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Seven years in Tibet / Mandalay Entertainment presents a Reperage and Vanguard Films/Applecross production ; a film by Jean-Jacques Annaud ; produced by Jean-Jacques Annaud, John H. Williams and Iain Smith ; screenplay by Becky Johnston ; directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 18696 | Sony Pictures Home Video19005 | Sony Pictures Home VideoLanguage: English, French Original language: English Subtitle language: Spanish, Portuguese, English, French, Thai Publication details: Culver City, CA : Sony Pictures Home Video, 2007.Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 136 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 1424853591
  • 9781424853595
Uniform titles:
  • Seven years in Tibet (Motion picture)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Director, Jean-Jacques Annaud.
 In: Roger Blunck Collection (Library of Congress)Cast: Brad Pitt, David Thewlis, B.D. Wong, Mako Jamyang, Jamtsho Wangchuk, Lhakpa Tsamchoe, Jetsun Pema.Summary: Heinrich Harrer is an Austrian national and a Nazi sympathizer. He leaves Austria in 1939 to climb a mountain in the Himalayas. Through a series of circumstances (including POW camp), he and fellow climber Peter Aufschnaiter become the only two foreigners in the Tibetan holy city of Lhasa. There, Heinrich's life changes forever as he becomes a close confidant to the Dalai Lama.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Blu-ray Adult Blu-ray Main Library DVD DRAMA SEVEN YE Available 33111009964673
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Typically impressive natural vistas from director Jean-Jacques Annaud (some secretly filmed on location in Tibet) highlight this adaptation of the memoir by Heinrich Harrer. Brad Pitt stars as the arrogant Heinrich, a famed Austrian mountain climber who leaves behind his wife and infant son to head a Himalayan expedition in 1939, only to fall into the hands of Allied forces as a prisoner of war. He and a fellow escapee, Peter Aufschnaiter (David Thewlis), make their way to the Forbidden City in Tibet, where Peter finds a wife and Heinrich befriends the Western culture-obsessed teenage Dalai Lama (Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk), the spiritual leader of his Buddhist nation. As Heinrich waits out the war, his friendship with the Dalai Lama begins to transform him from haughty to humble, but a crisis with China looms. A controversy over the revelation of the real-life Harrer's Nazi Party affiliation brewed during the film's production, forcing Annaud to briefly deal with the subject in the film. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi

Blu-ray (1080p); widescreen presentation (2.40:1) 1920 x 1080p, mastered in high definition, Dolby Digital; requires a Blu-ray player.

English 5.1 PCM (uncompressed), English 5.1, French 5.1; with optional subtitles in Spanish, Portuguese, English, French, or Thai. English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Brad Pitt, David Thewlis, B.D. Wong, Mako Jamyang, Jamtsho Wangchuk, Lhakpa Tsamchoe, Jetsun Pema.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1997.

MPAA rated PG-13 for some violent scenes.

Heinrich Harrer is an Austrian national and a Nazi sympathizer. He leaves Austria in 1939 to climb a mountain in the Himalayas. Through a series of circumstances (including POW camp), he and fellow climber Peter Aufschnaiter become the only two foreigners in the Tibetan holy city of Lhasa. There, Heinrich's life changes forever as he becomes a close confidant to the Dalai Lama.

Director, Jean-Jacques Annaud.

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