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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 9781404950627
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 1404950621
Label: TriStar Pictures
Manufacturer: TriStar Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: TriStar Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: April 06, 2004
Running Time: 135 minutes
Sales Rank: 7017
Studio: TriStar Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: April 15, 1992
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Product Description:
In the best performance of his career Swayze stars as Max Lowe a disillusioned surgeon who travels to India after a young patient dies on the operating table. But Lowe's determination to quit medicine is challenged when he meets a committed British nurse who runs a free clinic in Calcutta's most dangerous neighborhood. And when her clinic - and the livelihood of her neighbors - is threatened by the brutal local 'godfather' Max teaches the impoverished Indians the strength of their own unity.System Requirements:Running Time: 134 Min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: PG-13 UPC: 043396037052 Manufacturer No: 03705
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Rating:  - city of joy
The movie came fast, it was in great condition, had no problems in transaction. Great Seller. Thanks
Rating: - Lighten-up
It seems everyone wants to be a critic. To the harsher ones I would say 'lighten-up' - it's only a movie. No book - let alone a movie - is going to capture the complexity of Calcutta. I first visited as a graduate student 40 years ago and have returned many times. There is indeed decrepitude. At the same time I have seen a 90% reduction in poverty and disease. Where the movie succeeded was in capturing the 'joy of life' one finds in Calcutta - from the best food and theatre in India to the vibrant ... Read More
Rating: - The primeval shock!
"City of joy" is one of these films which went through unprepared although the significance of his director Rolland Joffe (The Mission and Killing fields).
An disillusioned American surgeon goes to India. And there he will discover the sense of life and bliss in the middle of the poverty of Calcutta.
To my mind, Patrick Swayze reached a high caliber acting with this hazardous and profoundly existential movie (that dates us back to the famous Trilogy of Satjait Ray). The powerful ... Read More
Rating:  - Does not stick to the original story by D. Lapierre
It is a good movie but has very little to do with the original novel by Dominique Lapierre. This story is definitely a lesson in hope and faith. The movie fails so accomplish that. I just didn't like it. I recommend the book instead.
Rating:  - City of Joy
I really enjoyed the movie but the book has so much more to offer!!
"City of Joy" the book gets 5 stars!!!
Anne Brunet
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