The Joy Luck Club [DVD]

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Material type: Film

FilmPublisher number: 26279 | Hollywood Pictures Home EntertainmentPublication details: Burbank, Calif. : Hollywood Pictures Home Video : distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [200-?].Description: 1 videodisc (139 min.) : Dolby digital, Surround sd., col. ; 12 cmISBN:

078883603X

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Chinese American women -- Drama

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Production credits:

Executive producers, Oliver Stone, Janet Yang ; screenplay by Amy Tan & Ronald Bass ; directed by Wayne Wang.

Cast: Tsai Chin, Kieu Chinh, Lisa Lu, France Nuyen and Rosalind Chao.Summary: The 1993 film adaptation of Amy Tan's bestselling novel is both a delight and a moving experience, an anthology of stories wrapped in one Chinese-American woman's journey to understand her roots. Wayne Wang (Eat a Bowl of Tea) directs a large, outstanding cast spread over eight different tales of the lives of Chinese women, most of them set in the past. The script by Tan and Ronald Bass (Rain Man) is a delicate balance of emotions that swell but don't gush, and Wang brings impressive texture and a personal feel to Tan's descriptions of daily life in the Chinese-American community. This sprawling, good-looking movie makes for a cathartic tearjerker one can feel good about. --Tom Keogh

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Based upon the novel by Amy Tan.

Originally released as a motion picture by Hollywood Pictures in 1994.

Widescreen (1.85:1) - Enhanced for 16x9 TVs.

At head of title: An Oliver Stone production.

Executive producers, Oliver Stone, Janet Yang ; screenplay by Amy Tan & Ronald Bass ; directed by Wayne Wang.

Tsai Chin, Kieu Chinh, Lisa Lu, France Nuyen and Rosalind Chao.

The 1993 film adaptation of Amy Tan's bestselling novel is both a delight and a moving experience, an anthology of stories wrapped in one Chinese-American woman's journey to understand her roots. Wayne Wang (Eat a Bowl of Tea) directs a large, outstanding cast spread over eight different tales of the lives of Chinese women, most of them set in the past. The script by Tan and Ronald Bass (Rain Man) is a delicate balance of emotions that swell but don't gush, and Wang brings impressive texture and a personal feel to Tan's descriptions of daily life in the Chinese-American community. This sprawling, good-looking movie makes for a cathartic tearjerker one can feel good about. --Tom Keogh