What's cooking? / Flashpoint ; written by Gurinder Chadha, Paul Mayeda Berges ; produced by Jeffrey Taylor ; directed by Gurinder Chadha.

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In Los Angeles' Fairfax district, four households celebrate Thanksgiving amidst family tensions. In the Nguyen family, the children's acculturation and immigrant parents' fears collide. In the Avila family, Isabel's son has invited her estranged husband to their family dinner. Audrey and Ron William...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Flashpoint (Firm)
Trimark Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Chadha, Gurinder
Chen, Joan, 1961-
Margulies, Julianna, 1966-
Ruehl, Mercedes
Sedgwick, Kyra
Woodard, Alfre, 1953-
Chaykin, Maury
Harris, Estelle, 1928-2022
Haysbert, Dennis
Kazan, Lainie
Rivers, Victor, 1956-
Spain, Douglas, 1974-
Language:English
French
Spanish
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned.
In English with optional subtitles in English, French, or Spanish.
Published: [United States] : Trimark Home Video, [2000], ©2000.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Thanksgiving Day > Drama.
Families > Drama.
Comedy films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Drama.
Families.
Thanksgiving Day.
Genre:
Drama.
Comedy films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
In Los Angeles' Fairfax district, four households celebrate Thanksgiving amidst family tensions. In the Nguyen family, the children's acculturation and immigrant parents' fears collide. In the Avila family, Isabel's son has invited her estranged husband to their family dinner. Audrey and Ron Williams want to keep their own family's ruptures secret from Ron's visiting mother. In the Seelig household, Herb and Ruth are unwilling to discuss that their grown daughter is living with her lover, Carla.
Note:Includes feature length commentary with Chadha and Berges, interviews with cast and crew, theatrical trailer, and recipes from the film.
Videorecording.
Call Number:AF8 D0003240 VideoDVD
Audience:
MPAA rating: PG-13.
ISBN:1588171507
9781588171504
Credits:Produced by Jeffrey Taylor ; directed by Gurinder Chadha.
System Details:DVD.
Cast:
Joan Chen, Julianna Margulies, Mercedes Ruehl, Kyra Sedgwick, Alfre Woodard, Maury Chaykin, Estelle Harris, Dennis Haysbert, Lainie Kazan, Victor Rivers, Douglas Spain.