Rent Take Out (2004)
3.5 of 5 from 52 ratings
1h 27min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
The American dream has rarely seemed so far away as in Sean Baker and Shih-Ching Tsou's raw, verite 'Take Out', an immersion in the life of an undocumented Chinese immigrant struggling to get by on the margins of post-9/11 New York City. Facing violent retaliation from a loan shark, restaurant deliveryman Ming Ding (Charles Jang) has until nightfall to pay back the money he owes, and he encounters both crushing setbacks and moments of unexpected humanity as he races against time to earn enough in tips over the course of a frantic day. From this simple setup, Baker and Tsou fashion a kind of neorealist survival thriller of the everyday, shedding compassionate light on the too often overlooked lives and labor that keep New York running. - Actors:
- Charles Jang, Jeng-Hua Yu, Wang-Thye Lee, Justin Wan, Jeff Huang, Shih-Yun Tsou, Joe Chien, Waley Liu, Ed Jansen, David Liu, Shengyi Huang, Ethel Brooks, Victor Sally, Tanya Perez, Maria Greenspan, Sandra McCullogh, Sharinee McCullogh, Renae McCullough, Javier Cortes, J.P. Partland
- Directors:
- Sean Baker, Shih-Ching Tsou
- Producers:
- Sean Baker
- Writers:
- Sean Baker, Shih-Ching Tsou
- Genres:
- Drama
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 17/10/2022
- Run Time:
- 88 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Stereo, Mandarin LPCM Stereo
- Subtitles:
- English, English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- 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
