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Uncle Tom's Cabin (1965 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Uncle Tom's Cabin' is a 1965 German film directed by Gza von Radvnyi. The film was entered into the 4th Moscow International Film Festival. It is based on the novel 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'.
In the early spring of 1977, the film was reissued in the United States in an edited form, with new scenes directed by Al Adamson. On the heels of the success that year of the miniseries 'Roots', the ad campaign for the reissue touted that the film had "ALL the SENSUAL and VIOLENT passions 'ROOTS' couldn't show on TV" and offered "the REAL story of the SLAVES, MASTERS & LOVERS."Ads placed in the 'Chicago Tribune', 'Detroit Free Press', the 'Philadelphia Inquirer' and 'New York Daily News' between March and April 1977
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In France, it was the 63rd top-grossing film of 1965, selling 928,110 tickets at the box office. In Poland, it sold more than tickets, making it one of the thirteen highest-grossing foreign films in Poland . In North America, where it initially released in 1969, the film went on to sell 7,042,254 tickets and gross . This adds up to more than 9,970,364 tickets sold worldwide.Critical response
Reviewing its 1977 reissue, Gene Siskel of the 'Chicago Tribune' called the film "lousy", and, noting the comparisons its ad campaign made to 'Roots', remarked that "the only similarity is that both films contain scenes of slaves being whipped."Siskel, Gene (April 18, 1977). "'Wizards' courts the eye, but the magic stops short". 'Chicago Tribune'. Section 2, p. 8.See also
*List of films featuring slavery
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