Mister Johnson [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: Bruce Beresford Bruce Beresford

Overview

Director Bruce Beresford followed up his Academy Award-winning Driving Miss Daisy with another meditation on race, Mister Johnson. Set in West Africa in 1923, Johnson (Maynard Eziashi), the clerk of British administrator Harry Rudbeck (Pierce Brosnan), attempts everything within his power to ingratiate himself into white society. Johnson hatches a plan to juggle the books so that Rudbeck will have the capital necessary to achieve his ultimate dream of a "great northern road," but when his scheme is uncovered, he is fired. After finding another job with a shopkeeper named Gollop (Edward Woodward), he is again fired for his "creative" financing skills; however, Rudbeck hires him back to oversee the road construction project. When funds are cut off, Johnson convinces workers to do their jobs for free to ensure the project's completion. Once again, he is caught embezzling, and once again, he is let go; in a fit of desperation, he robs and kills Gollup. After confessing to the crime, he begs Rudbeck to kill him, sparing him the humiliation of public execution.

Product Details

Release Date:	09/22/2015
UPC:	0715515156912
Original Release:	1991
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	Criterion Collection
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	1:41:00
Sales rank:	20,735

Special Features

New interviews with Beresford, producer Michael Fitzgerald, and actors Maynard Eziashi and Pierce Brosnan; Trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Maynard Eziashi	Mister Johnson
Pierce Brosnan	Harry Rudbeck
Edward Woodward	Gollup
Beatie Edney	Celia
Nick Reding	Tring
Bella Enahoro	Bamu
Femi Fatoba	Waziri
Kwabena Manso	Benjamin
Chief Hubert Ogunde	Brimah,Bamu's Mother
Sola Adeyemi	Ajali
Jerry Linus	Saleh
George Menta	Emir
Steve James	Aliu
Tunde Kelani	Jamesu
Akinola Ayegbusi	Village Chief
Albert Egbe	Scribe
Sani Izang	Police Sergeant
Hajia Nana Yahaya	Creditor Woman #1
Gladys Dadzie	Creditor Woman #2,1st Guard
John Johnson	2nd Creditor Man,Creditor Man #2
Wali Umar	Suli
Lassisi Moshudu	Pagan Trader
Oladejo Adegboyega	2nd Guard
Laraba Ogomo	Bamu's Baby
Fred Ibrahim	Policeman #1
Philip Elegonya	Policeman #2
Mary Kalu	Matumbi
Moses Okwe	Alhaji
Musa Udu Mallam	Trader
Charles Ani	Levi
Chris Erakptybor	Interpreter
Saidu Dahtru	Chair Boy
Denis Quilley	Bulteen

Technical Credits

Bruce Beresford	Director
Bill Benenson	Executive Producer
Kathy Fitzgerald	Producer,Producer