The Joy Luck Club
(DVD)
Contributors
Stone, Oliver, producer.
Wang, Wayne, 1949- director,
Bass, Ronald, screenwriter,
Tan, Amy, screenwriter,
Markey, Patrick, producer.
Wang, Wayne, 1949- director,
Bass, Ronald, screenwriter,
Tan, Amy, screenwriter,
Markey, Patrick, producer.
Published
Burbank, CA : Hollywood Pictures :, [2002].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (139 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
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Published
Burbank, CA : Hollywood Pictures :, [2002].
Language
English
UPC
786936182583
Notes
General Note
Based upon the novel by Amy Tan.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Amir Mokri ; editor, Maysie Hoy ; production designer, Donald Graham Burt ; music, Rachel Portman.
Participants/Performers
Tsai Chin (Lindo), Kieu Chinh (Suyuan), Lisa Lu (An Mei), France Nuyen (Ying Ying), Rosalind Chao (Rose), Lauren Tom (Lena), Tamlyn Tomita (Waverly), Ming-Na Wen (June), Michael Paul Chan (Harold), Andrew McCarthy (Ted Jordan), Christopher Rich (Rich), Russell Wong (Lin Xiao), Vivian Wu (An Mei's Mother).
Date/Time and Place of Event
Originally released as an American motion picture in 1993.
Description
Four mothers. Four daughters. Eight stories. The Joy Luck Club is four women in San Francisco who have played mah jong together on a weekly basis to 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.
System Details
DVD format; region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound; widescreen presentation, aspect ratio 1.85:1, enhanced for 16x9 televisions.
Language
In English and occasional Chinese with optional subtitles in English; closed-captioned.
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Subjects
LC Subjects
China -- Drama.
Chinese American women -- Drama.
Chinese Americans -- California -- San Francisco -- Drama.
Drama.
Film adaptations.
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
Mothers and daughters -- China -- Drama.
Mothers and daughters -- Drama.
Mothers and daughters -- United States -- Drama.
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Drama.
Tan, Amy -- Film adaptations.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Women -- Conduct of life -- Drama.
Women immigrants -- California -- San Francisco -- Drama.
Chinese American women -- Drama.
Chinese Americans -- California -- San Francisco -- Drama.
Drama.
Film adaptations.
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
Mothers and daughters -- China -- Drama.
Mothers and daughters -- Drama.
Mothers and daughters -- United States -- Drama.
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Drama.
Tan, Amy -- Film adaptations.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Women -- Conduct of life -- Drama.
Women immigrants -- California -- San Francisco -- Drama.