The motel / a Flan de Coco production in association with Richard and Esther Shapiro Entertainment ; a film by Michael Kang ; produced by Matthew Greenfield [and others] ; written and directed by Michael Kang.

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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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Flan De Coco Films
Richard and Esther Shapiro Entertainment
Palm Pictures
Other Authors: Kang, Michael, 1970- (Director, Screenwriter)
Greenfield, Matthew (Producer)
Chyau, Jeffrey (Actor)
Futerman, Samantha (Actor)
Kang, Sung, 1972- (Actor)
Wu, Jade (Actor)
Lin, Ed
Language:English
Chinese
Language of the Original:
Chinese
Language and/or Writing System:
English and Cantonese with English subtitles; closed-captioned.
Published: [New York, N.Y.] : Palm Pictures, [2007]
Edition:Widescreen.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Chinese Americans > Drama.
Motels > Drama.
Teenage boys > United States > Drama.
Mothers and sons > United States > Drama.
Fatherless families > United States > Drama.
Mentoring > United States > Drama.
Independent films.
Comedy films.
Teen films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:
Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (76 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
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.
Note:Based on the novel Waylaid by edition 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.
Videorecording.
Call Number:CP4 D0077150 VideoDVD
PN1995.9.C55 M6845 2007 VideoDVD
Audience:
Not rated; mature themes, language.
Credits:Music, Nathan Larson ; editors, Colleen Sharp, David Leonard ; director of photography, Lisa Leone.
System Details:DVD, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital.
Cast:
Jeffrey Chyau, Sung Kang, Jade Wu, Samantha Futerman, Alexis Chang, Stephen Chen.