Uncle Tom's Cabin (1987 film)

{{short description|1987 television film by Stan Lathan}}

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| genre = Drama

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| based_on = {{Based on|Uncle Tom's Cabin|Harriet Beecher Stowe}}

| writer =

| screenplay = John Gay

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| director = Stan Lathan

| starring = Avery Brooks
Bruce Dern
Phylicia Rashad
Edward Woodward

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| theme_music_composer = Kennard A. Ramsey

| country = United States

| language = English

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| executive_producer = Michael Barnathan
Edgar J. Scherick

| producer = Jeffrey A. Nelson

| location = Natchez, Mississippi

| editor = Lois Freeman-Fox

| cinematography = Richard M. Burlatsky

| runtime = 110 minutes

| company = Edgar J. Scherick Associates

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| network = Showtime

| released = {{Start date|1987|06|14}}

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Uncle Tom's Cabin is a 1987 American made-for-television drama film directed by Stan Lathan, and starring Avery Brooks, Bruce Dern, Phylicia Rashad and Edward Woodward. It is based on the 1852 novel of the same name by Harriet Beecher Stowe.{{cite news|last=O'Connor|first=John J.|title='Uncle Tom's Cabin'|date=12 June 1987|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/06/12/arts/uncle-tom-s-cabin.html|access-date=27 November 2016}}{{cite news|last=Johnson|first=Charles A.|title='Uncle Tom's Cabin' Minus Stereotypes|date=11 June 1987|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-06-11-ca-6212-story.html|access-date=27 November 2016}}{{cite news|last=Terry|first=Cliffored|title=Cable's 'Uncle Tom' Is Updated—That's All|date=12 June 1987|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1987/06/12/cables-uncle-tom-is-updated-thats-all/|access-date=27 November 2016}}