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Salt of the Earth Special Edition

Voyager Collection

( Catalog Number VP1005L )
(1.33:1) (2 Sides) (CLV) (NTSC)

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Salt of the Earth Special Edition
1954 - 94 min. - Black and White
Genre: Drama
Not Rated
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Review:
Though it cannot help but lapse into dogma and didactics at times, Salt of the Earth is a powerful, persuasive labor-management drama. With the exception of five actors (including future Waltons star Will Geer), the cast is comprised of non-professionals, mostly participants of the real-life strike action upon which the film is based. Set in a New Mexico mining town, the film concerns the measures taken by the largely Hispanic union to improve working and especially living conditions for the poverty-stricken workers. Remarkably prescient, given that the film was made long before the women's movement, is the fact that it is the wives who keep the strike alive while their husbands are beaten and otherwise oppressed by the owners. Not that the miners wholeheartedly accept this; one of the script's many on-target observations shows the macho workers resenting their wives' intervention. The ultimate victory over the strikebreakers (led by Geer at his most odious) comes about as much from male-female solidarity as the workers' pre-set determination. Co-produced by the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelt Workers, Salt of the Earth was assembled under conditions of extreme duress by a group of Hollywood expatriates, all victims of the Blacklist: producer Paul Jarrico, director Herbert Biberman, screenwriter Michael Wilson and star Will Geer. "Freed" of the strictures of Hollywood pussyfooting and censorship, the film's auteurs are able to explore several subjects previously considered taboo. As a result, Salt of the Earth seems even fresher and more pertinent now than it did when given its extremely limited first release in 1954. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Cast for Salt of the Earth Special Edition

Will Geer
David Wolfe
Mervin Williams
David Sarvis
Rosaura Revueltas
E.A. Rockwell
William Rockwell
Juan Chacón
Henrietta Williams
Ángela Sánchez
Clorinda Alderette
Virginia Jencks
Clinton Jencks
Joe T. Morales
Ernesto Velázquez
Charles Coleman
Víctor Torres
Frank Talevera
Mary Lou Castillo
Floyd Bostick
E.S. Conerly
Adolfo Barela
Albert Munoz

Crew for Salt of the Earth Special Edition

Producer Paul Jarrico
Producer Jules Schwerin
Cinematographer Stanley Meredith
Cinematographer Leonard Stark
Composer Sol Kaplan
Director Herbert J. Biberman
Editor Joan Laird
Editor Ed Spiegel
Adolfo Barela
Sonja Dahl Biberman
Writer Michael Wilson

Feature Details

Title: Salt of the Earth Special Edition
Feature Release Date: 1954
Genre: Drama
Rating: Not Rated
Color: Black and White
Runtime: 94 Minutes
Chapters: 17
Picture: Academy Ratio
Ratio: 1.33:1
Playback Format: CLV

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Technical Details

Catalog Number: VP1005L
ISBN: 0931393574
Manufacturer: Pioneer USA
Collection: Voyager Collection
Publisher: Voyager

Diameter: 12"
Sides: 2
Cover: Jacket
Spoken Language: English
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC

Model: VP1005L-N
Shipping Weight: 1 lbs
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Salt of the Earth Special Edition

Voyager Collection

( Catalog Number VP1005L )
(1.33:1) (2 Sides) (CLV) (NTSC)

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Best Version on LaserDisc

Salt of the Earth Special Edition
1954 - 94 min. - Black and White
Genre: Drama
Not Rated
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Review:
Though it cannot help but lapse into dogma and didactics at times, Salt of the Earth is a powerful, persuasive labor-management drama. With the exception of five actors (including future Waltons star Will Geer), the cast is comprised of non-professionals, mostly participants of the real-life strike action upon which the film is based. Set in a New Mexico mining town, the film concerns the measures taken by the largely Hispanic union to improve working and especially living conditions for the poverty-stricken workers. Remarkably prescient, given that the film was made long before the women's movement, is the fact that it is the wives who keep the strike alive while their husbands are beaten and otherwise oppressed by the owners. Not that the miners wholeheartedly accept this; one of the script's many on-target observations shows the macho workers resenting their wives' intervention. The ultimate victory over the strikebreakers (led by Geer at his most odious) comes about as much from male-female solidarity as the workers' pre-set determination. Co-produced by the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelt Workers, Salt of the Earth was assembled under conditions of extreme duress by a group of Hollywood expatriates, all victims of the Blacklist: producer Paul Jarrico, director Herbert Biberman, screenwriter Michael Wilson and star Will Geer. "Freed" of the strictures of Hollywood pussyfooting and censorship, the film's auteurs are able to explore several subjects previously considered taboo. As a result, Salt of the Earth seems even fresher and more pertinent now than it did when given its extremely limited first release in 1954. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Cast for Salt of the Earth Special Edition

Will Geer
David Wolfe
Mervin Williams
David Sarvis
Rosaura Revueltas
E.A. Rockwell
William Rockwell
Juan Chacón
Henrietta Williams
Ángela Sánchez
Clorinda Alderette
Virginia Jencks
Clinton Jencks
Joe T. Morales
Ernesto Velázquez
Charles Coleman
Víctor Torres
Frank Talevera
Mary Lou Castillo
Floyd Bostick
E.S. Conerly
Adolfo Barela
Albert Munoz

Crew for Salt of the Earth Special Edition

Producer Paul Jarrico
Producer Jules Schwerin
Cinematographer Stanley Meredith
Cinematographer Leonard Stark
Composer Sol Kaplan
Director Herbert J. Biberman
Editor Joan Laird
Editor Ed Spiegel
Adolfo Barela
Sonja Dahl Biberman
Writer Michael Wilson

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