forced the nobles to
undergo physical labor, treating
them equally with the Indians, all
of them reduced to slavery. When
the nobleman Adrian de Moxica
protested against such treatment...
(he pauses)
... he was executed.
(pause)
Is that not true also, Brother
Buyl?
BROTHER BUYL
Yes, Your Honor. It is all true.
All of it. I saw it with my own
eyes.
SANCHEZ
He has lost control. His great
arrogance
On August 2, 1990, Iraq invaded and occupied Kuwait
On August 3 the UNSC called for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait
On November 29 the UNSC called for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait by January 15, 1991,
Ṣaddam Hussein refused to withdraw Iraqi forces from Kuwait
On January 16–17, 1991 The Persian Gulf War began
- With the multinational coalition force led by the US air offensive
force against Iraq. However, Hussein refused to withdraw Iraqi forces from Kuwait. On January 16–17, 1991 the multinational coalition force led by the US air offensive invaded Iraq and the Persian Gulf War began.
Within hours of Iraq attack on neighboring Kuwait, George H. W. Bush who had favored diplomatic engagement with Iraq for several years began lining up European, Asian, and Middle
Trucks are parked on the parking lot of an ice rink. Flemish technicians, grips and electricians, talk together while unloading the equipment, lamps, cables, tracks. They spread it out on the parking lot, take some lamps into the rink. The four technicians all wear the same black T-shirt with an inscription in Dutch.
A few cars arrive, belonging to the film crew (cinematographer, sound engineer).
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