A Dry White Season (1989)
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- R
- 1h 46min
- Drama, Thriller
- 20 Sep 1989 (USA)
- Movie
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 8 nominations.
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Cast verified as complete
Donald Sutherland | ... |
Ben
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Janet Suzman | ... |
Susan
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Zakes Mokae | ... |
Stanley
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Jürgen Prochnow | ... |
Captain Stolz
(as Jurgen Prochnow)
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Susan Sarandon | ... |
Melanie
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Marlon Brando | ... |
McKenzie
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Winston Ntshona | ... |
Gordon
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Thoko Ntshinga | ... |
Emily
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Leonard Maguire | ... |
Bruwer
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Gerard Thoolen | ... |
Col. Viljoen
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Susannah Harker | ... |
Suzette
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Andrew Whaley | ... |
Chris
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Rowen Elmes | ... |
Johan
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Stella Dickin | ... |
Susan's Mother
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David de Keyser | ... |
Susan's Father
(as David De Keyser)
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John Kani | ... |
Julius
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Sophie Mgcina | ... |
Margaret
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Bekhithemba Mpofu | ... |
Jonathan
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Tinashe Makoni | ... |
Robert
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Precious Phiri | ... |
Wellington
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Richard Wilson | ... |
Cloete
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Derek Hanekom | ... |
Viviers
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Michael Gambon | ... |
Magistrate
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Ronald Pickup | ... |
Louw
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Paul Brooke | ... |
Dr. Herzog
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Ernest Ndlovu | ... |
Archibald Mabaso
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Stephen Hanly | ... |
Sgt. Van Zyl
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Andrew Proctor | ... |
Jaimie
(as Andre Proctor)
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Kevin Johnson | ... |
Gert
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Grant Davidson | ... |
Lt. Venter
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Ndu Gumede | ... |
Douma
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Sello Maake Ka-Ncube | ... |
Johnson Seroke
(as Sello Maake)
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Charles Pillai | ... |
Dr. Hassiem
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Rosemary Martin | ... |
Mrs. Beachley
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Willie Zweni | ... |
Aubrey Kunene
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Mercia Davids | ... |
Sadie
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Mannie De Villiers | ... |
Police Commandant
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Anna Manimanzi | ... |
Soweto Girl
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Tina Simmons | ... |
Court Reporter (uncredited)
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Directed by
Euzhan Palcy |
Written by
André P. Brink | ... | (novel) (as André Brink) |
Colin Welland | ... | (screenplay) and |
Euzhan Palcy | ... | (screenplay) |
Produced by
Tim Hampton | ... | executive producer |
Mary Selway | ... | associate producer |
Paula Weinstein | ... | producer |
Music by
Dave Grusin |
Cinematography by
Pierre-William Glenn | ||
Kelvin Pike |
Editing by
Glenn Cunningham | ||
Sam O'Steen |
Editorial Department
Donah Bassett | ... | negative cutter |
Paul Elman | ... | second assistant editor |
Adam Fredericks | ... | assistant editor |
Lizi Gelber | ... | assistant editor |
Bob Hagans | ... | color timer |
Cheryl Kroll | ... | assistant editor |
Dominick Palcy | ... | assistant editor |
Casting By
Mary Selway |
Production Design by
John Fenner |
Art Direction by
Michael Philips | ... | (as Mike Phillips) |
Alan Tomkins | ... | supervising art director |
Set Decoration by
Peter James |
Costume Design by
Charles Knode |
Makeup Department
Magdalen Gaffney | ... | makeup artist |
Tommie Manderson | ... | makeup supervisor |
Vera Mitchell | ... | chief hairdresser |
Peter Robb-King | ... | chief makeup artist: London unit |
Jane Royle | ... | chief makeup artist: London unit |
Lisa Tomblin | ... | assistant hairdresser |
Production Management
Rory Kilalea | ... | production manager |
Leonard C. Kroll | ... | post-production executive (as Leonard Kroll) |
Jeannie Stone | ... | unit production manager: London unit |
Vincent Winter | ... | production supervisor |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jonathan Benson | ... | first assistant director: London unit |
Mishka Cheyko | ... | first assistant director (as Michel Cheyko) |
Michel Ferry | ... | second assistant director |
Efstathios Fillis | ... | second assistant director |
Antony Ford | ... | third assistant director: London unit |
Isaac Mabhikwa | ... | third assistant director (as Issac Mabhikwa) |
Gerard Wall | ... | second assistant director: London unit |
Art Department
Martin Asbury | ... | storyboard artist |
Mickey Bacon | ... | props |
Michael Boone | ... | draughtsman |
Roy Cannon | ... | props |
Tracy Dunn | ... | assistant art director |
David Guwaza | ... | props |
Derek Ixer | ... | standby props: chief, London unit (as Derek Ixier) |
Bert Long | ... | supervising carpenter (as Albert Long) |
John Palmer | ... | standby props: chief |
Bill Stallion | ... | storyboard artist |
Tony Teiger | ... | property master |
Ty Teiger | ... | standby props: chief, London unit |
Carine Tredgold | ... | assistant art director |
Bill Welch | ... | construction manager |
Terry Wells | ... | standby dressing prop |
Paul Wescott | ... | hod scenic painter |
Sound Department
Ron Butcher | ... | sound maintenance |
James Cavarretta | ... | recordist (as James Cavarretta Jr) |
Roy Charman | ... | sound mixer |
Gary S. Gerlich | ... | sound editor |
David Grannis | ... | assistant sound editor |
Pieter Hubbard | ... | sound editor |
Jack Keller | ... | recordist |
Rick Kline | ... | re-recording mixer |
Jimmy Ling | ... | sound editor |
Donald O. Mitchell | ... | re-recording mixer |
James Moriana | ... | foley artist (as Jim Moriana) |
Themba Nyamweda | ... | sound assistant (as Temba Nyamweda) |
Kevin O'Connell | ... | re-recording mixer |
David Pearson | ... | boom operator |
Bill Phillips | ... | supervising sound editor |
John Phillips | ... | sound editor |
Hal Sanders | ... | sound editor |
Jeffrey Wilhoit | ... | foley artist |
Special Effects by
David Harris | ... | special effects supervisor |
Mervyn Loynes | ... | special effects technician |
John Morris | ... | special effects supervisor: London unit |
John Narkwell | ... | special effects technician |
Peter Notley | ... | special effects technician |
Gift Nyamandi | ... | special effects assistant |
Kennedy Phiri | ... | special effects assistant |
Roy Quinn | ... | special effects technician |
Steve Sango | ... | special effects assistant |
Dominic Tuohy | ... | special effects technician |
Stunts
Marc Boyle | ... | stunt coordinator |
Valentino Musetti | ... | stunts (as Val Musetti) |
Mark Anthony Newman | ... | stunts (as Mark Newman) |
Tip Tipping | ... | stunts |
Camera and Electrical Department
Bob Bremner | ... | gaffer: London unit (as Bobby Bremner) |
Richard Broom | ... | camera grip (as Richard Broome) |
David Bryant | ... | focus puller |
Dominique Chapuis | ... | additional photography |
David Chiganze | ... | assistant grip |
Wiseman Chiweshe | ... | electrician |
Ernest Day | ... | additional photography (as Ernie Day) |
Kevin Edland | ... | best boy |
John Flemming | ... | camera grip |
John Fletcher | ... | focus puller |
Graham Hall | ... | clapper loader |
Jamie Harcourt | ... | camera operator |
Jean Harnois | ... | camera operator |
John Haylen | ... | electrician |
John Higgins | ... | gaffer |
Gary Hutchings | ... | camera grip |
David James | ... | still photographer |
Martin Kenzie | ... | focus puller |
Clive Mackey | ... | clapper loader |
Cephas Mathimba | ... | electrician |
Mark Moriarty | ... | camera assistant |
Samson Mudzamiri | ... | electrician |
Eamonn O'Keeffe | ... | focus puller |
Mike Roberts | ... | camera operator (as Michael Roberts) |
Bill Thornhill | ... | best boy |
Philippe Vene | ... | focus puller (as Philip Vene) |
Jean-Claude Vicquery | ... | camera operator |
Nikki Williams | ... | camera assistant |
David Worley | ... | camera operator |
Tony Rowland | ... | dolly grip: UK (uncredited) |
Jimmy Worley | ... | electrician (uncredited) |
Casting Department
Edwin Angless | ... | casting assistant |
Manuel Doro | ... | crowd casting |
Barbara Harris | ... | voice casting |
Wallis Nicita | ... | casting: USA |
Caitlin Rhodes | ... | casting assistant |
Simon Shumba | ... | crowd casting |
Andrew Whaley | ... | casting assistant |
Joanne Zaluski | ... | casting associate: USA |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Lesley Bingham | ... | dresser: Donald Sutherland's (as Leslie Bingham) |
Elaine Dawson | ... | wardrobe mistress |
Electra Garaba | ... | wardrobe assistant (as Elector Garabha) |
Jane Howells | ... | wardrobe assistant |
Virginia Mkiza | ... | wardrobe assistant |
Germinal Rangel | ... | wardrobe supervisor |
Allison Wyldeck | ... | wardrobe assistant |
Location Management
Con Cremins | ... | location accountant |
Paul Fisher | ... | location coordinator |
Rory Kilalea | ... | location director |
Murray Russell | ... | location: surveyor |
Music Department
Bunny Andrews | ... | assistant music editor |
Else Blangsted | ... | music editor |
Ladysmith Black Mambazo | ... | song performer |
Hugh Masekela | ... | featured score musician |
John Richards | ... | music recordist |
Tom Boyd | ... | musician: oboe soloist (uncredited) |
Tom Brown | ... | music preparation (uncredited) |
James Thatcher | ... | musician: French horn (uncredited) |
Script and Continuity Department
Many Barthod | ... | script supervisor (as Manny Barthod) |
Ene Watts | ... | script supervisor: London unit |
Transportation Department
Edwin Angless | ... | action vehicles |
Paul Fisher | ... | transport coordinator |
Colin Morris | ... | personal driver: Marlon Brando |
Additional Crew
Max Brown | ... | production runner |
Robert Conway | ... | legal advisor |
Hilary Eggington | ... | producer/director: secretary |
Brian Gibbs | ... | production accountant |
Marianne Jacobs | ... | production coordinator |
Alan Ladd Jr. | ... | presenter |
Sondra Lee | ... | consultant: to the production |
John Maloney | ... | personal security to Marlon Brando |
Sam Mattingly | ... | special publicity |
Janine Modder | ... | production coordinator (as Janine Lodge) |
Tim Monich | ... | dialect coach |
Lionel Ngakane | ... | technical advisor |
Julia Overton | ... | production assistant |
Murray Russell | ... | technical advisor |
Clement Ruzengwe | ... | accountant: local |
Alexandra Stone | ... | assistant to the producer |
Ann Tasker | ... | publicist |
Joan Washington | ... | dialogue consultant: London |
Susan Weisenbacher | ... | catering manager |
Thanks
Hannah Marie-Joseph | ... | dedicatee |
Henri Marie-Joseph | ... | dedicatee |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1989) (United States) (theatrical)
- United International Pictures (UIP) (1989) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- United International Pictures (UIP) (1989) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- MGM Home Entertainment (1989) (West Germany) (VHS)
- United International Pictures (UIP) (1989) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- United International Pictures (UIP) (1989) (Norway) (theatrical)
- CBS/Fox (1990) (United States) (VHS)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1991) (India) (theatrical)
- Fox Video (1992) (United States) (VHS)
- Carol Media Home (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
- WME Home Entertainment (2017) (Germany) (DVD)
- The Criterion Channel (2020) (United States) (tv) (digital)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Pinewood Studios (movie studio)
- Lee Lighting (grip and lighting equipment)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
Ben du Toit (Donald Sutherland) is a schoolteacher who always has considered himself a man of caring and justice, at least on the individual level. When his gardener, Stanley's (Zakes Mokae's) son, Jonathan (Bekhithemba Mpofu), is brutally beaten up by the Police at a demonstration by black school children, he gradually begins to realize his own society is built on a pillar of injustice and exploitation. Written by Mattias Thuresson |
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Taglines | One man has opened his eyes to the truth. See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Box Office
Budget | $9,000,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
Trivia | With this movie, writer and director Euzhan Palcy became the first Black woman to direct a major Hollywood movie. See more » |
Goofs | When the camera pulls away from the court house (Harare City Hall) a bus drives past displaying an advertisement for Balkan Bulgarian Airlines, which flew to Zimbabwe, but not to South Africa under apartheid during the 1970s. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in Black Rain/Heavy Petting/In Country/A Dry White Season/Heart of Dixie (1989). See more » |
Soundtracks | Unomatheba See more » |
Quotes |
Ian McKenzie:
Justice and law, Mr. Du Toit, are often just... well they're, I suppose they can be described as distant cousins. And here in South Africa, well, they're simply not on speaking terms at all. See more » |