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The Buddha of suburbia / screenplay by Hanif Kureishi & Roger Michell ; produced by Kevin Loader ; directed by Roger Michell ; BBC.
LIBRA DVD 015 104 discs 1-2
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Kureishi, Hanif. Buddha of suburbia, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kureishi, Hanif--Film adaptations.
- Kureishi, Hanif.
- East Indians--Great Britain--Drama.
- East Indians.
- Buddhist converts--Drama.
- Buddhist converts.
- Fathers and sons--Drama.
- Fathers and sons.
- Nineteen seventies.
- Suburban life.
- Great Britain.
- London (England)--Social life and customs--20th century--Drama.
- London (England).
- Suburban life--Drama.
- Nineteen seventies--Drama.
- Motion pictures, British.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Television mini-series.
- Feature films.
- Film adaptations.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 2 videodiscs (238 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Edition:
- Fullscreen edition.
- Place of Publication:
- [England] : BBC Video : Distributed by BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc. acting as agents for 2 entertain Video Limited ; [Calif.] : Distributed in the USA and Canada by Warner Home Video, Inc., 2008.
- Language Note:
- Closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired.
- System Details:
- DVD ; dolby digital ; region 1, NTSC.
- digital
- optical
- Dolby
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- A bureaucrat becomes a suburban guru who marries a follower with a son who's a punk rocker named Charlie Hero. Consequently, the guru's son is propelled from his bland life into a series of erotic experiences in London. Set to a backdrop of politics, fashion, music, drugs, morality and race, Karim must negotiate adolescence, a dysfunctional family and his own sexuality, as he seeks enlightenment on his own terms.
- Contents:
- Disc 1: episodes 1-2. Disc 2: episodes 3-4.
- Participant:
- Naveen Andrews, Roshan Seth, Brenda Blethyn, Steven Mackintosh, Jemma Redgrave, David Bamber, Harish Patel, Nisha K. Nayar.
- Credits:
- Original music by David Bowie ; editor, Kate Evans ; photography, John McGlashan.
- Notes:
- Aspect ratio 4:3.
- From the novel by Hanif Kureishi.
- "BBC Worldwide Ltd. Program."--Container.
- Originally shown in four episodes on British television in 1993.
- ISBN:
- 1419866753
- 9781419866753
- OCLC:
- 228507789
- Publisher Number:
- 883929014323
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