a 1987 American television drama film directed by Volker Schlöndorff and based on the novel of the same name. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.^[1]

Plot

A bigoted white farmer is shot in self-defense on a Louisiana sugarcane plantation. A group of old black men come forward en masse to take responsibility for the killing. As the sheriff confronts the suspects, the young plantation owner stands firm in her defense of the old men.

Cast

• Louis Gossett Jr. as Mathu
• Richard Widmark as Sheriff Mapes
• Holly Hunter as Candy Marshall
• Joe Seneca as Clatoo
• Will Patton as Lou Dimes
• Woody Strode as Yank
• Tiger Haynes as Booker
• Papa John Creach as Jacob
• Julius Harris as Coot
• Rosanna Carter as Beulah
• Walter Breaux as Charlie
• Joe 'Flash' Riley as Jameson (as Jay 'Flash' Riley)
• Danny Barker as Chimley
• Howard 'Sandman' Sims as Uncle Billy
• P. Jay Sidney as Gable
• Rod Masterson as Couch

References

External links

• A Gathering of Old Men on IMDb