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Title SCARED STRAIGHT! [DVD videorecording] / an Arnold Shaprio production in association with Paramount Stations Group, Inc. ; written, directed, and produced by Arnold Shapiro.
Publication Info. [New York] : Docurama : Distributed by New Video, [2003]
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Library Central  DVD 364.4 SCA    Check Shelves
Description 1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details DVD, Dolby digital stereo.
Performer Scared straight! hosted by Peter Falk ; Scared straight! 20 years later hosted by Danny Glover.
Credits Director of photography, William Moffitt (Scared straight!), Jim Arnold (Scared straight! 20 years later) ; edited by Bob Niemack (Scared straight!), Sharon Rennert (Scared straight! 20 years later) ; music by John Thomas & Marie Maxwell.
Note Scared straight! originally produced as a motion picture in 1978; Scared straight! 20 years later originally produced for television in 1999.
Audience MPAA rating: Not rated.
Summary Scared straight! profiles a unique juvenile crime-prevention program at New Jersey's Rahway maximum-security prison, recounting the day seventeen teenage lawbreakers spent inside the prison with the some of New Jersey's most dangerous criminals. In an attempt to scare the kids out of their criminal ways, prisoners took turns describing prison life, emphasizing it's worst features. Scared straight! 20 years later traces the subsequent lives of the teens and convicts featured in the original documentary.
Note Special features include filmmaker biography, interactive menus, and scene selection.
Awards Academy Award, Best Documentary, Features, 1979
Subject Crime prevention -- New Jersey -- Rahway.
Imprisonment -- New Jersey -- Rahway.
Prisoners -- New Jersey -- Rahway -- Attitudes.
Juvenile delinquents -- United States -- Attitudes.
Prison visits -- New Jersey -- Rahway.
State Prison, Rahway, N.J.
Genre Documentary films.
Added Author Shapiro, Arnold, 1941-
Falk, Peter, 1927-
Glover, Danny.
Moffitt, William.
Arnold, Jim.
Niemack, Robert.
Rennert, Sharon.
Thomas, John.
Maxwell, Marie.
Arnold Shapiro Productions.
Paramount Stations Group, Inc.
Docurama (Firm)
New Video Group.
Added Title SCARED STRAIGHT! 20 YEARS LATER
ISBN 0767057554 : $24.99
9780767057554
Standard No. 767685955833
Music # NVG-9558 New Video
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