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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.
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