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Format:
Video disc
Title:
A passage to India
Uniform Title:
Passage to India (Motion picture)
ISBN:
9780767859868
Edition:
Digitally mastered anamorphic widescreen version.
Production:
[New York, N.Y.] : E.M.I. Films (A John Brabourne and Richard Goodwyn Production), [1984]
Publication:
[Culver City, Calif.] : Columbia Tristar Home Video, [2000]
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (164 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Title from disc label.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1984.

Based on the novel by E.M. Forster and the play by Santha Rama Rau.

Special features: Reflections of David Lean; bonus trailers; talent files; interactive menus; production notes; scene selections.
Summary:
While on a trip in 1928 to visit her son, Mrs. Moore, accompanied by her son's fiancee, is appalled at the treatment of the Indians by the ruling British government. Later, they befriend a native Indian who, over-stepping the accepted norms of his culture, invites the two ladies on an excursion. In a strange turn of events, he is accused of attempting to rape the young woman.
Reading Level:
MPAA rating: PG ; Canadian Home Video rating: PG.
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