| Other author/creator | Stone, Oliver producer. |
| Other author/creator | Wang, Wayne, 1949- director, producer. |
| Other author/creator | Bass, Ronald screenwriter, producer. |
| Other author/creator | Tan, Amy screenwriter, producer. |
| Other author/creator | Markey, Patrick producer. |
| Other author/creator | Tsai Chin, 1936- actor. |
| Other author/creator | Kiều Chinh, 1939- actor. |
| Other author/creator | Lu, Lisa actor. |
| Other author/creator | Nuyen, France, 1939- actor. |
| Other author/creator | Chao, Rosalind actor. |
| Other author/creator | Tom, Lauren actor. |
| Other author/creator | Tomita, Tamlyn actor. |
| Other author/creator | Ming-Na, 1963- actor. |
| Other author/creator | Chan, Michael Paul, actor. |
| Other author/creator | McCarthy, Andrew, 1962- actor. |
| Other author/creator | Rich, Christopher, 1953- actor. |
| Other author/creator | Wong, Russell, 1963- actor. |
| Other author/creator | Wu, Vivian, 1966- actor. |
| Other author/creator | Portman, Rachel composer. |
| Other author/creator | Tan, Amy Joy Luck Club. |
| Other author/creator | Hollywood Pictures. |
| Other author/creator | Buena Vista Home Video (Firm) |
| Uniform title | Joy Luck Club (Motion picture) |
| Contents |
Hopes and dreams -- Auntie Lindo's story -- Waverly's story -- Auntie Ying Ying's story -- Lena's story -- Auntie An Mei's story -- Rose's story -- Auntie An Mei continues -- June's story -- Suyuans's cherished wish. |
| Abstract |
Four mothers. Four daughters. Eight stories. The Joy Luck Club is four women in San Francisco who have played mah jong together on a weekly basis to for forty some years. One of them, Suyuan, has died, and her daughter June is preparing to go to China. Auntie Lindo with daughter Waverly, Auntie Ying Ying with daughter Lena, and Auntie An Mei with daughter Rose are at the going away party. Born in China, the Joy Luck Club members came to America as young adults; their daughters are 100% American. The old days are seldom spoken about, and some things about those times have never been said aloud, but the experiences left behind color the hopes and expectations these women have for their daughters. If daughters become their mothers--no matter how much both parties desire that it not happen--daughters also become different from their mothers--despite all attempts to perpetuate the status quo. |
| General note | Based upon the novel by Amy Tan. |
| Credits | Director of photography, Amir Mokri ; editor, Maysie Hoy ; production designer, Donald Graham Burt ; music, Rachel Portman. |
| Cast |
Tsai Chin (Lindo), Kieu Chinh (Suyuan), Lisa Lu (An Mei), France Nuyen (Ying Ying), Rosalind Chao (Rose), Lauren Tom (Lena), Tamlyn Tomita (Waverly), Ming-Na Wen (June), Michael Paul Chan (Harold), Andrew McCarthy (Ted Jordan), Christopher Rich (Rich), Russell Wong (Lin Xiao), Vivian Wu (An Mei's Mother). |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Originally produced as an American motion picture in 1993. |
| Audience |
MPAA Rating: Rated R for strong depiction of thematic material. |
| Technical details | DVD. |
| Language | In English and occasional Chinese with optional subtitles in English; closed captioned. |
| Genre/form | Romance films. |
| Genre/form | Feature films. |
| Genre/form | Fiction films. |
| Genre/form | Film adaptations. |
| Genre/form | Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
| ISBN | 078883603X |
| ISBN | 9780788836039 |
| UPC |
786936182583 |
| Publisher number | 26279 Hollywood Pictures Home Entertainment |
