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The namesake / Fox Searchlight Pictures, Entertainment Farm, UTV Motion Pictures present ; a Mirabai Films & Cine Mosaic production ; produced by Lydia Dean Pilcher, Mira Nair ; screenplay by Sooni Taraporevala ; directed by Mira Nair.
LIBRA DVD 005 792
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- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- French
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- East Indians--New York (State)--New York--Drama.
- East Indians.
- East Indian Americans--New York (State)--New York--Drama.
- East Indian Americans.
- Immigrants--New York (State)--New York--Drama.
- Immigrants.
- Man-woman relationships--Drama.
- Man-woman relationships.
- New York (State)--New York.
- Families--Drama.
- Families.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Feature films.
- Fiction films.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Edition:
- Widescreen.
- Place of Publication:
- Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2007]
- Language Note:
- In English or dubbed Spanish; with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish.
- Closed-captioned.
- System Details:
- DVD, region 1: Dolby 5.1 surround in English, Dolby surround in Spanish.
- digital
- optical
- surround
- Dolby
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- The American-born son of Indian immigrants feels pulled between his ethnic heritage and his desire to assimilate, especially after becoming involved with two very different women.
- Participant:
- Kal Penn, Tabu, Irrfan Khan, Jacinda Barrett, Zuleikha Robinson.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Frederick Elmes ; editor, Allyson C. Johnson ; music by Nitin Sawhney.
- Notes:
- Based on the novel: The namesake / by Jhumpa Lahiri.
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 2006.
- Aspect ratio 1.85:1.
- Special features (53 min.): optional audio commentary by Nair; 3 deleted scenes, with optional audio commentary by Nair (3 min. total); "The anatomy of 'The namesake'" a class taught by Nair at Columbia University's School of the Arts' Film Division (32 min.); "In character with Kal Penn" (4 min.); "Kolkata love poem" montage (4 min.); "Photography as inspiration" featurette (8 min.); theatrical trailer (2 min.).
- OCLC:
- 182540467
- Publisher Number:
- 024543456087
- 024543456131
- 024543456155 50
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