The Joy Luck Club (US Version) DVD Region 1

After the successful independent features about Chinese-American life DIM SUM and EAT A BOWL OF TEA, director Wayne Wang took on the daunting task of adapting Amy Tan's sprawling, multigenerational best-seller THE JOY LUCK CLUB. After her mother's death, June (Ming-Na Wen) is asked to take her place in a mahjong club. The three other members, like her mother, were all born in China before the 1949 revolution. When June learns that she has two half sisters in China, she plans a trip to meet them. With this catalyst, the women begin to tell stories, not just about but their own mothers and their lives in China, but also about their often strained relationships with their Americanized daughters. The flashbacks to China are dramatic, and the stories are heartbreaking. As the film progresses, June learns about a culture that's supposedly her own but that she can touch only through the commonality of the mother-daughter bond. It is this nexus that makes the movie work. There are multiple points of view, but they are always connected by the universal desire for one generation of women to pass on their hopes for a better life to their daughters. This feeling, without being cloying or overly sentimental, underlines the emotional tales in this moving, well-acted, and beautifully staged drama.

"...Both sweeping and intimate, a lovely evocation of changing cultures and enduring family ties....The film is virtually stolen by Tsai Chin as the sly, acerbic Auntie Lindo..." - Janet, Maslin (New York Times Critic), New York Times, 09/08/1993

"...Often moving..." - Recommended - Anthony, Reilly (Premiere Critic), Premiere, 04/01/1994

"...A rich, multi-course movie..." - Leslie, Felperin (Film Critic), Sight and Sound, 04/01/1994

"...Beautifully made and acted and emotionally moving....Visually, [the] film is splendid..." - Todd, McCarthy (Film Critic for Variety/ Directed VISIONS OF LIGHT (1992)), Variety, 09/13/1993

"...In a screenplay remarkable for its complexity and force, THE JOY LUCK CLUB moves effortlessly between past and present, between what was, and how it became what is....One of the most touching and moving of the year's films..." - Roger, Ebert (Critic and screenwriter), Chicago Sun-Times, 09/17/1993

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Artist Name(s):	Richard Rodgers (Actor) | Mark Gordon (Actor) | Ming-Na Wen (Actor) | Tsai Chin (Actor) | Victor Wong (Actor) | Julia Nickson (Actor) | Lauren Tom (Actor) | Nicholas Klein (Actor) | Gary Elder (Actor) | Chao Li Chi (Actor) | Wayne Wang Richard Rodgers (Actor) | Mark Gordon (Actor) | Ming-Na Wen (Actor) | Tsai Chin (Actor) | Victor Wong (Actor) | Julia Nickson (Actor) | Lauren Tom (Actor) | Nicholas Klein (Actor) | Gary Elder (Actor) | Chao Li Chi (Actor) | 王穎 Richard Rodgers (Actor) | Mark Gordon (Actor) | Ming-Na Wen (Actor) | Tsai Chin (Actor) | Victor Wong (Actor) | Julia Nickson (Actor) | Lauren Tom (Actor) | Nicholas Klein (Actor) | Gary Elder (Actor) | Chao Li Chi (Actor) | 王颖 Ｒｉｃｈａｒｄ Ｒｏｄｇｅｒｓ (Actor) | Ｍａｒｋ Ｇｏｒｄｏｎ (Actor) | Ming-Na Wen (Actor) | Tsai Chin (Actor) | Victor Wong (Actor) | Julia Nickson (Actor) | Lauren Tom (Actor) | Nicholas Klein (Actor) | Gary Elder (Actor) | Chao Li Chi (Actor) | Wayne Wang Richard Rodgers (Actor) | Mark Gordon (Actor) | Ming-Na Wen (Actor) | Tsai Chin (Actor) | Victor Wong (Actor) | Julia Nickson (Actor) | Lauren Tom (Actor) | Nicholas Klein (Actor) | Gary Elder (Actor) | Chao Li Chi (Actor) | Wayne Wang
Director:	Chao Li Chi | Wayne Wang Chao Li Chi | 王穎 Chao Li Chi | 王颖 Chao Li Chi | Wayne Wang Chao Li Chi | Wayne Wang
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Release Date:	2002-06-04
UPC Code:	786936182583
Language:	English, French, Spanish
Country of Origin:	United States
Picture Format:	NTSC What is it?
Aspect Ratio:	Letterboxed
Color Information:	Color
Disc Format(s):	DVD
Region Code:	1 - USA, Canada, U.S. Territories What is it?
Rating:	R (MPAA)
Publisher:	Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Package Weight:	104 (g)
Shipment Unit:	1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.:	1004393237

Director: Wayne Wang

DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
Letterbox - 1.85
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Dolby Surround - French
Dolby Surround - Spanish
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