| What's Cooking? (2000)
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| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| Alfre Woodard |
Audrey Williams
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| Dennis Haysbert |
Ronald Williams
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| Ann Weldon |
Grace Williams
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| Mercedes Ruehl |
Elizabeth Avila
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| Victor Rivers |
Javier Avila
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| Douglas Spain |
Anthony Avila
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| A. Martinez |
Daniel
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| Lainie Kazan |
Ruth Seeling
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| Maury Chaykin |
Herb Seeling
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| Kyra Sedgwick |
Rachel Seeling
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| Joan Chen |
Trinh Nguyen
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| Julianna Margulies |
Carla
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| Estelle Harris |
Aunt Bea
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| Plot |
| Kenyan-born, London-educated Indian filmmaker Gurinder Chadha follows up on her debut hit Bhaji on the Beach (1994) with this gentle look at multiculturalism in Los Angeles. The film details the lives of four ethnically diverse families — black, Latino, Jewish, and Asian — during one frantic Thanksgiving. The film opens with Ronald ( Dennis Haysbert ), an African-American who works as a spin doctor for the Republican politico; he and his wife Audrey ( Alfre Woodard ) are in the midst of preparing for their white dinner guests. Meanwhile, at the Latino household, young Anthony Avila ( Douglas Spain ) invites his womanizing father for Thanksgiving dinner, unbeknownst to his schoolteacher mother Elisabeth ( Mercedes Ruehl ). At the same time, the Seeling family is confronted with their daughter Rachel's ( Kyra Sedwick ) lesbianism, when she brings home her lover Carla ( Julianna Margulies ). Finally, Vietnamese immigrant Trinh Nguyen ( Joan Chen ) struggles to understand her Americanized children after she discovers condoms in her eldest daughter's jacket and a gun in her son's room. — Jonathan Crow |
| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Comedy; Drama |
| Director |
Gurinder Chadha |
| Producer |
Jeffrey Taylor |
| Writer |
Paul Mayeda Berges; Gurinder Chadha |
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| Studio |
Lion's Gate |
| Country |
USA
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
PG-13 |
| Running Time |
109 mins |
| Movie Release Date |
1/20/2000 |
| Color |
Color |
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| Personal Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
91 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
| Purchase Date |
12/20/2003 |
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| Product Details |
| Region |
 Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
 Widescreen 1.85:1 Color |
| Layers |
Single Side, Dual Layer |
| UPC (Barcode) |
031398754022 |
| Chapters |
24 |
| Release Date |
2001 |
| Subtitles |
English; French; Spanish |
| Packaging |
Keep Case |
| Audio Tracks |
 ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC] |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Extra Features
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| Color Closed-captioned Widescreen |
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