Selma (2014)
A chronicle of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1965.
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. -
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Gunnar Jahn -
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Annie Lee Cooper -
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President Lyndon B. Johnson -
Lee White -
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Andrew Young
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Ava DuVernayWriter:
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The movie's title comes from the name of the city, Selma, in Alabama, which is the starting place of the historic voting rights march shown in the movie.
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Gov. George Wallace:
Mr. President, malcontents are disrupting Alabama and it's your responsibility to stop them.
President Lyndon B. Johnson:
They're protesting about the right to vote and the way they're treated in your state, so that's your problem and it's your responsibility and it's on your ...
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At the beginning of the first march, the marchers pass an auto parts store with a sign outside advertising "Shocks Struts (etc)". Very few cars used struts in 1965, and the few that did most likely would not have been available in Selma.
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The initial credits are shown over stills from the film and from promotional materials.
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Genres
Biography | Drama | HistoryDetails
Release Date:
9 January 2015Language
English
Country of Origin
UK, USA, FranceBox Office
Budget:
$20,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$11,307,394 (USA) (3 February 2015)
Gross:
$52,076,908 (USA)
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