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The rocket [videorecording (DVD)] / produced by Sylvia Wilczynski ; written and directed by Kim Mordaunt.

Contributor(s): Publisher number: K1291 | Kino InternationalLanguage: Lao Original language: Lao Edition: WidescreenDescription: 1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s): Genre/Form: Awards:
  • 2014 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards: Best Original Screenplay (Kim Mordaunt).
  • 2014 Tribeca Film Festival Audience Awards: Best Narrative Feature (Kim Mordaunt) ; Best Actor in a Narrative Feature Film (Sitthiphon Disamoe).
Cast: Sitthiphon Disamoe, Loungnam Kaosainam, Thep Phongam, Bunsri Yindi, Sumrit Warin.Summary: After a family tragedy, a 10-year-old boy is labeled as cursed which forces his family to move from their land and start a journey to find their new home.Summary: "A boy, who is believed to bring bad luck to everyone around him, causes his family and two of his new friends through Laos to find a new home away from them. After a calamity-filled adventure through a land scarred by war, he goes to prove that he's not bad luck by building a giant rocket to enter into the most exciting, yet dangerous competition of the year: the Rocket Festival"--Wikipedia.com.
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Dolby digital 5.1, wide screen 2.35:1.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2013.

Features: audio commentary, making-of featurette, theatrical trailer.

Sitthiphon Disamoe, Loungnam Kaosainam, Thep Phongam, Bunsri Yindi, Sumrit Warin.

After a family tragedy, a 10-year-old boy is labeled as cursed which forces his family to move from their land and start a journey to find their new home.

"A boy, who is believed to bring bad luck to everyone around him, causes his family and two of his new friends through Laos to find a new home away from them. After a calamity-filled adventure through a land scarred by war, he goes to prove that he's not bad luck by building a giant rocket to enter into the most exciting, yet dangerous competition of the year: the Rocket Festival"--Wikipedia.com.

No rating.

Home use only.

In Lao ; with optional English subtitles.

2014 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards: Best Original Screenplay (Kim Mordaunt).

2014 Tribeca Film Festival Audience Awards: Best Narrative Feature (Kim Mordaunt) ; Best Actor in a Narrative Feature Film (Sitthiphon Disamoe).

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