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Release Date:
8 October 1997 (USA)
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Tagline:
At the end of the world his real journey began.
Plot:
True story of Heinrich Harrer, an Austrian mountain climber who became friends with the Dalai Lama at the time of China's takeover of Tibet. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe.
Another 3 wins
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6 nominations
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(25 articles)
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(From MTV Movie News. 29 September 2009, 2:52 AM, PDT)
Bad Accents In Film
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User Comments:
Too long but still worth it
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Brad Pitt | ... | Heinrich Harrer |
 | David Thewlis | ... | Peter Aufschnaiter |
 | B.D. Wong | ... | Ngawang Jigme |
 | Mako | ... | Kungo Tsarong |
| Danny Denzongpa | ... | Regent |
| Victor Wong | ... | Chinese 'Amban' |
| Ingeborga Dapkunaite | ... | Ingrid Harrer |
| Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk | ... | Dalai Lama, 14 Years Old |
| Lhakpa Tsamchoe | ... | Pema Lhaki |
| Jetsun Pema | ... | Great Mother |
| Ama Ashe Dongtse | ... | Tashi |
| Sonam Wangchuk | ... | Dalai Lama, 8 Years Old |
| Dorjee Tsering | ... | Dalai Lama, 4 Years Old |
 | Ric Young | ... | General Chang Jing Wu |
| Ngawang Chojor | ... | Lord Chamberlain (as Ven. Ngawang Chojor) |
Additional Details
MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for some violent sequences.
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Runtime:
136 min
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital |
SDDS (8 channels)
Certification:
Canada:PG (Ontario) |
Malaysia:U |
Brazil:Livre (DVD rating) |
Iceland:12 |
South Korea:12 |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:M |
Chile:14 |
Finland:K-12 |
France:U |
Germany:12 (bw) |
Mexico:B |
Netherlands:12 |
Norway:11 |
Portugal:M/12 |
Spain:13 |
Sweden:11 |
UK:PG |
USA:PG-13
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Trivia:
Jetsun Pema is the real-life sister of the Dalai Lama. In this film she plays the mother of the Dalai Lama and hence her own mother.
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Goofs:
Anachronisms: Negotiators from the Peoples Republic are shown arriving by air. There was no air link until Lhasa Gonggar Airport was constructed in 1956.
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Quotes:
Dalai Lama:
...You can not ask a devout people to disregard a precious teaching.
Heinrich Harrer: Yes but Your Holiness, with due respect, erm, we can't possibly
[laughs]
Heinrich Harrer: I'm sorry, but we can't possibly save all the worms! Not if you want a theater in this lifetime.
Dalai Lama: You have a clever mind. Think of a solution. And in the meantime you can explain to me, what is an elevator.
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Heinrich Harrer: Yes but Your Holiness, with due respect, erm, we can't possibly
[laughs]
Heinrich Harrer: I'm sorry, but we can't possibly save all the worms! Not if you want a theater in this lifetime.
Dalai Lama: You have a clever mind. Think of a solution. And in the meantime you can explain to me, what is an elevator.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in The 55th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1998) (TV)
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Soundtrack:
Clair de Lune
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The main problem with this film, and indeed with many films set in the outdoors, is that it's too long. Maybe it's because I'm a product of the city and the suburbs, but to me, most movies set in the outdoors that don't use the scenery to advance the plot or set the mood, but rather just want to gaze at it, bore me quickly. It's like, "Yes, it's beautiful, let's move on." Also, though I like Brad Pitt, he doesn't always do the job with his Austrian accent; even when he gets it down, you're always thinking, "That's Brad Pitt doing an Austrian accent," rather than, "That's Heinrich Harrer." And that whole subplot about Harrer missing the son he's never seen doesn't work.
Still, there is much to like in this film. In many of these "white men in strange country" movies, the emphasis is on what the white man teaches the people in the other country, and that's somewhat condescending; here, it's on what the people in the other country teach Harrer, yet his story isn't made more important than the story of the Tibet people. Also, though his accent doesn't convince, Pitt is convincing as Harrer in the physical sense; he looks like a former skier and like the blond, blue-eyed ideal of the Nazis. And finally, he's convincing in taking us through Harrer's transformation.
Two more things; one, someone in their comments wondered how the Dalai Lama knew so much about Western culture. According to the book, Harrer found the Dalai Lama to be quite curious about the world around him, so he studied what he could. Also, the film meets head-on the controversy about Harrer being a former Nazi; it doesn't soft-pedal his past at all, which makes his transformation that much more convincing.