A Passage to India - BLU-RAY [Standard]

Concluding that emotional detachment must be necessary for his professional effectiveness, medical student John Wesley Beaven (John Howard) breaks off his engagement to Chinese-American classmate Audrey Hilton (Dorothy Lamour). Coming to realize his mistake, he traces her to war-torn Nanking, but does fate have one more cruel trick to play? Frank Borzage's take on the Lloyd Nelson sudser co-stars Akim Tamiroff, Gordon Jones, Keye Luke. 87 min. Standard; Soundtrack English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles English; audio commentary; theatrical trailers.

Rare archival footage, recordings and photographs, eye-witness accounts and expert comments along with location shoots across India, bring alive the fascinating journey of George, John, Paul and Ringo from their high octane celebrity lives in the West to a remote Himalayan ashram in search of spiritual bliss that inspires an unprecedented burst of creative songwriting. It is the first serious exploration of how India shaped the development of the greatest ever rock band and their own pioneering role bridging two vastly different cultures.Director Ajoy Bose was a teenage rebel in Calcutta in love with the Beatles when they came to India. His long mop and the psychedelic flowers painted on his shirt imitating the Fab Four led to fierce fights with his bureaucrat father. In an interesting quirk of fate half a century later as an established journalist and author, Bose was writing a book, Across the Universe to mark the 50th anniversary of The Beatles historic trip to Rishikesh for the world's largest publishing house Penguin Random House.Inspired by Ajoy Bose's book, British Indian music entrepreneur Reynold D'Silva has now taken the amazing saga of The Beatles and India further by producing Bose's directorial debut. Bose and cultural researcher, co-director, Pete Compton, have created an audio-visual presentation that stands apart from the many documentaries on the band, delving deep into the most crucial period of their evolution from the world's most famous pop stars into multi-faceted pioneering musical artists.

Brand New HD Master by TF1 Supervised by Cinematographer Vittorio Storaro! Keanu Reeves (The Matrix), Bridget Fonda (A Simple Plan) and recording artist Chris Isaak (The Silence of the Lambs) star in this motion picture spectacular from world-renowned filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci (The Conformist, The Last Emperor). In a big American city, a boy and his parents (Fonda and Isaak) discover a story about a prince named Siddhartha (Reeves) in a land of miracles. But the miracle becomes real when Tibetan monks appear, searching for their reincarnated leader who they believe has been reborn in the boy. Suddenly, their worlds meet, leading the Americans on an extraordinary spiritual adventure! A sumptuous and epic story, Little Buddhareunited director Bertolucci with his award-winning collaborators onThe Last Emperor cinematographer Vittorio Storaro (Apocalypse Now), production and costume designer James Acheson (Dangerous Liaisons), and music composer Ryuichi Sakamoto (Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence). This Special Edition contains the 140-minute International Cut, which preserves Bertolucci's original artistic vision.