Displaying 1 of 1 2002 Title: The Joy Luck Club Format: DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials Publisher, Date: Burbank, CA : Hollywood Pictures Home Entertainment, [2002] Burbank, CA : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Video Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 139 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. digital optical NTSC video file DVD video region 1 Summary: Four mothers. Four daughters. Eight stories. The Joy Luck Club is four women in San Francisco who have played mah jongg together on a weekly basis for forty some years. One of them, Suyuan, has died, and her daughter June is preparing to go to China. Auntie Lindo with daughter Waverly, Auntie Ying Ying with daughter Lena, and Auntie An Mei with daughter Rose are at the going away party. Born in China, the Joy Luck Club members came to America as young adults; their daughters are 100% American. The old days are seldom spoken about, and some things about those times have never been said aloud, but the experiences left behind color the hopes and expectations these women have for their daughters. If daughters become their mothers--no matter how much both parties desire that it not happen--daughters also become different from their mothers--despite all attempts to perpetuate the status quo. Audience: MPAA rating: R; for strong depiction of thematic material. Subjects: Mothers and daughters -- Drama. Women -- Conduct of life -- Drama. Man-woman relationships -- Drama. Chinese American women -- Drama. Women immigrants -- California -- San Francisco -- Drama. Chinese Americans -- California -- San Francisco -- Drama. San Francisco (Calif.) -- Drama. China -- Drama. Genre: Domestic drama (Motion pictures) Film adaptations. Fiction films. Feature films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Other Author: Wang, Wayne, 1949- film director, film producer. Tan, Amy, screenwriter, film producer. Bass, Ronald, screenwriter, film producer. Stone, Oliver, film producer. Markey, Patrick, film producer. Tsai Chin, 1936- actor. Kiều Chinh, 1939- actor. Lu, Lisa, actor. Nuyen, France, 1939- actor. Chao, Rosalind, actor. Tom, Lauren, actor. Tomita, Tamlyn, actor. Ming-Na, 1963- actor. Chan, Michael Paul, actor. McCarthy, Andrew, 1962- actor. Rich, Christopher, 1953- actor. Wong, Russell, 1963- actor. Wu, Vivian, 1966- actor. Motion picture adaptation of (work): Tan, Amy. Joy Luck Club. Hollywood Pictures, production company. Hollywood Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm), publisher. Buena Vista Home Video (Firm), film distributor. Performers: Tsai Chin, Kieu Chinh, Lisa Lu, France Nuyen, Rosalind Chao, Lauren Tom, Tamlyn Tomita, Ming-Na Wen, Michael Paul Chan, Andrew McCarthy, Christopher Rich, Russell Wong, Vivian Wu. Language Notes: In English and occasional Chinese with optional subtitles in English; closed-captioned. ISBN 078883603X Publisher or Distributor Number: 26279 10055596 10055596 10055596 10055596 10055596 UPC: 786936182583 Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Find It Map It Suggestions and more Large Cover Image Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1
