Whale Rider [Special Edition]

DVD - APPROX. 101 MINS. - 2002 - US Rating: PG-13

Main feature:

Release Oct 28, 2003
Video Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Anamorphic - Enhanced for Widescreen TVs.
Audio
Subtitles
Studio Columbia/Tri-Star
Year 2002
Genre Drama

Special features:

  • Filmmaker's Commentary
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Featurette
  • Soundtrack Showcase

Synopsis:

  
There is a legend that Paikea rode on the back of a whale and led his people to New Zealand. Since that time tradition has decreed that the first-born male descendant will become chief of the tribe. Then Pai is born... and she is a girl. She grows up within a close-knit village which retains the tribes traditional spiritual relationship with the sea and their warrior values. Although loved by all, Pai faces rejection from her grandfather, Koro, who is brokenhearted that there is no grandson to carry on the line.


Meanwhile, deep within the ocean, a massive herd of whales is responding, drawn towards Pai and their twin destinies. When the whales become stranded on the beach, Koro is sure this signals an apocalyptic end to his tribe. Until one person prepares to make the ultimate sacrifice to save the people. The Whale Rider.
  

Cast and Crew:

Columbia/Tri-Star presents
Vicky HaughtonGrant RoaMana TaumaunuCliff CurtisRachel HouseTaungaroa EmileTammy DavisMabel WharekawaRawinia ClarkeTahei SimpsonRoi TaimanaElizabeth SkeenTyronne White"Whale Rider"
Written byDaniel ArkinWritten byJohn EisendrathWritten byWiti IhimaeraWritten byNiki Carodirected byNiki Caro
Production Year: 2002

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