Journey From the Heart

Starring:Tsai Chin
Studio: Questar
Product Type: DVD

Description

Three generations. Two bickering sisters. One mobile home. This is not going to be an easy vacation! Fasten your seat belts for this award-winning drama starring Tsai Chin (You Only Live Twice, The Joy Luck Club, Memoirs of a Geisha) as Lee Lai Yinn, a Chinese woman who accepts an invitation to join her two daughters, son-in-law, and granddaughter in America for her 70th birthday. The Americanized sisters are worlds apart. Ming Yee (Kim Miori, The Big Picture) is an embittered and bossy single mother. Ming Na is a free-spirited writer. Their road trip through the California wilderness is marked by detours and personality clashes that threaten to drive the family apart. It is up to the wise, but weary, Yinn to reunite her estranged daughters.

Customer Reviews:

"That's Very Tai Chi Of You" ~ "It's Not About Winning Or Losing, It's About Being Together".......2005-10-18

Some of the most enjoyable movies I've seen recently have dealt with the everwidening cultural gap between Chinese parents tied to the old ways and customs versus the younger generation assimilating into western culture. Film's like: 'Joy Luck Club', 'Eat Drink Man Woman" and now 'Journey From The Heart.'

Originally released under the title, 'My American Vacation', director V.V. Dachin Hsu has commited to film a humorous and poignant story about two Chinese/American sisters who fly their widowed Mother over from China for a camping trip to celebrate her 70th birthday.

When Lee Lai Yinn (Tsai Chin) arrives in the U.S.A. she finds herself caught in the middle of two warring siblings, Ming Yee (Kim Miyori) recently divorced with a young daughter Melissa (Sasha Hsuczyk) and Ming Na (Deborah Nishimura) and her husband Henry (Dennis Dun).

Aided by the loving memory of her husband Ming Yee-Ba (Robert Fan) Grandma Lee does her best to heal the great divide between her daughters, help her Granddaughter reconnect with some positive feelings about her estranged Father and enjoy the trip. Not an easy task by any means.

Maybe not quite on par with 'Joy Luck Club' or 'Eat Drink Man Woman' but than that's a matter of personal preference. However because of the simplicity of the storyline it just might stand up better to repeat viewings.

Great family film with wonderfully quirky, off-the-wall music provided by Joel Iwataki! Highly Recommended!

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The Journey Live...From the Heart
Starring: Howard Hewett
Manufacturer: Eagle Vision USA
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B00008G7UO
Release Date: 2002-11-05

Howard Hewett - The Journey Live... From the Heart

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A complete turndown
The Title Says It All..."The Journey Live...From The Heart"
Another Fantastic Journey

Howard Hewett - The Journey Live... From the Heart

Manufacturer: Red Distribution, In
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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Customer Reviews:

A complete turndown.......2003-04-16

I can't believe what the other 2 reviewers are writing, it seems like they never attended a live performance! This is NO LIVE AUDIO on that DVD!!!! It is a very sad effort to mix some handclapping people to some studio-recorded music. Don't get me wrong, I'm probably the biggest Howard Hewett fan on the planet, but I just can't stand any fake action and thinking of the talent of Howard, he shouldn't have done that to his fans. Sorry to say that, but any fan should buy the CD's, because at least, you get what's written on the cover. I saw Howard live in 1995, he is the bomb!! So please, give us a REAL LIVE RECORDING soon, Howard!!!

The Title Says It All..."The Journey Live...From The Heart".......2002-12-21

...and from the heart (and from God) is where this project is coming from. Howard Hewett has delivered once again! This DVD offers more than live performances, it offers the multi-dimensional being of the man himself...his spiritual "journey" if you will... Mr. Hewett gives his all as he shares with us his music, his life, and his spirit through song, pictures and words. He even performs his signature song "Say Amen", which is a bonus to those who have loved the song since it's release early in his solo career. All of the songs show, without a doubt his heartfelt spirit and extraordinary talent. If you thought you knew Howard Hewett before...this is a must-have to get to know him better! It is truly a blessing to all who listens to the journey...straight from his heart...

Another Fantastic Journey.......2002-12-02

Howard Hewett delivers again! Fans of great soul music should not miss adding this DVD to their collections. The presentation personifies Howard to a "T": graceful, unpretentious, spiritual, and honest. Along with typically laid-back on stage performances at Storyville, "Journey Live" features some great family photos that I've never seen (and I've been an avid fan for over a decade) as well as a cool interview sequence. Howard's DVD leaves you feeling like you've shared a few special moments with a member of the family instead of with some pre-packaged, uninteresting celebrity. If you enjoy touching, inspiritual music from down-to-earth true "artists", choose this DVD.

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