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The Living Edens - Bhutan: The Last Shangri-La Mystic Lands - Bhutan: Land of The Thunder Dragon /  Maya: Messages in Stone Seven Years in Tibet Kundun

The Living Edens - Bhutan: The Last Shangri-La
	List Price: $14.95 Our Price: $13.99 You Save: $0.96 (6%) Narrated by Donald Sutherland!	Rated: NR Producer: Readers Digest - PBS Edition Details: • NTSC format (US and Canada only) • Color, Closed-captioned, NTSC • ASIN: 0780621239

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Mystic Lands - Bhutan: Land of The Thunder Dragon / Maya: Messages in Stone
	List Price: $19.98 Our Price: $17.99 You Save: $1.99 (10%)	Rated: NR Starring: et al. Director:  Edition Details: • NTSC format (US and Canada only) • Color, NTSC • ASIN: 1572521848

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Reviewer: B M Claurin from San Diego, CA/USA
Mystic Lands - as respects the first part on Bhutan - is a great addition to the Living Eden tape, also about Bhutan. They both compliment each other since Living Eden is more about the land and nature. With this tape you get more focus on the actual Bhutanese people. You see their faces, clothing, children and get a good glimpse of their colorful festivals. These are things I look forward to seeing when I visit. It will also probably be a nice synopsis of my trip to be able to review again with others on my return. Highly recommended by me AND my travel agent who viewed this as well.

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Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
	List Price: $14.95 Our Price: $13.99 You Save: $0.96 (6%) Rated: Edition Details: Starring: Brad Pitt, David Thewlis, et al. Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud	• NTSC format (US and Canada only) • Color, Closed-captioned, Dolby, NTSC • ASIN: 0800125118 Other Formats: VHS widescreen, DVD

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This adaptation of Harrer's acclaimed book focuses more on Harrer, a Nazi party member whose life was changed by his experiences in Tibet with the Dalai Lama. Having survived a treacherous climb on the challenging peak of Nanga Parbat and a stint in a British POW camp, Harrer and climbing guide Peter Aufschnaiter (nicely played by David Thewlis) arrive at the Tibetan city of Lhasa, where the 14-year-old Dalai Lama lives as ruler of Tibet. Their lives are forever transformed by their proximity to the Tibetan leader and the peaceful ways of the Buddhist people. China looms over the land as a constant invasive threat. Seven Years in Tibet is concerned with viewing Tibetan history through the eyes of a visitor. The film is filled with stunning images and delightful moments of discovery and soothing, lighthearted spirituality, Pitt brings the requisite integrity to his central role. Seven Years in Tibet is essentially an outsider's tale. Harrer's memoir is moving and heartfelt, and director Jean-Jacques Annaud has effectively captured both sincerity and splendor in this worthwhile film. --Jeff Shannon

From Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide
Seven Years in Tibet: Absorbing tale of Austrian mountaineer/adventurer Heinrich Harrer, whose attempt to scale a formidable Himalayan mountain peak in 1939 is interrupted by WW2--and whose subsequent adventures bring him to Tibet and the holy city of Llasa, normally closed to outsiders. There he meets and is befriended by the 14-year-old Dalai Lama. Pitt is excellent as Harrer, a difficult character because he is selfish and arrogant--until he learns humility in Tibet. Magnificently...

Kundun (1997)
	List Price: $19.99 Our Price: $17.99 You Save: $2.00 (10%) Rated: Starring: Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong, Gyurme Tethong, et al. Director: Martin Scorsese	Edition Details: • NTSC format (US and Canada only) • Color, Closed-captioned, Dolby, HiFi Sound, NTSC • ASIN: 6305006571 Other Formats: VHS widescreen, DVD

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In chronicling the life of the 14th Dalai Lama, Kundun defies conventional narrative in favor of an episodic approach, presenting a sequential flow of events from the life of the young leader of Buddhist Tibet. From the moment he is recognized as the reincarnation of the 13th Dalai Lama in 1937 to his exile from Tibet in the wake of China's invasion, the Dalai Lama is seen as an enlightened spiritual figurehead. This gives the film its tone of serenity and reverence but denies us the privilege of admiring the Dalai Lama as a fascinating human character. In close collaboration with cinematographer Roger Deakins, Scorsese filmed Kundun with great pageantry and ritual, and meticulous attention to details of costume, color, and the casting of actual Buddhist monks in the scenes at the Dalai Lama's palace. Certain images will linger in the memory for a long time, such as the Dalai Lama's nightmarish vision of standing among hundreds of dead monks, their lives sacrificed in pacifist defiance of Chinese aggression. This a film you'll want to watch repeatedly? As a political drama and an elegant gesture of devotion, Kundun is a film of great value and inspirational beauty--one, after all, that perhaps only Scorsese could have made. --Jeff Shannon

From Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide
Kundun: The fascinating saga of the 14th Dalai Lama begins with the discovery that he has been reincarnated in the body of a two-year-old boy. We follow his journey through life, including education, exile, and a confrontation with the Chinese government, led by Mao Tse-tung. Search in vain for a Scorsese ``edge''--this is just good, solid storytelling, from Melissa Mathison's script (written with the Dalai Lama's cooperation). A cast of nonprofessional actors is simply remarkable, and so is...