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Claudine | 
 enlarge | Director: John Berry
Actors: Diahann Carroll, James Earl Jones, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Tamu Blackwell, David Kruger
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
List Price: $9.98
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Sales Rank: 5585
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Languages: English (Unknown), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Running Time: 92 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: FOXD2006184D
UPC: 024543061830
EAN: 0024543061830
ASIN: B00007AJG2
Release Date: January 14, 2003
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Product Description
In this funny and touching comedy-drama, single Harlem mother Diahann Carroll struggles to provide for her six children and begins a romance with garbageman James Earl Jones, who wants to be with her but is hesitant to inherit an "instant family." Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Tamu, Yvette Curtis also star. 92 min. Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital stereo, Dolby Digital mono, Spanish Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish; audio commentary by Carroll, Jones, others; theatrical trailers.
Amazon.com
It's easy to get hooked by Claudine, a lean, funny, Nixon-era movie about a romance nearly undone by a patronizing welfare system. Diahann Carroll stars as Claudine, single mother of six children in Harlem and a maid working for under-the-table wages. Forever worried that her white caseworker will discover her meager, outside income (thus eliminating meager government benefits), Claudine further complicates her domestic situation by falling in love with Roop (James Earl Jones). An affable Romeo and absent but financially supportive father of several kids, Roop by his presence jeopardizes Claudine's official status as a mom without means. The couple's decision to go forward results in welfare backlash, personal humiliation, family strain, and corrosive behavior. A sharp script layers the personal story within a socially conscious treatment, while Jones and Carroll's special chemistry turns the characters into fully rounded people. John Berry (From This Day Forward), an interesting if forgotten director, brings a clipped vitality to this urban affair. --Tom Keogh
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