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Release Date:
25 May 1994 (USA)
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Plot:
Lama Norbu comes to Seattle in search of the reincarnation of his dead teacher, Lama Dorje. His search leads him to young Jesse Conrad...
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Awards:
1 win
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3 nominations
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(3 articles)
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Simplistic, but not bad and educationally useful.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Keanu Reeves | ... | Siddhartha | |
| Ruocheng Ying | ... | Lama Norbu (as Ying Ruocheng) | |
| Chris Isaak | ... | Dean Conrad | |
| Bridget Fonda | ... | Lisa Conrad | |
| Alex Wiesendanger | ... | Jesse Conrad | |
| Raju Lal | ... | Raju | |
| Greishma Makar Singh | ... | Gita | |
| Sogyal Rinpoche | ... | Kenpo Tenzin | |
| Ven. Khyongla Rato Rinpoche | ... | Abbot | |
| Ven. Geshe Tsultim Gyelsen | ... | Lama Dorje | |
| Jo Champa | ... | Maria | |
| Jigme Kunsang | ... | Champa | |
| Thubtem Jampa | ... | Punzo | |
| Surekha Sikri | ... | Sonali | |
| T.K. Lama | ... | Sanjay |
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Runtime:
123 min | Australia:141 min
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Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) |
Dolby Digital (35 mm prints)
Certification:
Germany:12 |
Netherlands:AL |
Iceland:L |
South Korea:All |
Argentina:Atp |
Finland:K-8 |
France:U |
Spain:T |
Sweden:11 |
UK:PG |
USA:PG |
Singapore:PG |
Australia:PG
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For the scene in the forest with the ascetics where Siddartha becomes emaciated from lack of food, Keanu Reeves went on a crash diet of oranges and water.
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Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Raju play with the GameBoy you can hear that he is playing Tetris. But if you watch closely you can see that it is not turned on at all.
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Quotes:
Jesse Conrad:
Were you sleeping lama?
Lama Norbu: No, I was meditating.
Jesse Conrad: What's meditating?
Lama Norbu: It is being totally quiet and relaxed, separating yourself from everything around you, setting your mind free like a bird, and you can then see your thoughts as if they were passing clouds
[looks out the window of a flying plane]
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Lama Norbu: No, I was meditating.
Jesse Conrad: What's meditating?
Lama Norbu: It is being totally quiet and relaxed, separating yourself from everything around you, setting your mind free like a bird, and you can then see your thoughts as if they were passing clouds
[looks out the window of a flying plane]
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Featured in Hollywood vs. Religion (1994) (V)
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Simplistic, and of more value to young people than serious adults, but a more "realistic" dramatization of the subject might be too subtle for many viewers. This is perhaps the only movie I know of that deals directly with Buddhism from a western point of view, as opposed to Asian movies like those of Kurosawa, or such recent films as "Seven Years in Tibet" which deal more with the political and social aspects of Tibetan culture rather than Buddhism itself. Because Buddhism is drawing increasing interest in the West, a dramatization of the classic story of the Buddha is useful and entertaining. As a high school teacher, I have seriously recommended this film to students a number of times. The movie is well filmed, and, besides the traditional story of the Buddha,in its ancient Indian setting and with all of the mythical elements, it does gives insight into Tibetan culture, and can be linked to "Kundun" and "Seven Years in Tibet" which are excellent, sympathetic films about this Asian country that has received so much undeserved harassment.