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Rockets (Aeronautics) -- Drama.
Laos -- Social life and customs -- Drama.
Laos -- Social conditions -- Drama.
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Rockets (Aeronautics) -- Drama.
Laos -- Social life and customs -- Drama.
Laos -- Social conditions -- Drama.
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The rocket [videorecording (DVD)] / a film by Kim Mordaunt.
distributed by Kino Lorber, 2014.
Call #:
DVD ROC 2013 Wor
Subjects
Rockets (Aeronautics) -- Drama.
Laos -- Social life and customs -- Drama.
Laos -- Social conditions -- Drama.
Series
Video Difference legacy collection.
Video Difference legacy collection (Dalhousie)
Format:
[videorecording (DVD)] /
Description:
1 videodisc (96 min.) : 5.1 Dolby digital sd., col. ; 12 cm.
Notes:
A copy of this DVD was generously donated to Dalhousie University by DHX Media Ltd. as part of a shared Video Difference Collection between Dalhousie University and Halifax Public Libraries. PLEASE NOTE: As this DVD belongs to Dalhousie, it may be recalled for use in courses and therefore made temporarily unavailable for users of Halifax Public Libraries.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2013.
Special features: Optional audio commentary by director Kim Mordaunt ; making of featurette ; an onscreen image gallery ; theatrical trailer.
An Australia/Laos/Thailand co-production.
Home use only.
In Lao with optional English subtitles.
Production:
Screen Australia presents a Red Lamp Films production ; produced by Sylvia Wilczynski ; written & directed by Kim Mordaunt.
Performers:
Sitthiphon Disamoe with Loungnam Kaosainam, Thep Phongam, Bunsri Yindi, Sumrit Warin and Alice Keohavong.
Summary:
"One of the best reviewed movies of 2013, The Rocket is a blazingly original drama about how a boy, a James Brown impersonator, and a cylinder full of explosives can overcome any obstacles life puts in their way. Growing up in rural Laos, Ahlo (Sitthiphon Disamoe) is a mischievous 10-year-old who lives without a care in the world. After a family tragedy, his grandmother declares that Ahlo is cursed, and as they are forcibly moved from their land and fall deeper into poverty, he starts to believe it. Only the friendship of an orphaned girl and her eccentric James Brown-loving uncle restore joy in his life. Traveling with them on a perilous journey to a new home, they come across a local Rocket Festival. The builder of the most powerful projectile wins a lucrative prize--which would secure Ahlo's future and rid him of his curse. With an 'exuberant performance' (NPR) from Disamoe, 'if you aren't moved by The Rocket, your heart is defective' (Film.com)."--Container.
Awards:
Audience Award: AFI Fest.
Best First Feature, Berlin.
Best Feature, Tribeca.
Genre:
Lao films.
Australian films.
Foreign films.
Coming-of-age films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
DVDs.
Other authors:
Mordaunt, Kim.
Sitthiphon Disamoe.
Suthēp
Phōngām
,
1950-
Keohavong, Alice.
Holds:
2
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Alderney Gate Public Library
Adult Feature DVDs
DVD ROC 2013 Wor
Adult Dvds-7 Days
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Adult Feature DVDs
DVD ROC 2013 Wor
Adult Dvds-7 Days
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