KUNDUN
Melissa Mathison
16 October 1992
Cast of Characters
(in order of appearance)
Reting Rinpoche ... Regent of Tibet, served in the years between
the death of the Thirteenth Dalai Lama and the discovery
of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama. A monk.
Lama of Sera ... Keustang Rinpoche A high lama.
Lhamo Dhondrup ... The Fourteenth Dalai Lama. Also known
as Tenzin Gyatso.
Lobsang Samten ... The Dalai Lam
That really stuck with me, and when I was eight I told her I had a feeling I was supposed to return the favour.
She was so happy, she cried.
My dad just wanted to know if working for God came with dental.
Now, Jakes sense of a calling might not have gelled as early as mine.
Religion was really more of a hobby for him at first.
Got it. Got it. Need it. Need it.
Got it. Got it. Need it. Got it.
Jak
JFK
FADE IN:
Credits run in counterpoint through a 7 to 10 minute sequence of
documentary images setting the tone of John F. Kennedys Presidency and
the atmosphere of those tense times, 1960 through 1963. An omniscient
narrators voice marches us through in old time Pathe newsreel fashion.
VOICE
January, 1961 - President Dwight D. Eisenhowers
Farewell Address to the Nation -
EISENHOWER ADDRES
Tibet is ...
Nickname – Roof of the World
Capital - Lhasa, the "Holy City"
Population - 3 millions (as of 2011)
First People - Tibetans
Ethnic Composition – 92.8% Tibetan, 6.1% Han, 0.3% Hui, 0.5% others.
Religions - Tibetan Buddhism, Animism
Official Languages – Mandarin, Tibetan
Currency - ¥ RMB (Renminbi, Chinese Yuan)
Weather – Extremely dry except during
Official Name - Xizang Zizhiqu
Nickname - Roof of the World
Provincial Capital - Lhasa
Location - Situated in the southwest of China, on the Tibetan Plateau
Area - 1,200,000 square kilometers.
Bordering Countries - Nepal, India, Bhutan, Burma.
Population - 2.81 millions (2007)
Ethnic Composition - 92.8% Tibetan, 6.1% Han, 0.8% others
Religions - Tibetan Buddhism, Animism
Official Lang