Little Buddha's storytelling may be too childlike to best service its audacious plot, but Bernardo Bertolucci's direction and Vittorio Storaro's cinematography conspire to deliver a visually strong epic.
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Movie Info
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Director -
Bernardo Bertolucci -
Producer -
Jeremy Thomas -
Screenwriter -
Bernardo Bertolucci , Rudy Wurlitzer , Mark Peploe -
Distributor -
Miramax -
Production Co -
CiBy 2000 , Recorded Pictures Company -
Rating -
PG -
Genre -
Adventure -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
May 25, 1994, Wide -
Rerelease Date (Theaters) -
May 9, 2025 -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Oct 12, 2016 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$2.3M -
Runtime -
2h 3m -
Sound Mix -
Surround , Magnetic Stereo 6 Track , Dolby Digital , Stereo -
Aspect Ratio -
70mm