The Cup

The Cup

Infobox Film
name = The Cup


caption = "The Cup" DVD cover
writer = Khyentse Norbu
starring = Orgyen Tobgyal,
Neten Chokling
director = Khyentse Norbu
producer = Raymond Steiner,
Malcolm Watson
distributor = Fine Line Features (USA)
released = August 29, 1999
runtime = 93 minutes
language = Hindi, Tibetan
budget =
imdb_id = 0201840

"The Cup" ("Phörpa") is a 1999 Tibetan film directed by Khyentse Norbu. The plot is about two young football-crazed Tibetan refugees in a remote Himalayan monastery who desperately try to obtain a television for the monastery to watch the 1998 World Cup final.

DVD

"The Cup" was released to DVD on November 13 2007 in North America by Festival Media(IBFF). The DVD was mastered from a new direct-to-digital transfer from the original film, and includes a bonus documentary entitled Inside The Cup, featuring the director discussing the film, cinema in general and Buddhist philosophy, along with outtakes from the film. There is also a director's commentary audio track.

External links

*imdb title|id=0201840|title=The Cup
* [http://finelinefeatures.com/thecup/frameset.html Promotional website]
* [http://www.siddharthasintent.org/Pubs/Phorpa.htm About Phörpa - The Cup]


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