Little Buddha (Original title)Piccolo Buddha (Alternative title)Buddha (Help search title)
Dates: 1993 (Copyright), 29 April 1994 (Release)Countries: France, Liechtenstein, United KingdomDirector: Bernardo Bertolucci
Synopsis: In Seattle, Dean and Lisa Conrad are distressed to learn from Lama Norbu, a monk at the Paro Monastery in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, that their young son Jesse may be the reincarnation of Lama Dorje, a Tibetan monk who died in Seattle nine years previously. In order to confirm this, Jesse would have to travel to Bhuttan. Before Dean accompanies Jesse to Bhutan, Norbu introduces the Conrad’s to the story of Siddartha, born 2,500 years previously in Kapilavastu (Nepal), who as a future Buddha was fiercely protected by his father until he discovered the existence of suffering and death, which led to him adopting a life of self-deprivation.
Genre: Drama
Subjects: Buddhism, Reincarnation
Releases
Date: 21 November 1993Country: FranceRelease type: TheatricalFormat: Super-35 - Colour - Technicolor - Sound - Dolby Stereo SRAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 135 mins Dialogue (original): English / Subtitles: French
Date: 21 November 1993Country: FranceRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 70mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - Sound - Dolby Stereo SRAspect ratio: 2.20:1Runtime: 135 mins Dialogue (original): English / Subtitles: French
Date: 29 April 1994Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: Super-35 - Colour - Technicolor - Sound - Dolby Stereo SRAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 122 mins 54 secs - Length: 11061 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Buena Vista International (UK)
Date: 29 April 1994Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 70mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - Sound - Dolby Stereo SRAspect ratio: 2.20:1Runtime: 122 mins 54 secs - Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Buena Vista International (UK)
Dates: 1993 (Copyright), 29 April 1994 (Release)Countries: France, Liechtenstein, United KingdomDirector: Bernardo Bertolucci
Synopsis: In Seattle, Dean and Lisa Conrad are distressed to learn from Lama Norbu, a monk at the Paro Monastery in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, that their young son Jesse may be the reincarnation of Lama Dorje, a Tibetan monk who died in Seattle nine years previously. In order to confirm this, Jesse would have to travel to Bhuttan. Before Dean accompanies Jesse to Bhutan, Norbu introduces the Conrad’s to the story of Siddartha, born 2,500 years previously in Kapilavastu (Nepal), who as a future Buddha was fiercely protected by his father until he discovered the existence of suffering and death, which led to him adopting a life of self-deprivation.
Genre: Drama
Subjects: Buddhism, Reincarnation
Releases
Date: 21 November 1993Country: FranceRelease type: TheatricalFormat: Super-35 - Colour - Technicolor - Sound - Dolby Stereo SRAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 135 mins Dialogue (original): English / Subtitles: French
Date: 21 November 1993Country: FranceRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 70mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - Sound - Dolby Stereo SRAspect ratio: 2.20:1Runtime: 135 mins Dialogue (original): English / Subtitles: French
Date: 29 April 1994Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: Super-35 - Colour - Technicolor - Sound - Dolby Stereo SRAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 122 mins 54 secs - Length: 11061 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Buena Vista International (UK)
Date: 29 April 1994Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 70mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - Sound - Dolby Stereo SRAspect ratio: 2.20:1Runtime: 122 mins 54 secs - Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Buena Vista International (UK)
Credits
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©: CiBy 2000, ©: Serprocor Anstalt, Made by: CiBy 2000, Serprocor Anstalt, [Made] in association with: Recorded Picture Company (Productions) Limited, Presents: Recorded Picture Company, Presents: CiBy 2000, Produced by: Jeremy Thomas, CiBy 2000 Representative: Charlotte Fraisse, For Recorded Picture Company - Production: Chris Auty, For Recorded Picture Company - Development: Hercules Bellville, Unit Production Manager: Eugene Mazzola, Production Manager: Attilio Viti, Production Manager: John Bernard, Indian Production Manager: Feroze Alameer, Production Supervisor: Mario Cotone, Production Co-ordinator UK: Sue Hausner, Production Co-ordinator: Denyse Hurley, Financial Controller: Ron Swinburne, Production Accountant: Hazel Crombie, Production Accountant: Alfonso Farano, Production Accountant: Karen Mazzola, Unit Manager: Piero Sassaroli, Location Manager: Neil Ravan, Location Manager: Tony Grob, Post-production Supervisor: Michael Saxton, Research: Saskia Cohen-Tanugi, 2nd Unit Director: Nicola Pecorini, 1st Assistant Director: Fabrizio Castellani, 1st Assistant Director: Serena Canevari, 2nd Assistant Director: Marco Guidone, Key 2nd Assistant Director: Lynn Wegenka, 2nd Assistant Director: Elisa Sansalone, 3rd Assistant Director: Leonardo Celi, Assistant to Director: Metka Kosak, Script Supervisor: Suzanne Durrenberger, Assistant Script Supervisor: Fabien Gerard, Casting by: Howard Feuer, Casting by: Fabrizio Castellani, Priscilla John, Tibetan Casting New York: Joanna Merlin, Nepal Casting: Diane Summers, Zurich Casting: Ulrike Koch, Casting Director: Steve Salomunovich, Nepal Casting Assistant: Raju Gurung, New York Casting Assistant: Alison Zimet, Los Angeles Casting Assistant: Nicole Arbusto, London Casting Assistant: Lucinda Syson, Extras Casting Director: Amy Caton-ford, Screenplay by: Rudy Wurlitzer, Screenplay by: Mark Peploe, Story: Bernardo Bertolucci, Initial Story Collaboration: Fabien Gerard, Giovanni Mastrangelo, Cinematography by: Vittorio Storaro, Operator Camera A: Enrico Umetelli, Operator Camera B: Fabio Zamarion, Steadicam: Nicola Pecorini, Focus Camera A: Giuseppe Roberto Alberti, Focus Camera B: Riccardo Umetelli, 2nd Camera Assistant: Steve Itano, Clapper Loader A: Paolo Bassi, Clapper Loader B: Alfredo Betro, Clapper/Loader: Mark Anderson, Electrical Gaffer: Filippo Cafolla, Best Boy: Stefano Marino, Key Grip: Antonio Marra, Video Operator: Marco Carosi, Stills Photographer: Angelo Novi, Stills Photographer: Basil Pao, Stills Photographer: Alessia Bulgari, Peter Riches, Digital Special Effects: The Computer Film Company, Special Effects Supervisor: Richard Conway, Computer Effects Supervisor: Val Wardlaw, Senior Special Effects Technician: Steve Hamilton, Special Effects Technician: Dave Eltham, Special Effects Technician: Tim Willis, Special Effects Technician: Terry Bridle, Special Effects Technician: John Coppinger, Special Effects Technician: Jeremy Hunt, Graham High, Editor: Pietro Scalia, 1st Assistant Editor: Nick Moore, 1st Assistant Editor: Fabrizio Palmisano, 2nd Assistant Editor: Daniele Sordoni, 2nd Assistant Editor: Paul Swinburne, 2nd Assistant Editor: Paul Elman, Assistant Editor: Orlando Duenas, Assistant Editor: John Helde, Chisako Yokoyama, Post-production: Doppiaggio Villini Rome, Post-production: Goldcrest London, Post-production: Twickenham Film Studios, Production Designed by: James Acheson, Supervising Art Director: Andrew Sanders, Art Director: Gianni Giovagnoni, Art Director: Steven Symmonds, Assistant Art Director: Maria Teresa Barbasso, Assistant Art Director: Domenico Sica, Set Decorator: Bruno Cesari, Set Decorator: Rondi Tucker, Assistant Set Decorator: Ludovica Barassi, Lead Person: Crista Schneider, Illustrations by: Shehbaz H. Safrani, Jesse's Book Designed by: Marcello Garofalo, Production Illustrator: Mauro Borelli, Props Master: Elio Altamura, Property Master: Don Dumas, Property Master: Melissa Matthies, Dressing Propman: Frederico Brasca, Standby Props: Roberto Magagnini, Standby Props: Luciano Magagnini, Construction Manager: Fernando Valento, Costumes Designed by: James Acheson, Associate Costume Designer: Frank Gardiner, Fabric/Print Design: Jane Clive, Costume Buyer: Robyn Elliot, Costume Researcher: Michele Michel, Wardrobe Supervisor: Richard Pointing, Key Wardrobe: Ron Leamon, Wardrobe Master: Anthony Hughes, Wardrobe Mistress: Pat Williamson, Make-up Chief: Peter Frampton, Key Make-up: Katarina Hirsch, Assistant Make-up: Amanda Knight, Assistant Make-up Nepal: Lois Burwell, Hairdressing Chief: Martin Samuels, Key Hair: Robaire Charbonneau, Hair Assistant: Francesca Crowder, Wig Supervisor: Suzanne Stokes-Munton, Hairdressing Assistant: Sian Grigg, Opening Sequence Designed and Produced by: Balsmeyer & Everett Inc, End Titles/Opticals: G.S.E. London, Colour Supervisor: Carlo La Bella, Film Stock: Eastman Color Film, Colour by: Technicolor, Music Composed and Conducted by: Ryuichi Sakamoto, Choir: Ambrosian Singers, Soprano: Catherine Bott, Featured Soloist: L. Subramaniam, Featured Soloist: Zakir Hussain, Nishat Khan, Vocalist: Shaheen Samad, Concert Master: Gayvn Wright, Choir Master: John McCarthy, Orchestrations: David Arch, Orchestrations: Kevin Townend, [Music] Arranger: Gil Goldstein, Indian Music Arranger: Zakir Hussain, Nepalese Drum Arrangements: Danny Birch, Gert Wegner, Music Co-ordinator: Gemma Dempsey, Music Editor: Michael Connell, [Music] Recording and Mixing Engineer: Steve Price, [Music] Recorded at: Angel Recording Studios, Indian Music Consultant: Zakir Hussain, Musicians Contractor: Isobel Griffiths, Music Preparation: John Baker, [Production] Sound Mixer: Ivan Sharrock, Boom Operator: Don Banks, Sound Maintenance: David Motta, Re-recording Mixer: Vincent Arnardi, Re-recording Mixer: Thierry Lebon, Re-recording Mixer: Gerry Humphreys, Re-recording Mixer: Dean Humphreys, Supervising Sound Editor: Eddy Joseph, Digital Sound Editor: Glenn Freemantle, Nigel Mills, Assistant Sound Editor: Leonard Green, Assistant Sound Editor: Nainita Desai, Assistant Sound Editor: Laurie Mcdowell, ADR Editor: Budge Tremlett, Foley Artist: Jack Stew, Foley Artist: Dianne Greaves, Foley Mixer: John Bateman, Foley Editor: Peter Holt, Stunt Co-ordinator: Franco Fantasia, Technical Adviser: Sean Culley, Buddhist Consultant: Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche, Macintosh Consultant: Michael Collins, Dialogue Coach: Constantine Gregory, Armour Co-ordinator: Irina Nijborg, International Publicity: Corbett and Keene, Press and Marketing: Dominique Green, Camera and Lenses: Technovision, ARRI, In memory of: Francis Bouygues
Cast
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Keanu Reeves (Siddartha), Ying Ruocheng (Lama Norbu), Chris Isaak (Dean Conrad), Alex Weisendanger (Jesse Conrad), Raju Lal (Raju), Greishma Makar Singh (Gita), Sogyal Rinpoche (Kenpo Tenzin), Ven. Khyongla Rato Rinpoche (abbot), Bridget Fonda (Lisa Conrad), Ven. Geshe Tsultim Gyelsen (Lama Dorje), Jo Champa (Maria), Jigme Kunsang (Champa), Thubtem Jampa (Punzo), Surekha Sikri (Sonali), T.K. Lama (Sangay), Doma Tshomo (Ani-La), Mantu Lal (Mantu), Mountain Yogi (mountain Yogi), Rinzin Dakpa (oracle), Rudraprasad Sengupta (King Suddhodhana), Kanika Pandey (Queen Maya), Rajeshwaree (Yasodhara), Santosh Bangera (Channa), Vijay Kashyap (Vizir), Bhisham Sahni (Asita), Madhu Mathur (Prajapati), Anupam Shyam (Lord Mara), Ruchi Mathur (Queen's assistant), Rashid Mastaan (beggar), S.S. Pandey (old musician), Saddiya Siddiqui, Tarana Ramakrishnan, Antia Thakur, Anu Ehetri, Kavita Hahat (temptation girl), Nagabab Shyam, Mahana Amar, Chritra Mandal, Narmadapuree, Kumar Lingeshewer (ascetic), Nirmala (village girl), Ailsa Berk (elephant performer), Elena Perino (voice of Raju)