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The Buddha [videorecording] : the story of Siddhartha / a film by David Grubin ; a production of David Grubin Productions ; written, produced, and directed by David Grubin ; associate producer, Anna Bowers.

Grubin, David. (Added Author). Bowers, Anna. (Added Author). Gere, Richard, 1949- (Added Author). Brown, Blair. (Added Author). Merwin, W. S. (William Stanley), 1927- (Added Author). Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- (Added Author). Epstein, Mark, 1953- (Added Author). Thurman, Robert A. F. (Added Author). Asia Society. Museum. (Added Author). David Grubin Productions. (Added Author). Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.) (Added Author). PBS Distribution (Firm) (Added Author). Pilgrimage and Buddhist Art (Exhibition) (Added Author).

Summary:

Recounts the life of the Buddha and presents the tenets of Buddhism.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781608831951
  • ISBN: 1608831957
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (approx. 120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: [Alexandria, Va.?] : PBS : c2010.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Documentary.
Title from container.
"Produced in conjunction with the exhibition, Pilgrimage and Buddhist Art, organized by Asia Society Museum, New York."
Formatted Contents Note:
Birth -- Siddhartha -- Leaving the palace -- Reincarnation -- Asceticism -- A childhood memory -- Enlightenment -- The first teaching -- The four noble truths -- The sangha -- Meditation -- Teachings -- Miracles -- Death of the Buddha.
Special features: Interview with David Grubin -- Interview with His Holiness the Dalai Lama -- Making animation for The Buddha -- Buddhist pilgrimage sites.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Cinematographer, James Callanan ; editor, Deborah Peretz ; music, Michael Bacon.
Participant or Performer Note:
Narrators, Richard Gere, Blair Brown ; participants, W.S. Merwin, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Mark Epstein, Robert Tenzin Thurman.
Target Audience Note:
TV parental guidelines rating: Not rated.
Board of Film Censors, Singapore: PG.
System Details Note:
DVD; NTSC, Region 1; widescreen presentation; stereo.
Language Note:
In English with optional subtitles in English and Chinese Mandarin (traditional and simplified); described video; closed-captioned.

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