| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (105 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound |
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digital |
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video file MPEG-4 Flash |
| Note |
Title from title frames. |
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Film |
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In Process Record. |
| Performer |
Bozhao Wang, Lai Wang, Sihung Lung |
| Event |
Originally produced by Film Movement in 1991. |
| Summary |
Having just moved from Beijing, elderly tai chi master Mr. Chu (Sihung Lung) struggles to adjust to life in New York, living with his Americanized son Alex (Ye-tong Wang). Chu immediately butts heads with his put-upon white daughter-in-law, Martha (Deb Snyder), a writer who seems to blame him for her own paralyzing inability to focus. But when Chu begins teaching tai chi at a local school, his desire to make a meaningful connection comes to fruition in the most unexpected of ways. PUSHING HANDS is the debut film from Oscar-winning director Ang Lee, forming the first chapter in his "Father Knows Best" trilogy, which depicts the tensions between the traditional Confucian values of the older generation and the realities of modern life. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Language |
In English,Mandarin |
| Subject |
Drama.
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Comedy.
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Motion pictures.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Lee, Ang, 1954- film director.
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Wang, Bozhao, actor.
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Wang, Lai, 1927- actor.
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Lung, Sihung, actor.
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Film Movement (Firm), distributor.
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Kanopy (Firm), distributor.
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| Music No. |
13641691 Kanopy |
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