Kundun

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biographical drama film film

Kundun is a 1997 biographical drama film directed by Martin Scorsese that chronicles the early life of the 14th Dalai Lama and is renowned for its striking cinematography.

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Label Occurrences
Kundun canonical 5
"Kundun" means "presence" in Tibetan 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biographical drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
artDirectionBy Dante Ferretti ⓘ
awardNomination Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Costume Design ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
basedOn writings of the 14th Dalai Lama ⓘ
cinematographer Roger Deakins ⓘ
composer Philip Glass ⓘ
costumeDesignBy Dante Ferretti ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
depicts Buddhism ⓘ
Tibetan culture ⓘ
director Martin Scorsese ⓘ
distributor Touchstone Pictures ⓘ
featuresCharacter Dalai Lama ⓘ
surface form: Tenzin Gyatso
filmEditingBy Thelma Schoonmaker ⓘ
filmingLocation Canada ⓘ
Morocco ⓘ
genre biographical film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
hasTitleMeaning Kundun self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: "Kundun" means "presence" in Tibetan
mainSubject Dalai Lama ⓘ
surface form: 14th Dalai Lama
MPAARating PG-13 ⓘ
musicBy Philip Glass ⓘ
narrativeFocus early life of the 14th Dalai Lama ⓘ
notableFor striking cinematography ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrays Chinese invasion of Tibet ⓘ
People's Republic of China government ⓘ
Dalai Lama ⓘ
surface form: Tenzin Gyatso

Tibetan government-in-exile ⓘ
exile of the 14th Dalai Lama ⓘ
producer Barbara De Fina ⓘ
productionCompany Walt Disney Pictures ⓘ
surface form: Disney

Touchstone Pictures ⓘ
releaseDate 1997-12-25 ⓘ
releaseYear 1997 ⓘ
runtime approximately 134 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Melissa Mathison ⓘ
setInLocation China ⓘ
Tibet Autonomous Region ⓘ
surface form: Tibet
setInPeriod 20th century ⓘ
theme non-violence ⓘ
political conflict ⓘ
spiritual leadership ⓘ
writtenBy Melissa Mathison ⓘ

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Roger Deakins → notableWork → Kundun ⓘ
Kundun → hasTitleMeaning → Kundun self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: "Kundun" means "presence" in Tibetan
Melissa Mathison → notableWork → Kundun ⓘ
Melissa Mathison → wroteScreenplayFor → Kundun ⓘ
Francesca Scorsese → notableWork → Kundun ⓘ
Dante Ferretti → notableWork → Kundun ⓘ