| Edition |
Director approved DVD special ed. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital rdatr |
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optical rdarm |
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stereo rdacpc |
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video file rdaft |
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DVD video |
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Motion pictures lcgft |
| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 1066 |
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Criterion collection ; 1066.
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| System Details |
DVD, wide screen (1.78:1); Region A; stereo. |
| Language |
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). |
| Note |
Title from sell sheet. |
| Cast |
Ahmad Razvi, Leticia Dolera, Charles Daniel Sandoval, Ali Reza, Farooq 'Duke' Muhammad, Panicker Upendran. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 2005. |
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Wide screen (1.78:1). |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Summary |
The experiences of those living on the margins of the American dream. Back in his home country of Pakistan, Ahmad was a famous rock star. Now a widower separated from his son and adrift in New York, he works long hours selling coffee and bagels from a midtown Manhattan food cart, engaged in a Sisyphean search for human connection and a sense of purpose that seems perpetually just out of reach. |
| Note |
Special features: audio commentary from 2005 featuring Bahrani, director of photography Michael Simmonds, assistant director Nicholas Elliott, and actor Ahmad Razvi; new conversation among Bahrani, Elliott and Razvi on the making of the film; new conversation between Bahrani and scholar Hamid Dabashi on the origins of the film and Bahrani's cinematic influences; Backgammon, a 1998 short film by Bahrani; trailer. |
| Subject |
Pakistanis -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
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Street vendors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
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Male immigrants -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Melodramas (Drama)
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Bahrani, Ramin, film director.
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Razvi, Ahmad, actor.
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Dolera, Leticia, 1981- actor.
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Sandoval, Charles Daniel, 1975- actor.
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Reza, Ali, actor.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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| ISBN |
9781681438047 |
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1681438046 |
| Standard No. |
715515255417 |
| Music No. |
CC3223DDVD The Criterion Collection |
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