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| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Niki Caro |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 04 July, 2003 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Sony Pictures |
| MPAA RATING: | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) |
| FEATURES: | AC-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Adult Language, Adventure Drama, Bittersweet, Childhood Drama, Color, Coming-of-Age, Compassionate, Drama, Drug Content, Earthy, English, Family Drama, Feature, Feature Film Drama, Feature Film-drama, Feminist Film, Generation Gap, Germany, Journey of Self-Discovery, Lyrical |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| MPN: | D02272D |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 043396022720 |
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Customer Reviews of Whale Rider
Inspiring tale of a girl who would not give up Keisha Castle-Hughes shines in the role of a lifetime. She plays a Maori girl whose mother died in childbirth, and her father, in his grief, abandons the child to be raised by her grandparents. Her grandfather, at first, rejects her bitterly as he wanted a boy who could carry on the tribal traditions. Although he in time warms to the child, he repeatedly berates and humilates her when she shows independence, promise, and inventiveness. Her father returns for her to take her to live with him and his new wife, but the sea calls to her and she cannot leave her homeland, her traditions, and her destiny. As she returns, her grandfather is working hard to recruit an island boy who might lead the community in the old ways. Like many of us he does not suspect, or see, the treasure right in front of him. It is a story of tenacity, and irrepressible spirit. It is a story of family love, and one that is not soon forgotten.
Whale Rider
This movie is a moving portrail of a powerful tribal bloodline that has almost forgot the ways of their life that keep them strong and vibrant . Prevokes thoughts of our own Amercian Indian tribes forced to live a different life on a reservation. Acting is excellent, evoking intense emotion. Music moves the viewer with constant beautiful passionate tones... Happy ending!!!!! Thoughts of the movie last days after viewing it..
This is a beautiful movie
This is a story about an indigenous people living in harmony with nature - an earth-based people experiencing the growing pains of having their own traditions challenged from within.
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>The Maori are a proud, warrior like people with a history that risks getting lost in this increasingly modern world. Faced with accepting a girl as the potential inheritor of sacred power, the proud grandfather who lost his daughter and twin grandson of the young girl is bereft almost beyond hope. He cannot see the gift he has been given through his grief over the gifts he has lost.
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>Yes, there are whales - and yes, they need help. And they get it, in an incredible scene that is almost beyond belief. This is a beautiful movie.[[ASIN:B00005JJAU Once Were Warriors]]