Whale rider
Sanders, Tim.
Barnett, John
1945-
Hèubner, Frank.
Caro, Niki
1967-
Castle-Hughes, Keisha
1990-
Paratene, Rawiri.
Haughton, Vicky.
Curtis, Cliff
1968-
Roa, Grant
1974-
Taumaunu, Mana.
House, Rachel.
Narbey, Leon.
Coulson, David.
Gerrard, Lisa.
South Pacific Pictures (Firm)
ApolloMedia (Firm)
Pandora Film (Firm)
New Zealand Film Production Fund
New Zealand Film Commission
NZ On Air
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm)
moving image
videorecording
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
nz
Culver City, Calif
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
[2003], c2002
2003
Special ed.
monographic
eng
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
The Whangara people believe their ancestor Paikea was saved from drowning by riding home on the back of a whale. The tribal group has since granted leadership positions to the first-born males, believing them to be descendants of Paikea. But then a young mother dies in childbirth along with her newborn male son. His twin sister survives and the little girl, Pai, is brought up by her grandparents. Learning the skills of chiefdom from her uncle, Pai shows that she possesses a natural leadership ability.
MPAA rating: PG-13; for brief language and a momentary drug reference.
general
South Pacific Pictures, Apollomedia, Pandora Film present in association The New Zealand Film Production Fund, The New Zealand Film Commission, NZ on Air and sponsored by Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen GmbH ; producers, Tim Sanders, John Barnett, Frank Hèubner ; written & directed by Niki Caro.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2002.
Based on the book by Witi Ihimaera.
Special features: behind-the-scenes featurette; filmmaker's commentary; deleted scenes with optional director commentary; soundtrack showcase.
Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rawiri Paratene, Vicky Haughton, Cliff Curtis, Grant Roa, Mana Taumaunu, Rachel House.
DVD, Region 1 encoding, Dolby digital; widescreen format (aspect ratio 2.35:1).
Closed-captioned; sound track in English with optional English and Spanish subtitles.
Director of photography, Leon Narbey ; editor, David Coulson ; music, Lisa Gerrard ; costume designer, Kirsty Cameron ; production designer, Grant Major.
San Francisco International Film Festival, 2003: Audience Award Best - Narrative Feature (Niki Caro).
Grandparent and child
New Zealand
Whangarei
Drama
Whales
Drama
Chiefdoms
New Zealand
Whangarei
Drama
CM DVD 00573
791.43/72
Whale rider
Ihimaera, Witi Tame,
1944-
1404943722
9781404943728
02272 Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Midwest Tapes
043396022720
TEFMT
030903
20230410123829.0
38742