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A Passage to India Cover Image DVD

A Passage to India [videorecording] / Columbia Pictures presents a John Brabourne and Richard Goodwin production in association with John Heyman and Edward Sands and Home Box office, Inc. ; a David Lean film ; producers, John Brabourne, Richard Goodwin ; screenplay and directed by David Lean.

Ashcroft, Peggy, Dame. (Added Author). Banerjee, Victor. (Added Author). Brabourne, John. (Added Author). Davis, Judy, 1956- (Added Author). Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan), 1879-1970 (Added Author). Fox, James, 1939- (Added Author). Goodwin, Richard B., 1934- (Added Author). Guinness, Alec, 1914-2000 (Added Author). Havers, Nigel, 1949- (Added Author). Jarre, Maurice. (Added Author). Lean, David, 1908-1991 (Added Author). Rama Rau, Santha, 1923- (Added Author). Rama Rau, Santha, 1923-2009 (Added Author). Columbia Pictures. (Added Author). Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm) (Added Author). Home Box Office (Firm) (Added Author). Peggy Ashcroft, Judy Davis, James Fox, Alec Guinness, Nigel Havers, Victor Banerjee. (Cast).

Summary:

While on a trip in 1928 to visit her son, Mrs. Moore, accompanied by her son's fiancee, is appalled at the treatment of the Indians by the ruling British government. Later, they befriend a native Indian who, over-stepping the accepted norms of his culture, invites the two ladies on an excursion. In a strange turn of events, he is accused of attempting to rape the young woman.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0767859863
  • ISBN: 9780767859868
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (164 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Anamorphic widescreen
  • Publisher: Culver City, Calif. : Columbia Tristar Home Video, 2000.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Based on the novel by E.M. Forster and the play by Santha Rama Rau.
Special features: Reflections of David Lean ; bonus trailers ; talent files ; interactive menus ; production notes ; scene selections.
Videodisc release of the 1984 motion picture by Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Music, Maurice Jarre.
Participant or Performer Note:
Peggy Ashcroft, Judy Davis, James Fox, Alec Guinness, Nigel Havers, Victor Banerjee.
Target Audience Note:
Rated PG.
System Details Note:
DVD.
Language Note:
English, French and Spanish soundtracks with optional subtitles in English, French and Spanish ; closed captioned.
Awards Note:
Winner of two Academy Awards.

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