Kundun
1997 film directed by Martin Scorsese / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kundun is a 1997 American epic biographical film written by Melissa Mathison and directed by Martin Scorsese. It is based on the life and writings of Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, the exiled political and spiritual leader of Tibet. Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong, a grandnephew of the Dalai Lama, stars as the adult Dalai Lama, while Tencho Gyalpo, a niece of the Dalai Lama, appears as the Dalai Lama's mother.
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Directed by | Martin Scorsese |
Written by | Melissa Mathison |
Produced by | Barbara De Fina |
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Cinematography | Roger Deakins |
Edited by | Thelma Schoonmaker |
Music by | Philip Glass |
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Distributed by | Buena Vista Pictures Distribution |
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Running time | 134 minutes |
Country | United States |
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Budget | $28 million[2] |
Box office | $5.7 million[2] |
"Kundun" (སྐུ་མདུན་ Wylie: sku mdun in Tibetan), meaning "presence", is a title by which the Dalai Lama is addressed. Kundun was released only a few months after Seven Years in Tibet, sharing the latter's location and its depiction of the Dalai Lama at several stages of his youth, though Kundun covers a period three times longer. It is the final film penned by Mathison to be released before her death in 2015, although her final project, The BFG, was released posthumously.