The World (US Version) DVD Region 1

THE WORLD is writer-director Jia Zhang Ke's first "above ground" film, made with the cooperation of China's film bureau, following his previous trio of well-regarded independent works (PICKPOCKET, PLATFORM, and UNKNOWN PLEASURES), which were all banned in his native country. Moving the setting from the northern provinces where he grew up to the big city of Beijing, Jia tells the story of people who come to the Chinese capital searching for a better life--but they don't always find it. Zhao Tao stars as Tao, a young woman who works at the World Park, a real theme park made up of small recreations of major world cities and landmarks, including New York, Paris, Tokyo, and London, featuring the Egyptian Pyramids, Big Ben, Stonehenge, the World Trade Center, and, especially, the Eiffel Tower, where many scenes take place. Tao wears flashy costumes when dancing in front of the Taj Mahal, but she is missing something from her life and begins searching deep inside herself after becoming friends with a Russian woman. Tao's boyfriend, Chen (Chen Taisheng), a security guard at the park, is fed up with her mood swings and starts a flirtatious relationship with Qun (Wang Yigun), a fashion designer who makes illegal knock-offs. In another subplot of the film, a relationship between Wei (Jing Jue) and Niu (Jiang Zhongwei) threatens to explode. By filming THE WORLD in the actual park, Jia is able to reveal that the problems of his characters relate to the whole world, not just to China. He also investigates the need for people to communicate better when he animates several scenes involving cell phones into colorful cartoons. This film screened in October 2004 as part of the 42nd New York Film Festival organized by the Film Society of Lincoln Center.

"This quietly despairing vision comes equipped with an ethnographic attention to detail..." - Manohla, Dargis (Film Critic), New York Times, 07/08/2005

Included in Entertainment Weekly's Top Ten Films Of The Year -- "[A] deliciously heartbreaking, deadpan parable about cultural dislocation and the discontents of Westernization in present-day China..." - Lisa, Schwarzbaum (Entertainment Weekly Critic), Entertainment Weekly, 12/30/2005

"[A] metaphorical film that, wittingly or not, actually lives up to its title. The film is like a global newspaper reporting on the current state of the planet..." - Jonathan, Rosenbaum (Film Critic), Sight and Sound, 09/01/2006

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Product Title:	The World (US Version) The World (US Version) The World (US Version) The World (US Version) The World (US Version)
Artist Name(s):	Kanno Miho (Actor) | Zhao Tao (Actor) | Wang Hongwei (Actor) | Wang Yiqun (Actor) | Liu Juan (Actor) | Liang Jingtong (Actor) | Chen Taisheng (Actor) | Jia Zhang Ke (Actor) | Osaka Fumiko | Lim Giong | Hengameh Panahi | Peng Dong Sang | Jing Zha (Actor) 菅野美穗 (Actor) | 趙韜 (Actor) | Wang Hongwei (Actor) | Wang Yiqun (Actor) | Liu Juan (Actor) | Liang Jingtong (Actor) | Chen Taisheng (Actor) | Jia Zhang Ke (Actor) | Osaka Fumiko | Lim Giong | Hengameh Panahi | Peng Dong Sang | Jing Zha (Actor) 菅野美穗 (Actor) | 赵韬 (Actor) | Wang Hongwei (Actor) | Wang Yiqun (Actor) | Liu Juan (Actor) | Liang Jingtong (Actor) | Chen Taisheng (Actor) | Jia Zhang Ke (Actor) | Osaka Fumiko | Lim Giong | Hengameh Panahi | Peng Dong Sang | Jing Zha (Actor) 菅野美穂 (Actor) | Zhao Tao (Actor) | Wang Hongwei (Actor) | Wang Yiqun (Actor) | Liu Juan (Actor) | Liang Jingtong (Actor) | Chen Taisheng (Actor) | Jia Zhang Ke (Actor) | 大坂史子 | Lim Giong | Hengameh Panahi | Peng Dong Sang | Jing Zha (Actor) Kanno Miho (Actor) | Zhao Tao (Actor) | Wang Hongwei (Actor) | Wang Yiqun (Actor) | Liu Juan (Actor) | Liang Jingtong (Actor) | Chen Taisheng (Actor) | Jia Zhang Ke (Actor) | Osaka Fumiko | Lim Giong | Hengameh Panahi | Peng Dong Sang | Jing Zha (Actor)
Director:	Jia Zhangke 賈樟柯 贾樟柯 賈樟柯 （ジャ・ジャンクー） Jia Zhangke
Producer:	Osaka Fumiko | Lim Giong | Hengameh Panahi | Peng Dong Sang Osaka Fumiko | Lim Giong | Hengameh Panahi | Peng Dong Sang Osaka Fumiko | Lim Giong | Hengameh Panahi | Peng Dong Sang 大坂史子 | Lim Giong | Hengameh Panahi | Peng Dong Sang Osaka Fumiko | Lim Giong | Hengameh Panahi | Peng Dong Sang
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Release Date:	2006-02-14
UPC Code:	795975107433
Language:	Mandarin
Subtitles:	English
Country of Origin:	China
Picture Format:	NTSC What is it?
Color Information:	Color
Disc Format(s):	DVD
Region Code:	1 - USA, Canada, U.S. Territories What is it?
Rating:	Not Rated
Publisher:	Zeitgeist Films Ltd.
Package Weight:	113 (g)
Shipment Unit:	1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.:	1004429606

Director: Zhang Ke Jia

DVD Features:

Full Frame - 1.33
Widescreen - 2.35
Additional Release Material:
Interviews
Trailers: Theatrical Trailer
Text/Photo Galleries:
Production Notes
On Set Photo Gallery

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