Midnight's children

Streaming video - 2013

An epic film from Oscar-nominated director Deepa Mehta, based on the Booker Prize winning novel by Salman Rushdie. At the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947, as India proclaims independence from Great Britain, two newborn babies are switched by a nurse in a Bombay hospital. Saleem Sinai, the illegitimate son of a poor woman, and Shiva, the offspring of a wealthy couple, are fated to live the destiny meant for each other. Their lives become mysteriously intertwined and are inextricably linked to India's whirlwind journey of triumphs and disasters. From the unlikely romance of Saleem's grandparents to the birth of his own son, Midnight's Children is a journey at once sweeping in scope and yet intimate in tone. Hopeful, comic... and magical -- the film conjures images and characters as rich and unforgettable as India herself. An official selection at the Toronto International Film Festival, at the Vancouver International Film Festival, and at the BFI London Film Festival. The film was distributed by 20th Century Fox in India. Brpadcasted on Starz Entertainment in the U.S.

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Genres
Feature films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
[United States] : 108 Media 2013.
Language
Hindi
Corporate Author
hoopla digital
Corporate Author
hoopla digital (-)
Other Authors
Deepa Mehta, 1949- (film director), David (David C.) Hamilton (film producer), Salman Rushdie (screenwriter), Satya Bhabha, 1983- (actor), Shahana Goswami (-), Rajat Kapoor, Seema Biswas, Shriya Saran, Siddharth, 1979-, Ronit Roy, 1965-, Rahul Bose, Darsheel Safary, 1997-, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Soha Ali Khan, Zaib Shaikh, Samrat Chakrabarti, 1975-, Harish Khanna, Shabana Azmi, 1950-, Charles Dance
Online Access
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Physical Description
1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 146 min.)) : sd., col
Format
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Audience
Not rated.
Production Credits
Directed by Deepa Mehta.
Access
AVAILABLE FOR USE ONLY BY IOWA CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, HILLS, AND LONE TREE (IA).