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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 9781404943728
Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 1404943722
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: October 28, 2003
Running Time: 101 minutes
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: July 04, 2003
Sales Rank: 2393
MPN: 02272



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Description:
There is a legend that Paikea rode on the back of a whale and led his people to New Zealand. Since that time tradition has decreed that the first-born male descendant will become chief of the tribe. Then Pai is born...and she is a girl. She grows up within a close-knit village which retains the tribes traditional spiritual relationship with the sea and their warrior values. Although loved by all, Pai faces rejection from her grandfather, Koro, who is brokenhearted that there is no grandson to carry on the line.

Amazon.com:
One of the most charming and critically acclaimed films of 2003, the New Zealand hit Whale Rider effectively combines Maori tribal tradition with the timely "girl power" of a vibrant new millennium. Despite the discouragement of her gruff and disapproving grandfather (Rawiri Paratene), who nearly disowns her because she is female and therefore traditionally disqualified from tribal leadership, 12-year-old Pai (Keisha Castle-Hughes) is convinced that she is a tribal leader, and sets about to prove it. Rather than inflate this story (from a novel by Witi Ihimaera) with artificial sentiment, writer-director Niki Caro develops very real and turbulent family relationships, intimate and yet torn by a collision between stubborn tradition and changing attitudes. The mythic whale rider--the ultimate symbol of Maori connection to nature--is also the harbinger of Pai's destiny, and the appealing Castle-Hughes gives a luminous, astonishingly powerful performance that won't leave a dry eye in the house. With its fresh take on a familiar tale, Whale Rider is definitely one from the heart. --Jeff Shannon



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - best movie ever
This movie is SO special! Its moving,beautiful and full of inspiration. Its my all time favorite movie.


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Whle Rider
This is a wonderfully told story about a family coming to terms with traditions clashing with new realities, and how preconcieved notions about gender have to give way to those realities. The women in this story are strong, quietly forceful, and ultimately prove to be the leaders in the family. I live this film and the messages it gives.


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - The Whale Rider Review
I have seen this movie once before, and it was nothing short of inspirational the second time around. The Whangara tribe's faith derives from Paikea, the first Whale Rider. Like many tribal religion, their tribe faces the threats of extinction when the Koro's son fails to give him a male heir to the tribe. Pai, his only daughter, not only faces being orphaned by her father (who left the tribe not being able to face his wife and son's death), but the rejection of her grandfather as the one who would ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Maori Power
Whale Rider is the story of a young girl whose mother and twin brother died at her birth. This tragedy has profoundly affected her family, which includes her grandfather, who is chief of a long lineage going all the way back to the Maori ancestor called the Whalerider. Her grandfather is strong but stubborn that only a male can be the next chief. He cannot look to his two grown sons for this, and so he creates a school to teach the first-born boys in his village the secret ways of the Maori warrior, ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Erica Asahan Top 50 Movies Of ll time
Erica Asahan Wrote:

This movie was probably one of the best I have seen in decades! I love the main character. Her determination and courage inspired me. I have watched this movie at least a dozen times since I bought it and I just love it!


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