Product Details
In Custody (Widescreen) General
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| Video Format | Widescreen |
| UPC | 037429202821 |
| Release Date | 04/19/2005 |
| Running Time | 2 hours 5 minutes |
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| Number of Discs | 1 |
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Special Features
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| Region [unknown] |
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| Keep Case |
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| Widescreen - 1.78 |
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| Audio: |
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| Dolby Digital Stereo - Urdu & Hindi |
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| Shorts: MAHATMA AND THE MAD BOY |
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| Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer |
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Cast & Crew
Miscellaneous
| Muze Description |
| A poet who still uses the dying language of Urdu gets an assignment from a magazine editor to interview his idol, the greatest living Urdu poet. Upon visiting the old man he is shocked to find that he lives in a brothel surrounded by quarreling wives and drunken toadies. Based on the novel by Anita Desai. |
| Synopsis |
| Deven, a professor at a small college in India, joyfully learns that he will have the chance to interview his hero, the famous Urdu poet, Nur. When the two men finally meet, Deven is startled to find Nur wallowing in drunkenness and surrounded by losers, including his two nagging wives. Frustrated and depressed with his interviews -- which are filled with nothing but Nur's alcohol-laden ramblings -- Deven returns home. There, he finds a package from Nur who, fearing his death is near, has sent all of his poetry to Deven. |
| Production Notes |
| Color by Technicolor. |
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| Rated BBFC U by the British Board of Film Classification. |
Reviews
| Chicago Sun-Times |
| "...The film grows on you..." |
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| 08/19/1994 | p.43 | Lloyd Sachs |
| USA Today |
| "...Sweet, funny and obviously offbeat; once-sleek leading man Shashi Kapoor excels in a seedy character turn..." |
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| 04/14/1995 | p.3D | Mike Clark |
| Los Angeles Times |
| "...Wise and rueful....With his gallery of beautifully observed characters, Merchant has evoked a genuine sense of the human comedy..." |
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| 05/04/1994 | p.F4 | Kevin Thomas |
| Entertainment Weekly |
| "...Merchant emboldens [his] reverence for the past with a survivalist's spunk..." -- Rating: B+ |
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| 04/14/1995 | pp.72-3 | Nisid Hajari |
| New York Times |
| "...What may be the greatest role in the long career of [Kapoor]....Rich and enticing..." |
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| 04/15/1994 | p.C6 | Caryn James |
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