Eternal Summer

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

Three high-school students experience the perks and pratfalls of modern love in director Leste Chen's sensitive tale of friendship and yearning. As a child living in a seaside town in southern Taiwan, studious Jonathan (Bryant Chang) was asked by his concerned teacher to look after rebellious classmate Shane (Joseph Chang). Ten years later, what was once a good-natured obligation has since blossomed into a warm friendship, with Jonathan still on the academic track and Shane finding his calling on the basketball court. When Taiwanese-born schoolgirl Carrie (Kate Yeung) transfers to their school from Hong Kong and convinces Jonathan to join her on a secret day trip to Taipei, her botched effort to seduce him in a sleazy love hotel, combined with her observations of his and Shane's friendship, soon leads her to believe that the object of her affections is a homosexual in love with his best friend. Despite her initial misgivings about the boorish Shane, Carrie soon begins to give in to the troublemaker's roguish charm when he convinces her to become his girlfriend if he is accepted into a university. Later, as Shane pulls his act together and Jonathan begins to experience a sexual-identity crisis, the former does his best to keep his feelings for Carrie secret in order to protect the feelings of his lifelong friend. Despite Jonathan's, Shane's, and Carrie's best efforts to keep their personal feelings secret, the truth eventually emerges, forcing all three to view their relationships in an entirely new light. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

DVD FEATURES:

• Region: 1
• Number of Discs: 1
• Subtitle: Eng
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 (Cinemascope)
• Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1
• Screen: Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
• Features:
  • Interviews with director Leste Chen and lead actors
  • Deleted scenes
  • Theatrical trailer (Taiwan)
  • North American trailer
  • Photo gallery
  • Widescreen (2.35:1)
  • 5.1 Dolby surround sound
  • Scene selections
  • Coming attractions

AWARDS

• Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

•     Film Presented - 2007

• San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival

•     Film Presented - 2007

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Cast:

  
       Joseph Chang - Shane
       Bryant Chang - Jonathan
       Kate Yeung - Carrie

• Director:

  Leste Chen

• Producer:

  Leste Chen, Patrick Mao Huang

• Screenwriter:

  Hsu Cheng-ping

• Screen Story:

  Dean Wang

• Screenwriter:

  Cheng-Ping Hsu

• Cinematographer:

  Charlie Lam

• Composer (Music Score):

  Zee Yang, Zane Young, Howie Chou, Jane Yang

• Editor:

  Hsiao-Yun Ku

• Production Designer:

  Shen Chan-chih

• Art Director:

  Lo Shun-fu

• Co-producer:

  Yang Hsu-fen

• Costume Designer:

  Paulina Chiu

• Sound/Sound Designer:

  Tu Duu-chih