To Sleep with Anger
A charismatic old acquaintance drifts into town, stirring up trouble for a mild-mannered family.
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Released
- 1990
- Country
- United States
Details
Release year: 1990
Storyline
A charismatic old acquaintance drifts into town, stirring up trouble for a mild-mannered family.
Top credits
Danny Glover ā Harry- Paul Butler ā Gideon
DeVaughn Nixon ā Sunny
Mary Alice ā Suzie
Did you know
ā¢ Won four Independent Spirit Awards, including Best Director and Best Screenplay for Charles Burnett, Best Male Lead for Danny Glover, and Best Supporting Female for Sheryl Lee Ralph. Burnett also won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay and the Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.
ā¢ Carl Lumbly (Junior) and Vonetta McGee (Pat) were married 1987-2010 (her death).
ā¢ In 2017, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Box Office
Gross (Domestic): $1,161,135
Opening Weekend (Domestic): $19,295 (1990-10-14)
User reviews
Could possibly be one of the best portraits of the devil
Intense Character Studies
a lovely gem of a film
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Ultra Stereo
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
- Color
- Color
