Movies:
The Visit
DVD Release
- Release Date: 2001
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- Genre: Drama
- Movie Type: Prison Film, Family Drama
- Themes: Redemption, Prison Life, Living With AIDS
- Director: Jordan Walker-Pearlman
- Main Cast: Hill Harper, Obba Babatunde, Rae Dawn Chong, Billy Dee Williams, Marla Gibbs
- Release Year: 2000
- Country: US
- Run Time: 123 minutes
Plot
A cast of distinguished veterans and promising newcomers headline this stark prison drama from first-time writer-director Jordan Walker-Pearlman. Hill Harper stars as embittered inmate Alex, sentenced to serve time for a rape he claims that he didn't commit. His link to the outside world is his upper-middle class bother Tony (Obba Babatunde), the only family member who's come to visit him in the half-decade he's been in jail. On his latest visit, Alex pleads with Tony to have the rest of the family visit him, admitting that he's in the final stages of his battle with AIDS. Through flashbacks, dream sequences, and real-time encounters, Alex interacts with the people who have shaped his life -- his parents (Marla Gibbs and Billy Dee Williams), his old friend (Rae Dawn Chong), and his therapist (Phylicia Rashad) -- and attempts to overcome the seething anger and resentment that have punctuated his time in prison. The Visit was greeted with much acclaim when it premiered at the 2000 Method Fest Independent Film Festival. ~ Michael Hastings, All Movie GuideCast
- Hill Harper - Alex Waters
- Obba Babatunde - Tony Waters
- Rae Dawn Chong - Felicia McDonald
- Billy Dee Williams - Henry Waters
- Marla Gibbs - Lois Waters
Phylicia Rashad - Dr. Coles; Talia Shire - Marilyn Coffey; David Clennon - Bill Brenner; Glynn E. Turman - Al Rheingold; Efrain Figueroa - Max Cruz; Amy Stiller - Julie Bronsky
