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Scared straight! : Scared straight! 20 years later / an Arnold Shaprio production in association with Paramount Stations Group, Inc. ; written, directed, and produced by Arnold Shapiro.

Format Video (DVD)
Publication Info2008.
Description1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject(s)
State Prison, Rahway, N.J.
DVD-Video discs.
Crime prevention--New Jersey --Rahway.
Imprisonment--New Jersey --Rahway.
Prisoners--New Jersey --Rahway --Attitudes.
Juvenile delinquents--United States --Attitudes.
Prison visits--New Jersey --Rahway.
Other author/creatorShapiro, Arnold, 1941-
Other author/creatorFalk, Peter, 1927-2011.
Other author/creatorGlover, Danny.
Other author/creatorMoffitt, William.
Other author/creatorArnold, Jim.
Other author/creatorNiemack, Robert.
Other author/creatorRennert, Sharon.
Other author/creatorThomas, John.
Other author/creatorMaxwell, Marie.
Other author/creatorArnold Shapiro Productions.
Other author/creatorParamount Stations Group, Inc.
Other author/creatorDocurama (Firm)
Other author/creatorNew Video Group.
Abstract 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.
General noteSpecial features include filmmaker biography, interactive menus, and scene selection.
General noteScared straight! originally produced as a motion picture in 1978; Scared straight! 20 years later originally produced for television in 1999.
General noteCopied with permission and enhanced with closed captioning.
CreditsDirector 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.
Performer Scared straight! hosted by Peter Falk ; Scared straight! 20 years later hosted by Danny Glover.
Original versionOriginal version: [New York] : Docurama : Distributed by New Video, [2003].
Technical detailsDVD.
LanguageClosed-captioned.
Awards noteAcademy Award Winner, Best Documentary Feature, 1979
Other titleScared straight! 20 years later.
ISBN0767057554
ISBN9780767057554
UPC 767685955833
Publisher numberNVG-9558 New Video

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