The Liberation of L.B. Jones (1970)
- Directed by
- William Wyler
- Genre
- drama film, crime film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 27 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A black funeral home director in Tennessee takes on a white police force to seek justice for his uncle. The story follows his legal battle and the personal costs it brings.
tenseseriousslow-burnsombergrittycontroversialthought-provokingdarksouthern-gothic
What happens
The Liberation of L.B. Jones is a 1970 American neo-noir film directed by William Wyler, his final project in a career that spanned 45 years. The screenplay by Jesse Hill Ford and Stirling Silliphant is based on Ford's 1965 novel The Liberation of Lord Byron Jones. The novel, in turn, was based on events that happened in a Southern town where writer Ford lived. After he wrote the book, he was verbally attacked for writing about the events that had occurred in his town. The motion picture's release added to the controversy, especially in Humboldt, Tennessee, where Ford lived. The film stars Roscoe Lee Browne, Lee J. Cobb, Lola Falana, Anthony Zerbe, Lee Majors, Arch Johnson, Yaphet Kotto, Eve McVeagh, Chill Wills, and Barbara Hershey in an early role. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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