Fiction
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2 Holds on 1 Copy
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PUBLISHED
Burbank, CA : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Video, [2002]
DESCRIPTION
1 videodisc (139 min.) ; 4 3/4 in
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Based upon the novel by Amy Tan
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 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
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
DVD; Region 1, NTSC; widescreen presentation, aspect ratio 1.85:1, enhanced for 16x9 televisions; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound
In English and occasional Chinese with optional subtitles in English
Young Artist Awards, 1994: Best Actress Under Ten in a Motion Picture (Melanie Chang)
Closed-captioned