| release date: | June 13, 2003
Tuesday October 28, 2003 (dvd) |
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| genre: | Drama |
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| running time: | 101 min. |
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| director: | Niki Caro |
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| studio: | Odeon Films |
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| producer(s): | Tim Sanders, John Barnett |
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| screenplay: | Niki Caro |
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| cast: | Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rawiri Paratene, Vicky Haughton, Cliff Curtis |
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Whale Rider Movie Synopsis
In this contemporary re-telling of a Maori legend, a young girl must challenge her grandfather and a thousand years of tradition to fulfill her destiny.
Based on the best-selling 1986 book by Witi Ihimaera, the first Maori novelist to be published in New Zealand.
my whole family loves this movie. we watch it over and over. it is awesome to see movies that portray the native traditional ways. keeping their tradition alive through songs, dances and stories. your in for a ride. a movie the whole family can enjoy. thank you.
i think all young girls should watch this film, especially now, when in these times girls need to know their destiny. There is more for us on this planet. these are the times when women need to realize that tradition is a wonderful thing, but women can be true leaders too regardless of hundreds of years of prejudism for being a women and whatour traditional roles are in society. We CAN do it.
it was one of the best movies i have seen in a long time, i could not take my eyes off the t.v. every one how helped make the movie should be happy with it i will buy it when it comes out.
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