James Earl Jones is everyone favorite actor but some times we forget everything but that
rich baritone voice. CRY THE BELOVED COUNTRY will remind us why he is so revered. As a
Zulu Christian pastor in the South Africa of 1946, Jones searches for his lost sister and
son who have succumbed to the lure of the big city, Johannnesburg. Venturing out of his
rural world, he meets the kind and the cruel of the city giving us a look at apartheid we
won't soon forget. Richard Harris is the wealthy rancher who also journeys to Johannesberg
in his own attempt to find the son he has also lost. There is a resonance to this film
about being lost and being found, about blacks and whites, about faith. Add in Amazing
Grace as done by Paul Simon and companions, and it moves the soul. If Jones isn't an Oscar
contender, I will have lost faith in the Academy Awards. CRY THE BELOVED COUNTRY opens
Dec. 22.
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