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Kino Video is happy to announce the long-awaited DVD release of the Sean Baker and Shih-Ching Tsou’s TAKE OUT. After a successful 2008 theatrical release and an Independent Spirit Award nomination, prestigious distributor Kino Entertainment picked up the feature for DVD release. The film can be purchased through Kino.com, Amazon.com and other retail outlets or rented on Netflix.com.
Kino’sTAKE OUT DVD brings an audio commentary with directors Sean Baker & Shih-Ching Tsou and actor Charles Jang, cast and crew interviews, two deleted scenes, the audition for the film’s lead, Charles Jang, the original theatrical trailer and a stills gallery.
Thank you for the continued support that finally brought TAKE OUT to home entertainment!
Korean-American actor Charles Jang is the main star in Take Out. He plays Ming Ding, a Chinese illegal immigrant who works as a deliveryman at a take-out restaurant and is struggling to make ends meet. Ming is behind with payments on his huge debt to the smugglers who brought him to the United States, and the collectors have given him until the end of the day to deliver the money that is due. After borrowing most of the money from friends and relatives, Ming realizes that the remainder must come from the day’s delivery tips. In order to do so, he must make more than double his average daily income.
In a social-realist style, and under the inspiration of filmmakers like Ken Loach and the Dardenne brothers, the camera follows Ming on his deliveries throughout the upper Manhattan neighborhood where social and economic extremes exist side by side.
DVD Extras:
- Audio Commentary with Directors Sean Baker and Shih-Ching Tsou and Actor Charles Jang
- Cast and Crew Interviews
- Two Deleted Scenes
- Charles Jang’s Audition for Ming Ding
- Theatrical Trailer
- Stills Gallery
