Movie: In Search of 'Kundun' with Martin Scorsese

Top 10 Billed Cast

Tenzin Gyatso
Tenzin Gyatso

Self

Roger Deakins
Roger Deakins

Self

Dante Ferretti
Dante Ferretti

Self

Melissa Mathison
Melissa Mathison

Self

Tencho Gyalpo
Tencho Gyalpo

Self

Robert Lin
Robert Lin

Self

Lobsang Samten
Lobsang Samten

Self

Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese

Self

Tulku Jamyang Kunga Tenzin
Tulku Jamyang Kunga Tenzin

Self

Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong
Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong

Self

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    In Search of Kundun, a “making-of” documentary that is so much more, follows Scorsese as he plans his epic film and shoots in Morocco, and continues on to an audience with the Dalai Lama himself in the foothills of the Himalayas. Edited from over a hundred hours of footage, the documentary captures Scorsese’s fervor as a filmmaker and a man, the modest yet charismatic Dalai Lama, and the plight of the exiled Tibetans. -Denver Film Society

  • Release Date

    1998-10-07

  • Average

    6.5

  • Rating:

    3.3 starts
  • Tagline

    A spiritual journey through the lens of a master filmmaker.

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  • Languages:

    English
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