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Winner
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Nominated
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
- Keisha Castle-Hughes
Nominated
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
- Keisha Castle-Hughes
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Whale Rider
Pai (Castle-Hughes, wonderful in her film debut) is a very determined 12-year-old Maori girl whose very traditional grandfather Koro (Paratene) is the tribal chief. Pai's father (Curtis) should be the next in line but after the death of his wife and Pai's infant twin brother, he's left the family. Although the stubborn Koro loves Pai, he refuses to see his granddaughter as a possible successor and won't train her in the customs that he teaches to the Maori boys. So Pai observes and learns on her own--ready to show everyone that she has what it takes. Title refers to the legend that their ancestor arrived in their land on the back of a whale. Adapted from the 1986 novel by Witi Ihimaera.
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105 minutes
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PG-13 - Parents Strongly Cautioned
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In the ways of the ancients she found a hope for the future.
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Color
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No
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VHS, DVD
Distributor:
Sony Pictures Home Video
Five By Five Media to Produce Basketcase.
Newspaper article from: Entertainment Newsweekly; 2/27/2009; 733+ words...Group (www.apollomedia.de) have produced over 80 films since 1999, including the internationally acclaimed film Whale Rider, winner of 29 awards worldwide and resulting in an Oscar-nominated performance for best actress. CEO George Malasek...
Grot, Anton
Newspaper article from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers; 1/1/2001; Martin, Floyd W. ; 1377+ words...Thirties ) (Green); British Agent (Curtiz); Six Day Bike Rider (Bacon); The Secret Bride (Concealment ) (Dieterle...Tovarich (Litvak); Confession (May); The Great Garrick (Whale) 1938 Fools for Scandal (LeRoy); Hard to Get (Enright...
Karloff, Boris
Newspaper article from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers; 1/1/2001; Kemp, Philip ; 3255+ words...Sedgwick); The Prisoner (Conway) (as Prince Kapolski) 1924 Riders of the Plains (Jaccard); The Hellion (Bruce Marshall...The Love Mart (Fitzmaurice) (as Fleming) 1928 Vanishing Rider (Taylor); Vultures of the Sea (Thorpe); The Little Wild...Tonight or Never (LeRoy) (as waiter); Frankenstein (Whale) (as ...
Laemmle, Carl, Sr., and Carl, Jr.
Newspaper article from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers; 1/1/2001; Gomery, Douglas ; 1677+ words...of Ten (Flood); The Fearless Rider (Lewis) 1929 Come Across (Taylor...Browning); Frankenstein (Whale); Waterloo Bridge (Whale); The Bad Sister (Henley...Ford); The Old Dark House (Whale) 1933 Only Yesterday (Stahl...
Pierce, Jack P.
Newspaper article from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers; 1/1/2001; Schaefer, Eric ; 1379+ words...Mummy (Freund); The Old Dark House (Whale) 1933 The Invisible Man (Whale) 1935 The Bride of Frankenstein (Whale); The Werewolf of London (Walker...Who Waited (Luddy) (ro) 1923 Desert Rider (Bradbury) (asst d) 1925 The Speed...
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