03728cgm a2200661 4500 402055606 TxAuBib 20191108120000.0 071127s2007||||||||||||||||||||||v|eng|u 2011602433 024543456087 024543456131 024543456155 2245608 (OCoLC)182540467 TxAuBib Namesake (Motion picture.) The Namesake [DVD] / 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. Widescreen format (1.85:1). Beverly Hills, Calif : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2007. 1 videodisc (122 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. Based on the novel: The namesake / by Jhumpa Lahiri. Originally produced as a motion picture in 2006. 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.). Special features: Widescreen version -- Audio commentary by director Mira Nair -- "The anatomy of The Namesake: A class at Columbia University's Graduate Film School" -- Fox Movie Channel presents "In Character" with Kal Penn -- "Kolkata love poem" featurette -- "Photography as inspiration" featurette -- Deleted scenes -- Language: English 5.1 Dolby surround ; Spanish Dolby surround -- Subtitles: English, Spanish, French. Director of photography, Frederick Elmes ; editor, Allyson C. Johnson ; music by Nitin Sawhney. Kal Penn, Tabu, Irrfan Khan, Jacinda Barrett, Zuleikha Robinson. 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. MPAA rating: PG-13, for sexuality/nudity, a scene of drug use, some disturbing images and brief language. DVD, region 1: Dolby 5.1 surround in English, Dolby surround in Spanish. 20191108. In English or dubbed Spanish; with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish. Closed-captioned. East Indians New York (State) New York Drama. East Indian Americans New York (State) New York Drama. Immigrants New York (State) New York Drama. Man-woman relationships Drama. Families Drama. Pilcher, Lydia Dean. Nair, Mira. Taraporevala, Sooni, 1957- Penn, Kal, 1977- Tabu, 1970 Nov. 4- Khan, Irrfan, 1962- Barrett, Jacinda. Robinson, Zuleikha, 1977- Elmes, Frederick. Johnson, Allyson C., 1959- Sawhney, Nitin, 1964- Lahiri, Jhumpa. Fox Searchlight Pictures. Entertainment Farm (Firm). UTV Motion Pictures (India). Mirabai Films (Firm). Cine Mosaic (Firm). Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc. ALEML