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King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Directed by	Sidney Lumet
Produced by	Richard Kaplan Ely A. Landau
Narrated by	Paul Newman Joanne Woodward Ruby Dee James Earl Jones
Release date(s)	1970
Country	United States
Language	English

King: a Filmed Record... Montgomery To Memphis is a 1970 documentary film biography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., presented in the form of newsreel footage and segments of recordings by Dr. King, framed by celebrity narrators, including Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Ruby Dee, James Earl Jones, Clarence Williams III, Burt Lancaster, Ben Gazzara, Charlton Heston, Harry Belafonte, The movie was produced by Richard Kaplan and Ely Landau.

When first released, it was shown in theaters as a "one-time-only" event on March 24, 1970. The documentary, which ran an unprecedented 3 hours and 5 minutes, had an equally large admission price of $5 (equal to $28 in 2007). All proceeds were donated to the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Special Fund. It was later shown on commercial television (unedited and with limited interruption), and finally released onto home video on the Pacific Arts label, where the celebrity narrations (save for Harry Belafonte's introduction) were removed, and ran for 1 hour and 43 minutes.

It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary, Features. ^[1] In 1999 the film was deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.

References

^ "NY Times: King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis". NY Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/126774/King-A-Filmed-Record-Montgomery-to-Memphis/details. Retrieved 2008-11-12.

External links

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis at the Internet Movie Database

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

Speeches & sermons · Writings · Protests

Speeches	"How Long, Not Long" · "I Have a Dream" · "I've Been to the Mountaintop"

Writings	Letter from Birmingham Jail · "What is Man?"

Protests	Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955) · Nashville sit-ins (1960) · Albany Movement (1961) · Birmingham campaign (1963) · March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963) · Selma to Montgomery marches (1965) · Chicago Freedom Movement (1965–67) · Memphis Sanitation Strike (1968) · Poor People's Campaign (1968)

Martin Luther King in 1964

People

Family	Martin Luther King, Sr. (father) · Alberta Williams King (mother) · Christine King Farris (sister) · Alfred Daniel Williams King (brother) · Coretta Scott King (wife) · Yolanda King (daughter) · Martin Luther King III (son) · Dexter Scott King (son) · Bernice King (daughter) · Alveda King (niece)

Others	Benjamin Mays (mentor) · Bayard Rustin (advisor) · Ralph Abernathy (colleague)

Assassination

James Earl Ray · William Francis Pepper · Loyd Jowers

Media

Film and TV	King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (documentary film) · "The First Store" (The Jeffersons episode) · King (TV miniseries) · "Return of the King" (The Boondocks episode)

Songs	"Martin Luther King's Dream" (Strawbs) · "Happy Birthday" (Stevie Wonder) · "Pride (In the Name of Love)" (U2) · "MLK" (U2) · "King Holiday" (King Dream Chorus and Holiday Crew) · "Shed a Little Light" (James Taylor) · "Up to the Mountain (MLK Song)" (Patti Griffin)

Related topics

Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) · Martin Luther King, Jr. Day · Lee-Jackson-King Day · National Historic Site · National Memorial · National Civil Rights Museum · Eponymous streets · Authorship issues · Letter to an Anti-Zionist Friend

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