TY  - ADVS
AU  - Kiều Chinh,
AU  - Ming-Na,
AU  - Tsai Chin,
AU  - Bass,Ronald
AU  - Chan,Michael Paul
AU  - Chao,Rosalind
AU  - Lu,Lisa
AU  - Markey,Patrick
AU  - McCarthy,Andrew
AU  - Nuyen,France
AU  - Portman,Rachel
AU  - Rich,Christopher
AU  - Stone,Oliver
AU  - Tan,Amy
AU  - Tan,Amy
AU  - Tom,Lauren
AU  - Tomita,Tamlyn
AU  - Wang,Wayne
AU  - Wong,Russell
AU  - Wu,Vivian
ED  - Buena Vista Home Video (Firm)
ED  - Hollywood Pictures.
TI  - The Joy Luck Club
SN  - 078883603X
PY  - 2002///]
CY  - Burbank, CA
PB  - Hollywood Pictures, Distributed by Buena Vista Home Video
KW  - Tan, Amy
KW  - Chinese American women
KW  - Drama
KW  - Chinese Americans
KW  - California
KW  - San Francisco
KW  - Man-woman relationships
KW  - Mothers and daughters
KW  - China
KW  - United States
KW  - Women immigrants
KW  - Women
KW  - Conduct of life
KW  - San Francisco (Calif.)
KW  - Feature films
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Fiction films
KW  - Film adaptations
KW  - Romance films
KW  - Video recordings for the hearing impaired
N1  - Based upon the novel by Amy Tan; Hopes and dreams -- Auntie Lindo's story -- Waverly's story -- Auntie Ying Ying's story -- Lena's story -- Auntie An Mei's story -- Rose's story -- Auntie An Mei continues -- June's story -- Suyuans's cherished wish; Director of photography, Amir Mokri ; editor, Maysie Hoy ; production designer, Donald Graham Burt ; music, Rachel Portman; 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); Originally produced as an American motion picture in 1993; MPAA Rating: Rated R for strong depiction of thematic material
N2  - 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
ER  -