| City of Joy (1992)
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| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| Patrick Swayze |
Max Lowe
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| Pauline Collins |
Joan Bethel
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| Om Puri |
Hasari Pal
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| Shabana Azmi |
Kamla Pal
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| Art Malik |
Ashoka
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| Ayesha Dharker |
Amrita Pal
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| Santu Chowdhury |
Shambu Pal
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| Imran Badsah Khan |
Manooj Pal
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| Nabil Shaban |
Anouar
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| Debotosh Ghosh |
Ram Chander
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| Debatosh Ghosh |
Ram Chander
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| Plot |
| In this drama, a wealthy American doctor learns some important lessons about life in one of the poorest cities on Earth. Max Lowe ( Patrick Swayze ) is a Houston surgeon who has grown weary of the bureaucracy of American medicine. When he loses a patient on the operating table, Max impulsively decides to leave America and travel to India in the hope of "finding himself." Not long after he arrives in Calcutta, Max is attacked by a group of thugs and left without money or a passport. However, a man named Hasari ( Om Puri ) comes to Max's rescue. Hasari had left his farming community to come to the city, only to be overwhelmed by its dirt, crime, and overcrowding. Despite their poverty, Hasari and his family take Max in and bring him to a medical clinic in the City of Joy, one of the poorest slums in the city. The clinic is run by Joan Bethel ( Pauline Collins ), an Irish-American nun who urges Max to use his skills to help the people of Calcutta who so desperately need it. Max signs on, and he finds that the experience changes his life. City of Joy was based on a novel by Dominique Lapierre . — Mark Deming |
| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Adventure; Drama; Foreign |
| Director |
Roland Joffé; Roland Joffe |
| Producer |
Jake Eberts; Roland Joffe |
| Writer |
Dominique LaPierre; Mark Medoff |
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| Studio |
Columbia TriStar |
| Country |
France
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
PG-13 |
| Running Time |
134 mins |
| Movie Release Date |
4/15/1992 |
| Color |
Color |
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| Personal Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
237 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
| Purchase Date |
4/10/2004 |
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| Product Details |
| Region |
 Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
 Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic) |
| Layers |
Single Side, Single Layer |
| UPC (Barcode) |
043396037052 |
| Release Date |
4/6/2004 |
| Packaging |
Keep Case |
| Audio Tracks |
 ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Surround [CC]
FRENCH: Dolby Digital Surround |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Extra Features
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Features Not Specified
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