The Debut (2000)Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment(2000)
VHS · Slipcase
This is the 2000 Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment VHS Slipcase edition of The Debut (2000).
Edition facts
- Format
- VHS
- Distributor
- Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
- Case type
- Slipcase
- Release year
- 2000
- Region
- US
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Rating
- R
About the film
Filipino-American high school student Ben (Dante Basco) works in a comic book shop to earn money to pay his way into Cal Arts. His father, a postman, is determined that his son--who has won a pre-med scholarship to UCLA--will become a doctor. The eighteenth birthday party of Ben's sister, Rose, sets off a comedic and touching series of events and family struggles that will in turn determine young Ben's future. This fresh independent production from Gene Cajayon presents a lighthearted and warm coming-of-age tale filtered through the eyes of an American subculture rarely seen on film.
Cast: Dante Basco, Jayson Schaal, Brian Card
Production: Center for Asian American Media (CAAM), National Asian American Telecommunications Association