Whale rider
Whale rider [videorecording] /
Légende des baleines
an Alliance Films release ; New Market Films, South Pacific Pictures, Apollomedia Pandora Film in association with The New Zealand Film Production Fund, New Zealand Film Commission and NZ on Air and sponsored by Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen GmbH ; produced by Tim Sanders, John Barnett and Frank Hüber ; written and directed by Niki Caro
- Distributed by Alliance Atlantis, [2003]
- videodisc (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Title from container
Based on the book The whale rider by Witi Ihimaera
Originally released as a motion picture in 2002
Special features: Director commentary; deleted scenes; "Te
Waka:" building the canoe featurette; behind the scenes of Whale rider featurette; art gallery; story board gallery;
theatrical trailer and TV spots
A small Maori village faces a crisis when the heir to the
leadership of the Ngati Konohi dies at birth and is
survived only by his twin sister, Pai. Although
disregarded by her grandfather and shunned by the village
people, twelve-year-old Pai remains certain of her calling
and trains herself in the ways and customs of her people.
With remarkable grace, Pai finds the strength to challenge
her family and embraces a thousand years of tradition in
order to fulfill her destiny
MPAA rating: PG-13
521 8 CHV rating: PG
DVD, region 1, widescreen (2.35:1, enhanced) presentation;
Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo.
surround
In English (Dolby 5.1, Dolby 2.0) and Maori with optional
dubbed French language track, Spanish subtitles; English
subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
20058|bAlliance Atlantis
-- Maori (New Zealand people)--Drama
Grandparent and child--New Zealand--Drama
Human-animal relationships--New Zealand--Drama --Social life and customs--Maori (New Zealand people) --Drama
Ngāti Konohi (New Zealand people)--Social life and customs --Drama --Whales --Drama -- New Zealand drama
PN1997.2 / .W53 2003
Title from container
Based on the book The whale rider by Witi Ihimaera
Originally released as a motion picture in 2002
Special features: Director commentary; deleted scenes; "Te
Waka:" building the canoe featurette; behind the scenes of Whale rider featurette; art gallery; story board gallery;
theatrical trailer and TV spots
A small Maori village faces a crisis when the heir to the
leadership of the Ngati Konohi dies at birth and is
survived only by his twin sister, Pai. Although
disregarded by her grandfather and shunned by the village
people, twelve-year-old Pai remains certain of her calling
and trains herself in the ways and customs of her people.
With remarkable grace, Pai finds the strength to challenge
her family and embraces a thousand years of tradition in
order to fulfill her destiny
MPAA rating: PG-13
521 8 CHV rating: PG
DVD, region 1, widescreen (2.35:1, enhanced) presentation;
Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo.
surround
In English (Dolby 5.1, Dolby 2.0) and Maori with optional
dubbed French language track, Spanish subtitles; English
subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
20058|bAlliance Atlantis
-- Maori (New Zealand people)--Drama
Grandparent and child--New Zealand--Drama
Human-animal relationships--New Zealand--Drama --Social life and customs--Maori (New Zealand people) --Drama
Ngāti Konohi (New Zealand people)--Social life and customs --Drama --Whales --Drama -- New Zealand drama
PN1997.2 / .W53 2003