Miracle at St. Anna

Format:

Video disc

Title:

Miracle at St. Anna

Other title(s):

Miracle at Saint Anna

ISBN:

9780788892486

Edition:

Widescreen edition.

Distribution:

Burbank, CA : Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2009]

Publication:

Burbank, CA : Touchstone Home Entertainment, [2009]

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 160 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

General Note:

Based on the novel by James McBride.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2008.

Summary:

August 1944. Follows four black soldiers of the all-black 92nd Infantry Division who get trapped near the small Tuscan village of Sant'Anna di Stazzema on the Gothic Line during the Italian Campaign of World War II. One of the men will risk his life to save an Italian boy who lives in the city where the Waffen-SS have massacred most of the citizens of the town in retaliation for Italian partisan activity. A sculpted head from the Ponte Santa Trinita in Florence is a focal point.

Reading Level:

MPAA rating: R; for strong war violence, language and some sexual content/nudity.

Personal Subject:

McBride, James, 1957- Miracle at St. Anna-Film adaptations.

Corporate Subject:

United States. Army. Infantry Division, 92nd -- Drama.

United States. Army. Infantry Division, 92nd

Subject(s):

United States. Army. Infantry Division, 92nd -- Drama.

Soldiers, Black -- Italy -- Stazzema -- Drama.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Italy -- Drama.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities -- Italy -- Drama.

Sculpture -- Italy -- Florence -- Drama.

Geographic Term:

Italy

Italy -- Florence

Italy -- Stazzema

Added Corporate Author:

Touchstone Pictures,

On My Own (Firm),

RAI Cinema (Firm),

Forty Acres & a Mule Filmworks,

Touchstone Home Entertainment (Firm),

Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm),

Added Uniform Title:

Container of (work): Miracle at St. Anna (Motion picture)

Container of (expression): Miracle at St. Anna (Motion picture). French.

Container of (expression): Miracle at St. Anna (Motion picture). Spanish.

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Summary

MIRACLE AT ST. ANNA chronicles the story of four black American soldiers who are members of the US Army as part of the all-black 92nd Buffalo Soldier Division stationed in Tuscany, Italy during World War II. They experience the tragedy and triumph of the war as they find themselves trapped behind enemy lines and separated from their unit after one of them risks his life to save an Italian boy. Directed by Spike Lee from a screenplay written by James McBride, the author of the acclaimed novel of the same name, the film explores a deeply inspiring, powerful story drawn from true history, that transcends national boundaries, race, and class to touch the goodness within us all.

Summary

Spike Lee's World War II film Miracle at St. Anna begins in 1983 with Hector Negron, a veteran of that war, unexpectedly shooting a customer dead. Police discover that the suspect, a quiet postal worker, kept a statue head worth millions of dollars in his apartment. An eager young reporter (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) interviews Negron in his cell about the mysterious artifact. While serving in the all-minority 92nd "Buffalo Soldier" Division, Negron and three comrades managed to sneak deep into enemy territory in Italy. One of the men, Sam Train (Omar Benson Miller), picked the head up while they were serving in Florence and believes it brings him good luck. Negron (Laz Alonso), Train, and Bishop Cummings (Michael Ealy), along with their sergeant, Aubrey Stamps (Derek Luke), take refuge in the Italian village of St. Anna, harbored by locals who are resisting the Nazis -- who themselves surround the area. Train also protects an injured Italian boy he discovers while investigating a seemingly abandoned dwelling. Eventually, the soldiers make contact with their superiors, and are ordered to capture a German so that he may be interrogated about an upcoming attack. Lee adapted Miracle at St. Anna from a novel by James McBride, who also penned the screenplay. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi