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Man push cart / a film by Ramin Bahrani ; producers, Ramin Bahrani, Pradip Ghosh, Bedford T. Bentley III ; written, directed and edited by Ramin Bahrani ; a Noruz Films production of a Films Philos release.

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Bentley, Bedford T., film producer.
Ghosha, Pradīpa, film producer.
Bahrani, Ramin, film producer, film director, screenwriter, editor of moving image work.
Razvi, Ahmad, actor.
Dolera, Leticia, 1981- actor.
Sandoval, Charles Daniel, 1975- actor.
Raisian, Ali Reza, actor.
Simmonds, Michael, director of photography.
Yazdanian, Peyman, composer (expression).
Noruz Films (Firm), production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
Series:
Criterion collection ; 1066.
The Criterion collection ; 1066
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Pakistanis--New York (State)--New York--Drama.
Pakistanis.
Street vendors--New York (State)--New York--Drama.
Street vendors.
Male immigrants--Drama.
Male immigrants.
Man-woman relationships--New York (State)--New York--Drama.
Man-woman relationships.
New York (State)--New York.
Genre:
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Melodramas (Drama)
Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Drama.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + insert (1 folded leaf : color illustrations ; 18 cm).
4 3/4 in.
polychrome
color
stamping
Edition:
Director-approved DVD special edition.
Place of Publication:
[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2021]
Language Note:
In English with English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
System Details:
DVD, NTSC, regon 1; wide screen (1.78:1 aspect ratio); Dolby stereo.
digital
optical
surround
5.1 Dolby Digital
NTSC
DVD video
region 1
Summary:
"A modest miracle of twenty-first-century neorealism, the acclaimed debut feature by Ramin Bahrani speaks quietly but profoundly to the experiences of those living on the margins of the American dream. Back in his home country of Pakistan, Ahmad (Ahmad Razvi, elements of whose own life story were woven into the script) was a famous rock star. Now a widower separated from his son and adrift in New York, he works long hours selling coffee and bagels from a Midtown Manhattan food cart, engaged in a Sisyphean search for human connection and a sense of purpose that seems perpetually just out of reach. A rare immigrant's-eye view of a post-9/11 city suffused with subtle paranoia and xenophobia, Man Push Cart gives at once empathetic and clear-eyed expression to the everyday dream of human endurance"--Container
Participant:
Ahmad Razvi, Leticia Dolera, Charles Daniel Sandoval, Ali Reza, Farooq 'Duke' Muhammad, Panicker Upendran.
Credits:
Director of photography, Michael Simmonds ; original music, Peyman Yazdanian.
Notes:
Originally released as a motion picture in 2005.
Wide screen (1.78:1).
Special features: audio commentary from 2005 featuring Bahrani, director of photography Michael Simmonds, assistant director Nicholas Elliott, and actor Ahmad Razvi; new conversation among Bahrani, Elliott and Razvi on the making of the film; new conversation between Bahrani and scholar Hamid Dabashi on the origins of the film and Bahrani's cinematic influences; Backgammon, a 1998 short film by Bahrani; trailer.
ISBN:
9781681438047
1681438046
OCLC:
1228133194
Publisher Number:
715515255417
CC3223DDVD The Criterion Collection

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