Kundun (1997)

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PG-13 | 2 hr 8 mins | Drama, Biopic, Religion | Released: 12/25/1997 |Box Office Total: $5.6M

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Synopsis:

Story about his Holiness Tenzingyatso, the 14th Dalai Lamai of Tibet who was forced into exile in 1959, nine years after China's invasion of Tibet.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
12/25/1997

Studio	Credit
Touchstone Films	Studio
Director	Credit
Martin Scorsese	Director
E J Foerster	Director - 2nd unit director (2nd Unit)
Cast	Credit
Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong	Dalai Lama--Adult
Gyurme Tethong	Dalai Lama--Age 12
Tulku Jamyang Kunga Tenzin	Dalai Lama--Age 5
Tenzin Yeshi Paichang	Dalai Lama--Age 2
Tencho Gyalpo	Dalai Lama's Mother
Tenzin Topjar	Lobsang--Age 5-10
Tsewang Migyur Khangsar	Dalai Lama's Father
Tenzin Lodoe	Takster
Tsering Lhamo	Tsering Dolma
Geshi Yeshi Gyatso	Lama of Sera
Lobsang Gyatso	The Messenger
Sonam Phuntsok	Reting Rinpoche
Gyatso Lukhang	Lord Chamerlain
Lobsang Samten	Master of the Kitchen
Tsewang Jigme Tsarong	Taktra Rinpoche
Tenzin Trinley	Ling Rinpoche
Ngawang Dorjee	Kashag/Nobleman No 1
Phintso Thonden	Kashag/Nobleman No 2
Chewang Tsering Ngokhang	Layman No 1
Jamyang Tenzin	Norbu Thundrup
Tashi Dhondup	Lobsang--Adult
Jampa Lungtok	Nechung Oracle
Karma Wangchuck	Deformed Face Bodyguard
Ben Wang	General Chang Chin-Wu
Kim Chan	Chinese General No 2
Henry Yuk	General Tan
Ngawang Kaldan	Prime Minister Lobsang Tashi
Jurme Wangda	Prime Minister Lukhangwa
Robert Lin	Chairman Mao
Selden Kunga	Tibertan Doctor
John Wong	Chinese Comrade
Gawa Youngdung	Old Woman
Tenzin Rampa	Tenzin Chonegyl--Age 12
Vyas Ananthakrishnan	Indian Soldier
Production Credits	Credit
Melissa Mathison	Co-Producer
Barbara De Fina	Producer
Scott Harris	Associate Producer
Laura Fattori	Executive Producer
Phil Phillips Marco	Executive Producer
Jeanne Stack	Producer - 2nd unit producer (2nd Unit)
Production Companies	Credit
Cappa/De Fina Productions	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Touchstone Pictures Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
BVI	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
CLT-UFA International Film & TV Production	Foreign TV Distributor
Village Roadshow Pictures Worldwide	Theatrical Distributor
Buena Vista Pictures Distribution	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
AMLF	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Europa Films	Theatrical Distributor
Triangel Film	Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Ouarzazate, Morocco
British Columbia, Canada
Idaho, USA
Writer	Credit
Melissa Mathison	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
Enzo Sisti	Production Accountant
Dean Hood	Accountant
Elizabeth Zagrany	Post-Production Accountant
Karin Mercurio	Accountant
Giorgio Catalano	Accountant
Animal Training Handling	Credit
Jean Philippe Varin	Wrangler - vultures wrangler
Joel Proust	Animal Wrangler - horse wrangler
Walter Foster ('Duke')	Wrangler - lead wrangler (2nd Unit)
Jerzy Lamirowsky	Animal Wrangler - yaks & rats wrangler
Art Department	Credit
Francesca Lo Schiavo	Set Decorator
Alice Baker	Assistant Set Decorator
Dante Ferretti	Production Designer
Domenico Sica	Assistant Art Director
Giovanni Gianese	Art Department - sculptor
Alan R Thomkins	Art Director
Franco Ceraolo	Art Director
Nick Bernini	Art Department - artist
Massimo Razzi	Art Director
Casting	Credit
Ahmed Abounouom (Jimmy)	Extras Casting
Ellen Lewis	Casting
Vivian Hasbrouck	Casting Associate - casting assistant
Lhundup Dorjee	Casting Associate - casting assistant
Film Camera	Credit
Andy Harris	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Hans Bjerno	Camera Operator - Space Cam operator (2nd Unit)
Jay Cox	Color Timer - digital color timer
Peter Cavaciuti	Steadicam Operator - "B" camera/Steadicam operator
Roger Deakins	Director of Photography
Mario Tursi	Photography - still photographer
David Orr	Color Timer
Claudio Zamarion	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Phil Marco	Director of Photography - director of photography & special effects
Jan Kiesser	Director of Photography (2nd Unit)
Derek Walker	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Marco Maldonado	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant cameraman
Philip C Pfeiffer	Director of Photography - 2nd unit director of photography (2nd Unit)
Edward Rodriguez	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant cameraman
Erik Nash	Director of Photography
Steve Carmona	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera (2nd Unit)
Rick Sobin	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera (2nd Unit)
Film Sales Financing	Credit
Union Generale	Foreign Distribution Sales
Music	Credit
Philip Glass	Music
Yan Liu	Theme Lyrics - lyrics
Kurt Munkacsi	Music Producer
Suzana Peric	Music Editor
Michael Riesman	Music Conductor
Jason Kao Hwang	Music
Jim Keller	Music Producer - executive music producer
Martin Czembor	Music - music engineer
Dhondup Namgyal Khorko	Music - Tibetan horns & cymbals
Ramona Kirschenman	Music - music production coordinator
Amanda Riesman	Music - music production coordinator
Veronica Arroyo	Music - music production coordinator
Emily Hall Shannon	Music - music production coordinator
Nancy Allen	Music - assistant music editor
Production Management	Credit
Scott Harris	Assistant Director
Antonio Gabrielli	Location Manager - key location manager
Menouer Samiri	Production Manager
John Murrah	Technical Supervisor
Roberto Malerba	Unit Production Manager
Cecilia Alvarenga	Production Coordinator
James Ellis Deakins	Script Supervisor
Maria DeLeo	Location Assistant
Tony Basile	Production Supervisor (2nd Unit)
Karen L Thorson	Post-Production Supervisor
Vito Colazzo	Location Manager
Steve Danton	Unit Production Manager - unit production manager & 1st assistant director (2nd Unit)
Bernard Bellew	Assistant Director
Pamela Windo	Location Assistant
Dawn Freer	Script Supervisor
Randi Feinberg	Production Coordinator
Leslie Kobyluck	Production Coordinator
Alberto Mangiante	Assistant Director
Riccardo Neri	Location Manager
Francesco Marras	Location Manager
Barbara Pastrovich	Assistant Director - 2nd assistant director
Ahmed Hatimi	Assistant Director
Brahim Derhem	Location Manager
Jacki Phipps	Assistant Director
Jaouad Cherkaoui	Location Manager
Norman Burns	Assistant Director
Karim Abouobayd	Location Manager
Publicity	Credit
Lois Smith	Publicity
Patricia Johnson	Unit Publicist
Marion Billings	Publicity
Sound	Credit
Bruce Pross	Foley - foley engineer
Stephen Rogers	Sound
Matthew Desorgher	Boom Operator
Tom Fleischman	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Frank Kern	Foley Editor
Adam Lipsius	ADR - ADR assistant editor
Marissa Littlefield	ADR Editor
Clive Winter	Sound Mixer
Marko Costanzo	Foley Artist
Phil Stockton	Sound Editor
Ben Cheah	Foley - foley/effects assistant
Kam Chan	Foley Editor
David Boulton	ADR - ADR recording engineer
Rick Lopez	Rerecording - film scanning/recording
Alan Manger	Boom Operator - boom man
Visual Effects	Credit
Michael Wassel	Matte Painter - matte artist
Douglas J Campbell	Effects Assistant - assistant visual effects editor
Jeffrey Burks	Visual Effects Supervisor - DQI visual effects supervisor
Ansell Bray	Visual Effects - modelmaker
Kevin Hannigan	Special Effects
Joe Mandia	Rotoscope Animator - lead rotoscope artist
Eugene Gearty	Effects Supervisor
Rob Dressel	3-D Animator
Jennifer Kimi	3-D Artist - 3-D paint
Morgan Trotter	3-D Models - 3-D modeling
Jean S Tom	Effects Coordinator - visual effects coordinator
Keiko Kubota	Visual Effects - modelmaker
Lauren Ann Littleton	Effects Coordinator - visual effects coordinator
Kelvin McIlwain	Matte Painter - matte artist
Howie Muzika	Rotoscope Animator - lead rotoscope artist
Skip Lievsay	Effects Supervisor
Syd Dutton	Visual Effects Supervisor
Renato Agostini	Special Effects
Bill Taylor	Visual Effects Supervisor
Dream Quest Images	Visual Effects - visual effects provider
Michael Kearns	Special Effects
Martin Matzinger	Effects Coordinator
Michael Frick	Rotoscope Animator - lead rotoscope artist
Robert Legato	Visual Effects Supervisor
Conor Coughlan	Special Effects
Melissa Cira Taylor	Visual Effects - DQI visual effects producer
Massimo Cristofanelli	Special Effects
Craig Barron	Visual Effects Supervisor
Dennis Hoffman	Visual Effects - DQI executive producer
Brian Leach	Visual Effects - digital compositor
Tony Noel	Visual Effects - digital compositor
Mark Sullivan	Visual Effects - digital matte artist
Craig Mullins	Visual Effects - digital matte artist
Tony Halawa	Visual Effects - digital matte artist
Cari Tomas	Visual Effects - visual effects producer
Rick Dunn	Visual Effects - digital compositor
Claas Henke	Visual Effects - digital compositor
Krystyna Demkowicz	Visual Effects - visual effects producer
Christopher Evans	Visual Effects - digital matte artist
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Mirella Ginnoto	Hair Stylist - key hairstylist
Bona Nasalli Rocca	Wardrobe Supervisor
Marina Roberti	Set Costumer
Maria Salvatori	Tailor
Fabrizio Sforza	Makeup Artist - key makeup artist
Dante Ferretti	Costume Designer
Kristin Valentino	Wardrobe - wardrobe stylist
Nezha Dakil	Set Costumer
Elisabetta DeLeonardis	Hair Stylist
Salvatore Salzano	Tailor
Allesandra Sampaolo	Makeup Artist
Giorgio Gregorini	Hair Stylist
Enrico Iacoponi	Makeup Artist
Romano Amidei	Set Costumer
Edelweiss Azzuro	Tailor
Elsa Malandra	Tailor
Madoka Tomoi	Set Costumer
Edda Soliani	Tailor

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