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The Motel

Chinese-American adolescent Ernest works after school cleaning rooms at the dingy motel owned by his bossy mother. A Korean-American playboy drifter helps Ernest come out of his shell, encouraging him to pursue an older girl he has a crush on. Ernest absorbes life lessons about girls, bullies, baseb...

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Corporate Author: Flan De Coco Films., Richard and Esther Shapiro Entertainment., Palm Pictures.
Other Authors: Kang, Michael, 1970- (Director, Screenwriter), Greenfield, Matthew. (Producer), Lin, Ed., Chyau, Jeffrey. (Actor), Futerman, Samantha. (Actor), Kang, Sung, 1972- (Actor), Wu, Jade. (Actor)
Format: Videos DVD
Language: English
Chinese
Published: [New York, N.Y.] : Palm Pictures, [2007]
Subjects:
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Lin, Ed > Film and video adaptations.
Chinese Americans > Drama.
Motels > Drama.
Teenage boys > Drama.
Mothers and sons > United States > Drama.
Fatherless families > United States > Drama.
Mentoring > United States > Drama.
Independent films
Teen films.
Comedy > Feature.
Youth > Feature.
Feature films.
Comedy films.
Summary: Chinese-American adolescent Ernest works after school cleaning rooms at the dingy motel owned by his bossy mother. A Korean-American playboy drifter helps Ernest come out of his shell, encouraging him to pursue an older girl he has a crush on. Ernest absorbes life lessons about girls, bullies, baseball and success.
Item Description: Based on the novel Waylaid by Ed Lin.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2005.
Special features: audio commentary (Michael Kang, Jeffrey Chyau, Sung Kang) ; The motel: behind the scenes ; director's picks; US theatrical trailer ; previews, weblinks.
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (76 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: DVD, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital.
Audience: Not rated; mature themes, language.
Production Credits: Music, Nathan Larson ; editors, Colleen Sharp, David Leonard ; director of photography, Lisa Leone.

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