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Sounder (2003)

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Release Date: Jan 19, 2003 Wide

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Based on a novel by William H. Armstrong, the made-for-TV Sounder was a remake of director Martin Ritt's 1972 theatrical feature of the same name. This is the story of 11-year-old black youngster David Daniel Lee Robertson III, known throughout the film as "Boy." When his sharecropper father is arrested and sentenced to five years at hard labor after stealing food to feed his family, Boy embarks upon a journey to find out where his father has being imprisoned. Accompanied by his dog Sounder, Boy

PG, 1 hr. 27 min.

Drama, Television, Kids & Family

Jun 24, 2003

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Affecting update of the coming-of-age classic.

December 20, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | Comment
Nancy Davis Kho
Common Sense Media

It's fine and warm and satisfying and, yes, inspiring...

July 5, 2003 Full Review Source: Flick Filosopher | Comment
MaryAnn Johanson
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Beautiful family, Cicily Tyson, trying to survive in the rascist south around 1900 or so. Excellent Moving, excellent.

July 2, 2008
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