| Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
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| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| Brad Pitt |
Heinrich Harrer
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| David Thewlis |
Peter Aufschnaiter
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| B.D. Wong |
Ngawang Jigme
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| Danny Denzongpa |
Regent
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| Victor Wong |
Chinese "Amban"
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| Ingeborga Dapkunaite |
Ingrid Harrer
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| Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk |
Dalai Lama
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| Lhakpa Tsamchoe |
Pema Lhaki
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| Mako |
Kungo Tsarong
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| Jetsun Pema |
Great Mother
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| Victor Wong (III) |
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| Mako Jamyang |
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| Jamtsho Wangchuk |
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| Plot |
| Typically impressive natural vistas from director Jean-Jacques Annaud (some secretly filmed on location in Tibet) highlight this adaptation of the memoir by Heinrich Harrer . Brad Pitt stars as the arrogant Heinrich, a famed Austrian mountain climber who leaves behind his wife and infant son to head a Himalayan expedition in 1939, only to fall into the hands of Allied forces as a prisoner of war. He and a fellow escapee, Peter Aufschnaiter ( David Thewlis ), make their way to the Forbidden City in Tibet, where Peter finds a wife and Heinrich befriends the Western culture-obsessed teenage Dalai Lama ( Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk ), the spiritual leader of his Buddhist nation. As Heinrich waits out the war, his friendship with the Dalai Lama begins to transform him from haughty to humble, but a crisis with China looms. A controversy over the revelation of the real-life Harrer's Nazi Party affiliation brewed during the film's production, forcing Annaud to briefly deal with the subject in the film. — Karl Williams |
| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Adventure; Drama |
| Director |
Jean-Jacques Annaud |
| Producer |
Catherine Moulin; Iain Smith; John H. Williams; Ian Smith |
| Writer |
Heinrich Harrer; Becky Johnston |
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| Studio |
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
| Country |
USA
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
PG-13 |
| Running Time |
139 mins |
| Movie Release Date |
10/8/1997 |
| Color |
Color |
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| Personal Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
111 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
| Purchase Date |
8/12/2002 |
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| Product Details |
| Region |
Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
1.33:1 |
| Layers |
Dual Side, Single Layer |
| UPC (Barcode) |
043396218192 |
| Chapters |
28 |
| Release Date |
2001 |
| Subtitles |
English; French; Spanish |
| Packaging |
Keep Case |
| Audio Tracks |
English Dolby Digital 2.0
French Dolby Digital 1.0 |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Extra Features
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| Color Closed-captioned Dolby |
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