Take Out (2004)
Drama · 1h 28m · 9/14/2022
Description
The American dream has rarely seemed so far away as in Sean Baker and Shih-Ching Tsou’s raw, vérité Take Out, an immersion in the life of an undocumented Chinese immigrant struggling to get by on the margins of post-9/11 New York City. Facing violent retaliation from a loan shark, restaurant deliveryman Ming Ding has until nightfall to pay back the money he owes, and he encounters both crushing setbacks and moments of unexpected humanity as he races against time to earn enough in tips over the course of a frantic day. From this simple setup, Baker and Tsou fashion a kind of neorealist survival thriller of the everyday, shedding compassionate light on the too often overlooked lives and labor that keep New York running.
Release Country
United StatesBarcode
715515276719Release Date
9/14/2022Media Type
MovieAudio
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Chinese/Mandarin | |
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Digital Copy
Not IncludedStudio
Janus Films/The Criterion Collection/Protagonist PicturesSubtitles
EnglishVideo Format
1080pAspect Ratio
1.85:1Cover Type
Keep Case (HD, Low)Discs
Streaming Rank Today
Charles Jang
Ming Ding
Jeng-Hua Yu
YoungWang-Thye Lee
Big SisterJustin Wan
WeiJeff Huang
MaShih-Yun Tsou
Collector #1Joe Chien
Collector #2Waley Liu
Ming's roommateEd Jansen
Ming's roommate 2David Liu
Ming's roommate 3Shengyi Huang
Ming's cousin (as Eva Huang)Ethel Brooks
First deliveryVictor Sally
Fried hard
Tanya Perez
Second deliveryMaria Greenspan
Portuguese deliverySandra McCullogh
Mother with childrenSharinee McCullogh
Running toddlerRenae McCullough
Older sister (as Sandra McCulloh)Javier Cortes
Nice tipperJ.P. Partland
Horn delivery
Theodore Bouloukos
No speakee English (as Theodore Bouloukos II)Oliver
English bull dogYessica Amadis
Smoking phone womanPatrice A. Duffy
Nice woman delivery
James Price
Hardware store #1Carlos Eleutice
Hardware store #2Juan Carlos Perdomo
Hardware store #3Eunice Wong
Dark hallway deliveryYaron Prywes
Young prep deliveryKarren Karagulian
Chicken or beefAlia Carpenter
Mother with crying babyKamali Smith
Crying babyRory Kelly
Dog hallway deliveryTim Hummel
Fighting couple guyAlthia A. Cline
Fighting couple womanMichael Fuehrer
Mail order fasterMonica Kester
Thank you deliveryGary Garcia
Restaurant customerWilson Rodriguez
Restaurant customerFausto Peralta
Restaurant customer
Alexander Johnson
Restaurant customer
Devin E. Haqq
Customer (uncredited)Josh Wick
Customer (uncredited)B.J. Anthony Pass II
Bad hair dayCailin Pitt
Barber shop kidRonald Garret
BarberMarie Pitt
Barber shop momJoe Franza
Silent deliveryHarold Edmondson
Fork couple guyTheresa Leak
Fork couple girl
John Sloan
Discount customerBarbara Levenson
Long hallway deliveryClaudia Ganzalez
Spanish speaking teenBaqi Abdush-Shaheed
Couple of springrollsGil Selinger
Only eurosPreet Pannu
Only euros wifeAmy Danielson
845 Westend (as Amy Daniels)Tony Roach
Change guyPeter Camacho
Other half of chicken
Angel Feliciano
Ketchup on fries #1Julio Lugo
Ketchup on fries #2Edwin Banyar
Ketchup on fries #3Omar A. Franco
Hip-hop apartmentOmar Jennett
Hip-hop apartment
Amin Joseph
Hip-hop apartmentJeron Moss
Hip-hop apartment
Jake Walker
Hip-hop apartmentChris Espinal
Six girls, six numbersRaymond Richardson
Hit the lotterySandra Cartagena
Spanish speaking motherSylvan Wallach
Get a beer, have funAnetra Humphries
Last deliveryAndrew Ko
Mugger #1Leighton Wezler
Mugger #2Vickeya Miller
Restaurant customerPeter Corrigan
Restaurant customerHelen Corrigan
Restaurant customerKstrina Sturdivant
Restaurant customerAnnette Sturdivant
Restaurant customer
Sean Baker
DirectorShih-Ching Tsou
DirectorSean Baker
WriterShih-Ching Tsou
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Take Out
(DVD)
9/1/2009
