To Sleep with Anger
A slow-burning masterwork of the early 1990s, this third feature by Charles Burnett is a singular piece of American mythmaking. In a towering performance, Danny Glover plays the enigmatic southern drifter Harry, a devilish charmer who turns up out of the blue on the South Central Los Angeles doorstep of his old friends. In short order, Harry’s presence seems to cast a chaotic spell on what appeared to be a peaceful household, exposing smoldering tensions between parents and children, tradition and change, virtue and temptation. Interweaving evocative strains of gospel and blues with rich, poetic-realist images, To Sleep with Anger is a sublimely stirring film from an autonomous artistic sensibility, a portrait of family resilience steeped in the traditions of African American mysticism and folklore.
Director-Approved Special Edition Features
- New, restored 4K digital transfer, approved by director Charles Burnett, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- Of Family and Folklore, a new interview program, featuring Burnett, actors Danny Glover and Sheryl Lee Ralph, and associate producer Linda Koulisis
- A Walk with Charles Burnett, a new hour-long conversation between Burnett and filmmaker Robert Townsend that revisits Burnett’s films and shooting locations
- Short video tribute to Burnett produced for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Governors Awards ceremony in 2017
- PLUS: An essay by critic Ashley Clark
New cover by Charly Palmer
Director-Approved Special Edition Features
- New, restored 4K digital transfer, approved by director Charles Burnett, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- Of Family and Folklore, a new interview program, featuring Burnett, actors Danny Glover and Sheryl Lee Ralph, and associate producer Linda Koulisis
- A Walk with Charles Burnett, a new hour-long conversation between Burnett and filmmaker Robert Townsend that revisits Burnett’s films and shooting locations
- Short video tribute to Burnett produced for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Governors Awards ceremony in 2017
- PLUS: An essay by critic Ashley Clark
New cover by Charly Palmer
Cast
- Danny Glover
- Harry
- Paul Butler
- Gideon
- Mary Alice
- Suzie
- Carl Lumbly
- Junior
- Vonetta McGee
- Pat
- Richard Brooks
- Babe Brother
- Ralph Sheryl Lee
- Linda
- Ethel Ayler
- Hattie
- Julius Harris
- Herman
- Sy Richardson
- Marsh
- Davis Roberts
- Okra Tate
- DeForest Covan
- Fred Jenkins
- DeVaughn Walter Nixon
- Sunny
- Reina King
- Rhonda
- Cory Curtis
- Skip
- Paula Bellamy
- Mrs. Baker
- Wonderful Smith
- Preacher
- Jimmy Witherspoon
- Percy
- Greta Brown
- Virginia
Credits
- Director
- Charles Burnett
- Written by
- Charles Burnett
- Producer
- Caldecot Chubb
- Producer
- Producer
- Darin Scott
- Executive producer
- Edward R. Pressman
- Executive producer
- Danny Glover
- Executive producer
- Associate producer
- Michael Flynn
- Associate producer
- Linda Koulisis
- Director of photography
- Walt Lloyd
- Editing
- Nancy Richardson
- Production design
- Penny Barrett
- Music composed by
- Art direction
- Troy Myers
- Casting director
- Gail Levin
- Casting director
- Lauren Lloyd
- Costume design
- Gaye Shannon-Burnett
A scene from To Sleep with Anger
