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The Namesake Cover Image DVD DVD

The Namesake / Fox Searchlight Pictures, Entertainment Farm, UTV Motion Pictures present a Mirabai Films & Cine Mosaic production ; producers, Lydia Dean Pilcher, Mira Nair ; screenplay, Sooni Taraporevala ; directed by Mira Nair.

Pilcher, Lydia Dean. (Added Author). Nair, Mira. (Added Author). Taraporevala, Sooni, 1957- (Added Author). Penn, Kal, 1977- (Added Author). Barrett, Jacinda. (Added Author). Khan, Irrfan, 1962- (Added Author). Robinson, Zuleikha, 1977- (Added Author). Tabu, 1970- (Added Author). Nair, Sahira. (Added Author). Lahiri, Jhumpa. Namesake. (Added Author). Fox Searchlight Pictures. (Added Author). Entertainment Farm (Firm) (Added Author). UTV Motion Pictures (India) (Added Author). Mirabai Films (Firm) (Added Author). Cine Mosaic (Firm) (Added Author). Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc. (Added Author). Kal Penn, Jacinda Barrett, Irfan Khan, Zuleikha Robinson, Tabu, Sahira Nair. (Cast).

Summary:

The son of Indian immigrants born in America wants to fit in with fellow New Yorkers, but his family is unwilling to let go of their traditional ways.

Record details

  • Physical Description: sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. 1 videodisc (122 min.) :
  • Edition: Widescreen.
  • Publisher: Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2007]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2006.
Based on the book by Jhumpa Lahiri.
Title from container.
Special features: Optional director's commentary; deleted scenes; The anatomy of the Namesake: a class at Columbia University's Graduate Film School; Fox Movie Channel presents: In character with Kal Penn; Kolkata love poem; Photography as inspiration; Theatrical trailers.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Cinematographer, Frederick Elmes ; editor, Allyson Johnson ; music, Nitin Sawhney.
Participant or Performer Note:
Kal Penn, Jacinda Barrett, Irfan Khan, Zuleikha Robinson, Tabu, Sahira Nair.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: PG-13, for sexuality/nudity, a scene of drug use, some disturbing images and brief language.
System Details Note:
DVD, region 1.
Language Note:
Closed-captioned. In English or Spanish with optional subtitles in English and Spanish.

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Subject: East Indians > New York (State) > New York > Drama.
Immigrants > New York (State) > New York > Drama.
Genre: Feature films.
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Available copies

  • 3 of 3 copies available at Lehigh Valley Library System.

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  • 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Allentown Public Library DVD NAME (Text) 34455005377763 Adult DVD Fiction Available -
Bethlehem Main Library DVD (Text) 33062008743321 Adult DVD Fiction Available -
Easton Main Library DVD NAMESAKE (Text) 31901003079805 Adult DVD Fiction Available -

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