A Lesson Before Dying | |
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Created by | Ernest J. Gaines (novel) |
Written by | Ann Peacock (teleplay) |
Directed by | Joseph Sargent |
Starring |
Don Cheadle Cicely Tyson Mekhi Phifer Irma P. Hall |
Theme music composer | Ernest Troost |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
Production | |
Cinematography | Donald M. Morgan |
Editor(s) | Michael Brown |
Running time | 105 minutes |
Production company(s) | Ellen M. Krass Productions Home Box Office Spanky Pictures |
Distributor | Future Film Home Box Office mediacs AG |
Release | |
Original network | HBO |
Original release | 22 May 1999 |
A Lesson Before Dying is a television film released in 1999 adapted from the Ernest J. Gaines novel of the same name.