Search - Seven Years in Tibet [Fullscreen/Widescreen] on DVD

MPAA Rating: PG-13 Content Advisory: Adult Situations Movie Release: 1997 DVD Release: 04/07/1998 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV,Pan and Scan Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 2 hrs 16 mins Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Members Wishing: 12 Genres: Drama, Adventure Drama, Biopic [feature] See Also: Seven Years in Tibet [Superbit], Seven Years in Tibet [Fullscreen], Seven Years in Tibet [Blu-ray]

Typically impressive natural vistas from director Jean-Jacques Annaud (some secretly filmed on location in Tibet) highlight this adaptation of the memoir by Heinrich Harrer. Brad Pitt stars as the arrogant Heinrich, a famed Austrian mountain climber who leaves behind his wife and infant son to head a Himalayan expedition in 1939, only to fall into the hands of Allied forces as a prisoner of war. He and a fellow escapee, Peter Aufschnaiter (David Thewlis), make their way to the Forbidden City in Tibet, where Peter finds a wife and Heinrich befriends the Western culture-obsessed teenage Dalai Lama (Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk), the spiritual leader of his Buddhist nation. As Heinrich waits out the war, his friendship with the Dalai Lama begins to transform him from haughty to humble, but a crisis with China looms. A controversy over the revelation of the real-life Harrer's Nazi Party affiliation brewed during the film's production, forcing Annaud to briefly deal with the subject in the film. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

Brad Pitt - Heinrich Harrer
David Thewlis - Peter Aufschnaiter
B.D. Wong - Ngawang Jigme
Mako - Kungo Tsarong
Danny Denzongpa - Regent
Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk - Dalai Lama
Lhakpa Tsamchoe - Pema Lhaki

Jean-Jacques Annaud's adventure-drama Seven Years in Tibet comes to DVD with a pair of transfers. The widescreen anamorphic transfer preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 2.35:1, and is preferable in every way to the standard full-frame image. Closed-captioned English soundtracks are rendered in both Dolby Digital 5.1 and Dolby Digital Stereo, while a French soundtrack has also been recorded in Dolby Digital Stereo. English, French, and Spanish subtitles are accessible. Although there are no supplemental materials of any consequence, the excellent picture and sound quality should make this disc worthwhile. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide