The Buddha

Director: David Grubin

Overview

He remains one of the most legendary and influential of all religious progenitors, but what of his actual life? In this biographical documentary, Emmy Award-winning director David Grubin tells the historical tale of Gautama Buddha (563-483 BC), from his initial enlightenment under a fig tree through his death around the age of 80. In the process, Grubin makes an unusual point: that Gautama never once claimed to be God or God's emissary, but instead sought to find a way to bring peace and alleviation from suffering to others in a cruel and often insane world. In telling this story, Grubin combines a number of elements including original animations, testimony by contemporary Buddhists such as the 14th Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso, glimpses of sculptures and paintings that help tell Gautama's story, and much more.

Product Details

Release Date:	04/27/2010
UPC:	0841887011983
Original Release:	2010
Rating:	NR
Source:	Pbs (Direct)
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	2:00:00
Sales rank:	46,608

Special Features

Closed Caption; Interview with David Grubin ; Interview with his holiness the Dalai Lama; Making animation for the buddha; Buddhist pilgrimage sites

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Blair Brown	Narrator
Richard Gere	Narrator

Technical Credits

David Grubin

David Grubin

Director,Screenwriter,Producer