''Whale Rider'' ~ Amazon.com DVD Information
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Whale Rider (2003)
(September 7, 2004 - DVD)
Search for DVD by subject: Drama
Avg. Customer Review: 4 ½ STARS
Amazon.ca Sales Rank: 1,090
Edition Details:
• Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
• Language: English
• Release Date: September 7, 2004
• Catalog Number:
• ASIN: B0000CDNWE
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Product Details
- Starring: Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rawiri Paratene, See more
Director: Niki Caro
Encoding: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
Format: Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby
Aspect Ratio(s): 2.35:1
Audio Encoding: Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Rated:
Studio: Columbia Tristar Hom
DVD Release Date: June 1, 2004
Run Time: 101
- Available subtitles: English, Spanish
Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
Commentary by director Niki Caro
Eight deleted scenes with optional commentary
Behind-the-scenes featurette
"Te Waka: Building the Canoe" featurette
Art and photo gallery
Whale Rider: The Soundtrack Showcase
Other Formats: VHS
Average Customer Review: 5 ½ stars
Amazon.com Sales Rank in DVD: #794
Popular in: Alaska (#9) , South Orange, NJ (#19) . See more
Editorial Reviews
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One of the most charming and critically acclaimed films of 2003, the New Zealand hit Whale Rider effectively combines Maori tribal tradition with the timely "girl power" of a vibrant new millennium. Despite the discouragement of her gruff and disapproving grandfather (Rawiri Paratene), who nearly disowns her because she is female and therefore traditionally disqualified from tribal leadership, 12-year-old Pai (Keisha Castle-Hughes) is convinced that she is a tribal leader, and sets about to prove it. Rather than inflate this story (from a novel by Witi Ihimaera) with artificial sentiment, writer-director Niki Caro develops very real and turbulent family relationships, intimate and yet torn by a collision between stubborn tradition and changing attitudes. The mythic whale rider--the ultimate symbol of Maori connection to nature--is also the harbinger of Pai's destiny, and the appealing Castle-Hughes gives a luminous, astonishingly powerful performance that won't leave a dry eye in the house. With its fresh take on a familiar tale, Whale Rider is definitely one from the heart.
--Jeff Shannon --This text refers to the Theatrical Release edition.
Description
There is a legend that Paikea rode on the back of a whale and led his people to New Zealand. Since that time tradition has decreed that the first-born male descendant will become chief of the tribe. Then Pai is born...and she is a girl. She grows up within a close-knit village which retains the tribes traditional spiritual relationship with the sea and their warrior values. Although loved by all, Pai faces rejection from her grandfather, Koro, who is brokenhearted that there is no grandson to carry on the line.
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