Title:
The Buddha the story of Siddhartha / a film by David Grubin ; a production of David Grubin Productions ; written, produced, and directed by David Grubin ; associate producer, Anna Bowers.
ISBN:
9781608831951
Publication Information:
[Alexandria, Va.?] : PBS : Distributed by PBS Distribution, [2010]
©2010
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Documentary.
Title from container.
"Produced in conjunction with the exhibition, Pilgrimage and Buddhist Art, organized by Asia Society Museum, New York."
DVD; NTSC, Region 1; widescreen presentation; stereo.
Contents:
Birth -- Siddhartha -- Leaving the palace -- Reincarnation -- Asceticism -- A childhood memory -- Enlightenment -- The first teaching -- The four noble truths -- The sangha -- Meditation -- Teachings -- Miracles -- Death of the Buddha.
Special features: Interview with David Grubin -- Interview with His Holiness the Dalai Lama -- Making animation for The Buddha -- Buddhist pilgrimage sites.
Summary:
Recounts the life of the Buddha and presents the tenets of Buddhism.
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Language Note:
In English with optional subtitles in English and Chinese Mandarin (traditional and simplified); described video (DVS); closed-captioned.
Performer:
Narrators, Richard Gere, Blair Brown ; participants, W.S. Merwin, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Mark Epstein, Robert Tenzin Thurman.
Production Credits:
Cinematographer, James Callanan ; editor, Deborah Peretz ; music, Michael Bacon.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Originally produced as a documentary for PBS in 2010.
OCLC Number:
ocn594039298
Availability:
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