Beyond Rangoon [videorecording] / Castle Rock Entertainment presents a Pleskow/Spikings production ; written by Alex Lasker & Bill Rubenstein ; produced by Barry Spikings, Eric Pleskow, and John Boorman ; directed by John Boorman.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 1000035825 | Warner Home VideoLanguage: English, Japanese, Portuguese Original language: English Subtitle language: English, French, Japanese, Portuguese Publication details: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2008]Edition: Widescreen versionDescription: 1 videodisc (99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 1419871633
- 9781419871634
- Music, Hans Zimmer ; editor, Ron Davis ; production designer, Anthony Pratt ; director of photography, John Seale.
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Dr. James Carlson Library | DVD | DRAMA Beyond R | Checked out | 05/14/2024 | 33111005995739 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In a role originally intended for Meg Ryan, Patricia Arquette plays Dr. Laura Bowman in director John Boorman's film of an American abroad in a strange country. It's 1988 and Laura is desperate to flee the United States and the memory of her husband and son's murders. Accompanied by her sister, Andy (Frances McDormand), she heads for Burma just as the peaceful protests against the country's military government take a more violent turn. Andy and the rest of their party flee in a hurry, but Laura is forced to stay behind when she loses her passport. A former professor (Aung Ko) offers her guidance to the border of Thailand, where they both hope to make their escape. Boorman's scenes of action and violence are well-staged, but Arquette is not big enough to carry the film and her plight seems inconsequential next to that of the Burmese as the military begins its ruthless crackdown. ~ Don Kaye, Rovi
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1995.
Special features include special introduction Looking Beyond Rangoon: Truth Has a Witness, plus a theatrical trailer.
Music, Hans Zimmer ; editor, Ron Davis ; production designer, Anthony Pratt ; director of photography, John Seale.
Patricia Arquette, Frances McDormand, Spalding Gray.
A young San Francisco widow is swept into a political uprising in Burma after her sister reluctantly drags her on a tour of southeast Asia.
MPAA Rating: R, for depiction of violent political oppression.
DVD, widescreen format ; Dolby Digital Surround 5.1 (English), Dolby Surround stereo (Japanese, Portugués) ; NTSC 1.
English, Japanese or Portuguese dialogue; English, French, Japanese or Portuguese subtitles ; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.