Take Out [2004] [Criterion] (BLU)
Sean Baker
Synopsis
What is Ming Ding (Charles Jang)-a Chinese illegal living in Manhattan-to do when the loan sharks who aided his clandestine entry into the U.S. demand he pay his debts by the next morning? Striving to ensure he can continue to support family overseas, Ming embarks on a slavish, all-night shift through the rain-swept streets, delivering takeout food to his clientele on the Upper West Side. Moving microbudget drama co-stars Jeng-Hua Yu, Justin Wan.
Special Features:
- 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by directors Sean Baker and Shih-Ching Tsou, with uncompressed stereo soundtrack
- Audio commentary featuring Baker, Tsou, and actor Charles Jang
- New interviews with Baker, Tsou, Jang, and actors Wang-Thye Lee and Jeng-Hua Yu
- Program about the making of the film
- Deleted scenes
- Screen test
- Trailer
- New English subtitle translation and English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
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An essay by filmmaker and author J. J. Murphy
Product Details
- Format: Color, Widescreen
- Language: English, Mandarin
- Subtitles: English
- Aspect Ratio: 1.85.1
- Number of Discs: 1
- Rating: Not Rated
- Label: The Criterion Collection
- Release Date: 09/13/2022
- Run Time: 88 minutes
- Catalogue #: 1149
- Region: A