The motel

Kang, Michael, 1970- (Director, Screenwriter). Greenfield, Matthew. (Producer). Lin, Ed. Waylaid. (Added Author). Chyau, Jeffrey. (Actor). Futerman, Samantha. (Actor). Kang, Sung, 1972- (Actor). Wu, Jade. (Actor). Flan De Coco Films. (Added Author). Richard and Esther Shapiro Entertainment. (Added Author). Palm Pictures (Added Author). Jeffrey Chyau, Sung Kang, Jade Wu, Samantha Futerman, Alexis Chang, Stephen Chen. (Cast).

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 details

Physical Description: videorecording
videodisc
1 videodisc (76 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: [New York, N.Y.] : Palm Pictures, [2007]

Contents / Notes

General Note:	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.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Music, Nathan Larson ; editors, Colleen Sharp, David Leonard ; director of photography, Lisa Leone.
Participant or Performer Note:	Jeffrey Chyau, Sung Kang, Jade Wu, Samantha Futerman, Alexis Chang, Stephen Chen.
Target Audience Note:	Not rated; mature themes, language.
System Details Note:	DVD, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital.
Language Note:	English and Cantonese with English subtitles; closed-captioned.

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Feature films.
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