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Overview

User Rating:
6.4/10   2,599 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Alex Lasker (written by) &
Bill Rubenstein (written by)
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Release Date:
25 August 1995 (USA) more
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Truth has a witness
Plot:
Laura is trying to pick up the pieces of her life after the murder of her husband and son, and goes on vacation with her sister to Burma... more | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins & 3 nominations more
User Comments:
Powerful more (41 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Patricia Arquette ... Laura Bowman
U Aung Ko ... U Aung Ko

Frances McDormand ... Andy Bowman

Spalding Gray ... Jeremy Watt
Tiara Jacquelina ... San San, Hotel Desk Clerk
Kuswadinath Bujang ... Colonel at Hotel

Victor Slezak ... Mr. Scott
Jit Murad ... Sein Htoo
Ye Myint ... Zaw Win
Cho Cho Myint ... Zabai
Johnny Cheah ... Min Han
Haji Mohd Rajoli ... Karen Father
Azmi Hassan ... Older Karen Boy
Ahmad Fithi ... Younger Karen Boy
Adelle Lutz ... Aung San Suu Kyi
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for depiction of violent political oppression.
Runtime:
100 min | Turkey:93 min (TV version)
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Jodie Foster, Meryl Streep and Michelle Pfeiffer were all considered for the lead role. more
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Continuity: When Patricia Arquette arrives at the railroad station, a train is standing on the track nearest the platform. When she runs to get on the train, it is just pulling in to the station. more
Quotes:
[On whether men and women are equal]
Laura Bowman: Did you say completely equal?
U Aung Ko: Oh, yes! A woman can even become a Buddha; but for that she must first come back as a man.
Laura Bowman: Ah, there's always a catch.
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Referenced in "Seinfeld: The Pool Guy (#7.8)" (1995) more

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8 out of 10 people found the following comment useful.
Powerful, 4 September 2006
10/10
Author: russ-patterson from Ireland

This film should be seen by as many people as possible as it concentrates on the human rights problems in Burma. When I first watched this film in the mid 1990's it totally changed my life. I knew very little about Aung San Suu Kyi or her democracy movement. It effected me so I wanted to understand more about the situation. Any film that has the power to make you want to learn more has done its job properly. Patricia Arquette is superb as the American lady who due to personal tragedy has become reckless with her own life decisions and gets caught up in the ensuing conflict. It is a powerful film about a subject matter which deserves more publicity. As the film itself says the 1988 massacre of Pro democracy activists was not televised and therefore largely went unnoticed to the world. I implore everyone reading these comments to take the time to find out more about the current plight of the Burmese people.

It is about time this film was released on DVD. Can anything be done?

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