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MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA DVD :.
The DVD includes
several featurettes including John Williams, Yo-Yo Ma and Itzhak
Perlman discussing the music
for the movie: The Music of Memoirs.
DVD Information:
Starring: Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, and others
Director: George Lucas
Encoding: Region 1
Format: Color, Closed-captioned, THX, Widescreen, Dolby
Aspect Ratio(s): 2.35:1
Audio Encoding: Dolby Digital 5.1 EX, Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Studio: Twentieth Century Fox
DVD Release Date: March 22, 2005
Run Time: 133 min.
Number of discs: 2
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DVD Features:
Available Subtitles: English, French
Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French
(Dolby Digital 5.1)
- Commentary by director Rob Marshall and co-producer John
DeLuca
- Production Commentary by Costume Design Colleen Atwood,
Production Design John Myhre and Editor Pietro Scalia
- "Sayuri's Other Journey: From the Novel to the Screen"
featurette - Novelist Arthur Golden and the filmmakers discuss
the 8-year journey of turning the best-selling book into an
award winning film.
- "The Road to Japan" featurette - the filmmakers travel to
Japan to experience the places in Kyoto that are featured in the
book and discuss the challenges of shooting in some of Japan's
most sacred locations.
- "Geisha Bootcamp" featurette - A behind the scenes look at how
the actresses learned the art of becoming geisha.
- "Building the Hanamachi" featurette - Recreating the entire
village of old Kyoto in a pasture in Southern California.
- "The Look of a Geisha" featurette - The most famous Geisha
were considered to be the supermodels of their time, learn the
ancient secrets and modern twists to creating their hair, makeup
and wardrobe for the film.
- "The Music of Memoirs" featurette -
John Williams, Yo-Yo Ma and Itzhak Perlman discuss the creative
process of composing the Golden Globe's winning score.
- "A Geisha's Dance" featurette - We'll follow the entire
process of staging these dances, from research into authentic
geisha dance (illustrated with the archival footage that served
as inspiration) through conception, casting sessions,
rehearsals, on-the-set rehearsals, filming, and the final
version in the movie.
- "The World of the Geisha" featurette - A look at the history
of this secret world, from its ancient origins up to the geisha
of today.
- "The Way of the Sumo" featurette - Explore the fascinating
history of this ancient sport and meet some of today's Sumo
Wrestling champions.
- "Rob Marshall" featurette - An in-depth look at Director Rob
Marshall
- "A Day with Chef Nobu Matsuhisa" featurette - World-renowned
Chef Nobu Matsuhisa discusses his role in Memoirs and shares
some of his favorite recipes.
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