Cub Tiger From Kwang Tung DVD

Advantages: Really funny. Great performances!
Disadvantages: none really, unless you're uncomfortable with movies about homosexuality

...-provoking, there was definitely no competition that year. Director: Ang Lee Cast: Simon: Mitchell Lichtenstein Wai-Tung Gao: Winston Chao Wei-Wei: Mei Chin Released: 1993 Format: Widescreen colour Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0 mono Rated: R Runtime: 108 minutes DVD features: Subtitles in English, French and Spanish, "A Forbidden Passion"- a featurette with director Ang Lee and producer James Schamus. Price: approximately £5.80 from amazon.co.uk... Read review

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Advantages: An exquisite documentary in every respect. Quality, ...
Disadvantages: ...not quantity. Special features would be welcomed. Specialist Audience.

...As this is such a short dvd, and a documentary at that, many will no doubt be relieved to know that this review is not the usual marathon. However, that is not disparaging with regard to the programme because, should you be a fan of Attenborough and his wildlife collaborations with the BBC, this is a miniature masterpiece. DETAILS Genre.. ..Natural History documentary Production.. ..1999 Length.. ..50 minutes Rating.. ..E Format.. ..Widescreen SYNOPSIS This wildlife special from the BBC finds its home in the idyllic setting of the Karha National Park in India, where the film focusses on the trials of a 12 year old tigress named Lakshmi. The cameras record the tribulations of the devoted mother and her three boisterous offspring from a point in time where the two male cubs, and the one female, have just reached... Read review

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Advantages: Good story, good message
Disadvantages: A bit disturbing for some; poorly marketed

...Indochine to the locals, from tribal persons to high potentates. All play characters who seem to have reasons to be against the tigers, save a few, who eventually come round and help the tiger brothers through their troubles. The real stars of the film, of course, are the tiger cubs Kumal and Sangha, in addition to the other tigers, including the mother Tigress and the great Tiger Father. The lead trainer, Thierry Le Portier, a fellow Frenchman to Annuad who worked on 'The Bear', and trainer Randy Miller stated that 30 tigers in all were used, and one of the biggest efforts was to have tiger cubs available -- they grow so rapidly, they might not be the same size over the course of shooting. In the end, the effects and training were magnificent, and given the kinds of harrowing treatment the tigers were to have received (usually, thankfully, just... Read review

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