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Patrick Swayze | ... |
Max Lowe
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Om Puri | ... |
Hazari Pal
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Pauline Collins | ... |
Joan Bethel
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Shabana Azmi | ... |
Kamla H. Pal
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Ayesha Dharker | ... |
Amrita H. Pal
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Santu Chowdhury | ... |
Shambu H. Pal
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Imran Badsah Khan | ... |
Manooj H. Pal
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Art Malik | ... |
Ashok Ghatak
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Nabil Shaban | ... |
Anouar
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Debatosh Ghosh | ... |
Ram Chander
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Suneeta Sengupta | ... |
Poomina
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Mansi Upadhyay | ... |
Meeta
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Shyamanand Jalan | ... |
Ghatak - Godfather
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Shyamal Sengupta | ... |
Gangooly - Con Man
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Rudraprasad Sengupta | ... |
Chomotkar
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Baroon Chakaborty | ... |
Said
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Masood Akhtar | ... |
Rassoul
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Loveleen Mishra | ... |
Shanta
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Pawan Malhotra | ... |
Ashish
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Anusuya Majumdar | ... |
Selima
(as Anashua Mujumdar)
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Dipti Dave | ... |
Schoolgirl
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Aloke Roychoudhury | ... |
Aristotle John
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Siv Sankar Banerjee | ... |
Goonda
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Aloknanda Datta | ... |
Schoolgirl's Mother
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Chakradhar Jena | ... |
Mehboub
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Sunil Mukherjee | ... |
Hotel Porter
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Chetna Jalan | ... |
Court Judge
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Ravi Jhankal | ... |
Obstructing Policeman
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Debraj Ray | ... |
Binal
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Charu Bala Chokshi | ... |
Binal's Wife
(as Charubala Chokshi)
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Durba Datta | ... |
Margareta
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Tamal Ray Chowdhury | ... |
Surya
(as Tamal Roychowdhury)
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Sanjay Pathak | ... |
Shoba
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Anjan Dutt | ... |
Dr. Sunil
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Debasish Banerjee | ... |
Dr. Sunil's Assistant
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Swatilekha Sengupta | ... |
Hotel Manageress
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Sami Ahmad | ... |
Bartender
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Chhotu Bhai | ... |
Thug
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Rana Mitra | ... |
Thug
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Siddharth Roy | ... |
Thug
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Monu Mukherjee | ... |
Waiter at Hamburger Bar
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John Nair | ... |
Selima's Son
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Subrata Sensharma | ... |
Minister at Railway Station
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Sujan Mukherjee | ... |
Subash
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Satya Banerjee | ... |
Subash's Father
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Paresh Ghosh | ... |
Subash's Uncle
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Saran Chatterjee | ... |
Subash's Uncle
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Gouri Sankar Panda | ... |
Subash's Uncle
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Sudip Banerjee | ... |
Subash's Uncle
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Kajal Chaudhury | ... |
Hasari's Mother
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Iftekhar | ... |
Hasari's Father
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Chitra Sen | ... |
Angry Woman
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Keira Malik | ... |
Young Patient (Houston)
(as Keira Jane Malik)
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Tim Faraday | ... |
Anaesthetist (uncredited)
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Sam Wanamaker | ... |
(uncredited)
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Directed by
Roland Joffé |
Written by
Dominique Lapierre | ... | (book) |
Mark Medoff | ... | (screenplay) |
Produced by
Jake Eberts | ... | producer |
Roland Joffé | ... | producer |
Iain Smith | ... | co-producer |
Music by
Ennio Morricone |
Cinematography by
Peter Biziou |
Editing by
Gerry Hambling | ||
Hervé de Luze | ... | (uncredited) |
Editorial Department
Joss Agnew | ... | assistant editor |
Cate Arbeid | ... | post-production coordinator |
Clive Barrett | ... | additional editor |
Carolyne Chauncey | ... | first assistant editor |
Olivier Fontenay | ... | color timer |
Matthew Glen | ... | assistant editor |
Russell Lloyd | ... | additional editor |
Jonathan Lucas | ... | assistant editor |
William Parnell | ... | assistant editor |
Casting By
Priscilla John |
Production Design by
Roy Walker |
Art Direction by
Ashoke Bose | ... | (as Asoke Bose) |
John Fenner | ... | supervising art director |
Set Decoration by
Rosalind Shingleton |
Costume Design by
Judy Moorcroft |
Makeup Department
Lynda Armstrong | ... | makeup artist |
Elaine Bowerbank | ... | hair stylist |
Rita Dey | ... | assistant hair stylist |
Paul Engelen | ... | chief makeup artist |
Paula Gillespie | ... | chief hair stylist |
Production Management
Rashid Abbasi | ... | unit manager |
Dilip Bannerjee | ... | local production manager (as Dilip Banerjee) |
Ian Hickinbotham | ... | unit manager |
Philip Kohler | ... | production manager |
Barrie Melrose | ... | production supervisor |
John Trehy | ... | post-production supervisor |
John A. Amicarella | ... | post-production supervisor: Los Angeles (uncredited) |
Dileep Singh Rathore | ... | unit production manager (uncredited) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Debashish Chatterjee | ... | assistant director |
Cliff Lanning | ... | second assistant director |
Adam Somner | ... | third assistant director |
Gerry Toomey | ... | first assistant director: second camera |
Bill Westley | ... | first assistant director |
Kevin Westley | ... | additional assistant director (uncredited) |
Art Department
Alan Billam | ... | stand-by stagehand |
Neil Carr | ... | stand-by rigger |
Dave Everall | ... | chargehand rigger (as David Everall) |
Barry Fowler | ... | supervising plasterer |
Len Furey | ... | construction manager |
Charles Green | ... | plasterer |
Derek Knowler | ... | property storeman |
David Meeking | ... | supervising painter |
Peter Mounsey | ... | stand-by painter |
Andrew Palmer | ... | dressing propman (as Andy Palmer) |
John Palmer | ... | chargehand dressing propman |
John Porter | ... | chargehand carpenter |
Mickey Pugh | ... | chargehand stand-by props |
Gordon Routledge | ... | stand-by carpenter |
Alan Seabrook | ... | painter |
Eric Strange | ... | dressing propman |
Alan Taylor | ... | construction manager |
Terry Wells | ... | property master |
Mickey Woolfson | ... | stand-by propman |
Agnes Goveas | ... | set dresser (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Jonathan Bates | ... | sound editor |
Jean-Marie Blondel | ... | boom operator |
Daniel Brisseau | ... | sound mixer |
Olivier Burgaud | ... | boom operator |
Ron Davis | ... | sound editor |
Richard Dunford | ... | sound editor |
Peter Elliott | ... | sound editor (as Peter Elliot) |
Martin Evans | ... | sound editor |
Ian Fuller | ... | supervising sound editor |
Peter Horrocks | ... | sound editor |
Dick Lewzey | ... | additional sound engineer |
Brian Mann | ... | assistant sound editor |
Ray Merrin | ... | assistant sound re-recording mixer |
Christine Newell | ... | assistant sound editor |
Tim Partridge | ... | stereo sound engineer: Dolby (as Timothy Partridge) |
Franco Patrignani | ... | sound engineer |
Clive Pendry | ... | assistant sound re-recording mixer |
Bill Rowe | ... | re-recording mixer |
Andy Stears | ... | assistant sound editor |
Len Tremble | ... | assistant sound editor |
Michael Trent | ... | assistant sound editor |
Fabio Venturi | ... | assistant sound engineer |
Sandy Buchanan | ... | post-production sound assistant (uncredited) |
Steve Hancock | ... | sound camera operator (uncredited) |
Special Effects by
Nick Allder | ... | special effects supervisor |
Neil Corbould | ... | special effects technician |
David Harris | ... | special effects supervisor |
Ron Hone | ... | special effects technician |
Peter Skehan | ... | special effects technician |
Brian Warner | ... | special effects |
Visual Effects by
Angus Bickerton | ... | matte cameraman: plate photography (uncredited) |
Alan Church | ... | optical camera (uncredited) |
Doug Ferris | ... | matte artist (uncredited) |
Andy Stevens | ... | optical camera assistant: Magic Camera Co (uncredited) |
Stunts
Greg Powell | ... | stunt coordinator |
Lee Sheward | ... | stunt double: Patrick Swayze |
Kiran Shah | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
David Appleby | ... | unit still photographer |
Peter Bloor | ... | chief electrician |
Mark 'Rocky' Evans | ... | electrician (as Mark Evans) |
Francine Filatriau | ... | camera operator: second camera |
Ray Hall | ... | camera grip |
Patricia Kiely | ... | clapper loader |
Eddie Knight | ... | best boy |
Pascal Marti | ... | camera operator: second camera |
Don Maton | ... | generator operator |
Alan McPherson | ... | electrician |
Stewart Monteith | ... | electrician |
Damien Morisot | ... | focus puller: second camera |
John Murphy | ... | camera grip |
Eamonn O'Keeffe | ... | focus puller |
Ronnie Phillips | ... | electrician (as Ronald Phillips) |
Dave Ridout | ... | generator operator (as David Ridout) |
Mike Roberts | ... | camera operator |
Bradley Thomas | ... | video operator |
Charles Todman | ... | camera maintenance |
Casting Department
Joyce Barneto | ... | casting assistant |
Supantha Bhattacharjee | ... | crowd casting |
Nancy Foy | ... | casting: USA |
Emily Schweber | ... | casting: USA |
Lucinda Syson | ... | casting assistant |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Germinal Rangel | ... | wardrobe supervisor |
Sujata Sharma | ... | wardrobe mistress |
Location Management
Bill Barringer | ... | location manager |
Jayanth Kumath | ... | location manager |
Music Department
Richard Blackford | ... | composer: original folk music / music supervisor |
Felice E. Raffaele Clemente | ... | musician: panpipes |
Enrico DeMelis | ... | general music coordinator (as Enrico De Melis) |
Joe Illing | ... | music editor |
Dick Lewzey | ... | additional music engineer |
Sirishkumar Manji | ... | musician: tabla (as Sirish Kumar) |
Andrea Morricone | ... | music recording assistant |
Ennio Morricone | ... | conductor / orchestrator |
Stefano Novelli | ... | musician: piccolo clarinet |
Laura Pontecorvo | ... | musician: recorder |
Chandra Ramesh | ... | musician: sitar |
Mike Taylor | ... | musician: Indian flute |
Paolo Zampini | ... | musician: flute |
Script and Continuity Department
Pat Rambaut | ... | script supervisor (as Patricia Rambaut) |
Transportation Department
Arthur Dunne | ... | transportation supervisor |
Muhammad Israfil | ... | unit driver: Calcutta |
John Smith | ... | unit driver: UK |
Sujit Narayan Sur | ... | transportation assistant (as Sujit Nasayan Sur) |
Additional Crew
S.M. Ferozeuddin Alameer | ... | assistant: Roland Joffé |
Imtiaz Amir | ... | production assistant |
Deborah Attoinese | ... | assistant: Roland Joffé |
Mohini Banerji | ... | liaison officer: New Delhi |
Sallie Beechinor | ... | production coordinator |
Oscar Beuselinck | ... | production runner |
Eleanor Chaudhuri | ... | production secretary |
Clarence D'Silva | ... | production runner |
Vijaya Daing | ... | unit doctor (as Dr. Vijaya Daing) |
Robert Gale | ... | medical consultant (as Dr. Robert Gale) |
Sunil Gangopadhyay | ... | cultural consultant |
Sheikh Nazret Hossain | ... | police liaison |
Yash Johar | ... | liaison officer: Bombay |
Clayton Kennedy | ... | production runner |
Andrew Lindsay | ... | catering supervisor |
Claire Litchfield | ... | unit nurse |
Irene Lyons | ... | assistant: Jake Eberts |
Donald MacKechnie | ... | supervisor: Actors Workshops |
Sue Mawson | ... | unit nurse |
Lawrence R. Medoff | ... | medical consultant (as Lawrence R. Medoff M.D.) |
Ben Myron | ... | executive: Lightmotive |
Andrew Noakes | ... | location accountant |
John Porter | ... | worldwide distribution director |
Sunit Sengupta | ... | liaison officer: Calcutta |
Ann Tasker | ... | unit publicist |
John Trehy | ... | production accountant |
Kevin Trehy | ... | assistant accountant |
Charles Waring | ... | assistant accountant |
Tristan Whalley | ... | international publicity coordinator |
John Whelan | ... | catering supervisor |
Ruth A. Young | ... | assistant to co-producer (as Ruth Young) |
Brit Babcock | ... | development (uncredited) |
Roland Joffé | ... | early screenplay draft (uncredited) |
Richard Morrison | ... | title designer (uncredited) |
Gary Nixon | ... | location accountant (uncredited) |
Emily Stankovich | ... | executive assistant to director (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- AMLF (1992) (France) (theatrical)
- Alternative Films (1992) (Belgium) (theatrical)
- Concorde Film (1993) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Eastern Epic Production Division (1996) (India) (theatrical)
- First Films (1993) (Philippines) (theatrical)
- Fox Pathé Europa (2000) (France) (theatrical)
- Hoyts Distribution (1992) (Australia) (theatrical)
- Hoyts Fox Columbia TriStar Films (1992) (Australia) (theatrical) (through 'Hoyts Distribution')
- TriStar Pictures (1992) (United States) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. Pictures (1992) (Brazil) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. (1992) (Italy) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. (1992) (Non-US) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. (1992) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Warner Sogefilms S.A. (1992) (Spain) (theatrical)
- Aquarius TV (2005) (Greece) (DVD)
- Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (video)
- Constantin Film (1992) (Germany)
- Imprint Films (2022) (Australia) (Blu-ray)
- Majestic Films International (1992) (Non-US)
- Warner Bros. (Argentina)
- Warner Home Video (1993) (Netherlands) (VHS)
- Warner Home Vídeo (1992) (Brazil) (VHS)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Pinewood Studios (movie studio)
- Blowup (stills laboratory)
- Epic Soundtrax (soundtrack)
- Lee Lighting (grip and lighting equipment)
- Sapex Scripts (post-production services)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
Independent of each other, the Pal family--parents Hazari and Kamla and their three offspring Amrita, Shambu and Manooj--and Max Lowe arrive in Calcutta, their initial dealings there being less than positive. After losing their farm in the nearby countryside to the "money lender", the Pals are in the city in search of a better life, especially in wanting to build a dowry for Amrita who is now of marrying age. Max, a Houston-based surgeon who fell into the career as a matter of family obligation, quit his job, unable to cope with the emotional toll especially of losing patients, and has come to Calcutta in search of spiritual enlightenment. Their lives converge by chance in the slum neighborhood nicknamed the City of Joy, most specifically at the makeshift City of Joy Clinic and School opened and operated by Irishwoman Joy Bethel who came to Calcutta on a whim and never left. While the Pals eventual settle in the City of Joy, Joy herself tries to convince Max to provide his much needed medical services to the clinic, which he eventually but reluctantly agrees for as long as he is in Calcutta, which is longer than he may have originally planned if only in having troubles trying to get back to the US. In addition to some seeing Max as having no long term commitment to the neighborhood like the Pals who are now residents, two others issues in combination threaten the lives of those in the City of Joy, including Max, Joy and the Pals, and the livelihood of the clinic: the broadening of the services to include a nearby leper colony, some in the neighborhood who do not want to associate with them; and the control of the neighborhood by the corrupt Ghatak family--the patriarchal Godfather as he is referred to and his more violent son Ashok--who own much of the neighborhood property, own many of the neighborhood services (such as the rickshaw services; Hazari has become one of their drivers) and who require "protection money" from other neighborhood businesses such as from the clinic to maintain the peace. Written by Huggo |
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Taglines | True heroism lies in the quality of the struggle. See more » |
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Box Office
Budget | $27,000,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
Trivia | Amongst the problems that beset the production were fire-bombings, mass demonstrations, media criticism, accusations of murder, a skyrocketing budget that eventually settled at the twenty-seven million dollar mark, and Warner Brothers' 11th hour pullout that nearly bankrupted the producers. See more » |
Goofs | The school girl in the rickshaw gets dropped daily to St. Xavier's School on Park Street - which is an all boys school. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in City of Joy/Proof/The Babe/Deep Cover/The Famine Within (1992). See more » |
Soundtracks | Original folk score See more » |
Quotes |
Hasari Pal:
All that is not given is lost. See more » |