| Description |
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD ; widescreen presentation ; stereo. |
| Language |
In English, with Chinese, English or Mandarin subtitles. |
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Closed-captioned ; described for the visually impaired. |
| Performer |
Narrated by Richard Gere, with Blair Brown. |
| Credits |
Cinematographer, James Callanan ; editor, Deborah Peretz ; music, Michael Bacon. |
| Note |
"Produced in conjunction with the exhibition, Pilgrimage and Buddhist Art, organized by Asia Society Museum, New York." |
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DVD release of a program originally shown on PBS |
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Special features: interview with David Grubin; interview with His Holiness the Dalai Lama; making animation for The Buddha; Buddhist pilgrimage sites. |
| Audience |
Rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
Two and a half millennia ago, a new religion was born in India, generated from the ideas of the Buddha, a mysterious Indian sage who gained enlightenment while he sat under a large, shapely fig tree. The Buddha never claimed to be God or his emissary on earth, only that he was a human being who had found a kind of serenity that others could find, too. This documentary tells the story of his life, a journey especially relevant in our own times. |
| Subject |
Gautama Buddha.
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Buddhists -- India -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Genre |
Documentary films.
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| Added Author |
Grubin, David.
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Gere, Richard, 1949-
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Brown, Blair.
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Asia Society. Museum.
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David Grubin Productions.
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PBS Distribution (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Story of Siddhartha |
| ISBN |
9781608831951 |
| Standard No. |
841887011983 |
| Music No. |
BUDD601 PBS |
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