Travellers and magicians [videorecording] / Prayer Flag Pictures presents a Khyentse Norbu film
- Additional Titles:
- Alternate U.S. title: Travelers and magicians and Dzongkha title: Chang hup the gi tril nung
- Published:
- [New York, NY] : Zeitgeist Films, [2005]
- Copyright Date:
- ©2005
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Additional Creators:
- Khyentse, Jamyang, 1961-, Dendup, Tshewang, Dorji, Sonam, Drukpa, Jigme, 1969-, Prayer Flag Pictures (Firm), and Zeitgeist Films
- Language Note:
- In Dzongkha, with optional English subitles.
- Contents:
- Special features: "Story from Bhutan: the making of Travellers and Magicians" ; print interview with the director ; theatrical trailer
- Summary:
- Dondup, a young government official who dreams of escaping his rural village for America, misses his bus to the city and is forced to hitchhike with an elderly apple seller, a young monk, and an elderly man and his beautiful daughter. Along the way, the monk tells the story of another young man that mirrors Dondup's ambitions.
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- Audience Notes:
- MPAA rating: Not rated.
- Note:
- Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2003.
Special features: "Story from Bhutan: the making of Travellers & Magicians" ; print interview with the director ; theatrical trailer. - Creation/Production Credits Note:
- Writer/director, Khyentse Norbu ; editors, John Scott and Lisa-Anne Morris ; director of photography, Alan Kozlowski ; executive producer, Jeremy Thomas ; producers, Raymond Steiner and Malcolm Watson.
- Participant/Performer Note:
- Tshewang Dendup, Sonam Dorji, Jigme Drukpa, Ben Fink, David Hykes, Michal the Girl.
- Technical Details:
- DVD, region 1, NTSC, widescreen presentation, Dolby Digital.
- Terms of Use and Reproduction:
- No public performance rights. Classroom instruction and home use permitted.
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