The Guru

Resource Information

The work The Guru represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Bowdoin College Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

The Guru

Statement of responsibility

Universal Pictures and Studio Canal present a Working Title production, a Daisy von Scherler Mayer film ; producers, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Michael London ; writer, Tracey Jackson ; director, Daisy von Scherler Mayer

Title variation

Guru of sex

Contributor

• Studio Canal+
• Studio Canal+
• Universal Pictures (Firm)
• Universal Pictures (Firm)
• Working Title Films
• Working Title Films
• Baranski, Christine
• Baranski, Christine
• Bevan, Tim
• Bevan, Tim
• Carbonara, David
• Carbonara, David
• Fellner, Eric
• Fellner, Eric
• Graham, Heather, 1970-
• Graham, Heather, 1970-
• Guttman, Ronald
• Guttman, Ronald
• Jackson, Tracey
• Jackson, Tracey
• London, Michael
• London, Michael
• Marwa, Emil
• Marwa, Emil
• Mayer, Daisy von Scherler
• Mayer, Daisy von Scherler
• McCourt, Malachy, 1931-
• McCourt, Malachy, 1931-
• McKean, Michael
• McKean, Michael
• Mihok, Dash, 1974-
• Mihok, Dash, 1974-
• Mistry, Jimi, 1973-
• Mistry, Jimi, 1973-
• Tomei, Marisa
• Tomei, Marisa

Subject

• Comedy films
• Comedy films
• Drama
• Drama
• Feature films -- Great Britain
• Feature films -- United States
• Films for the hearing impaired
• Films for the hearing impaired
• Gurus -- Drama
• Gurus -- Drama
• Man-woman relationships -- Drama
• Man-woman relationships -- Drama
• Sex therapists -- Drama
• Sex therapists -- Drama
• Video recordings
• Video recordings
• Videorecording

Genre

• Comedy films
• Drama
• Feature films
• Films for the hearing impaired
• Video recordings

Language

• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

A porn queen takes a young Indian man under her wings to learn the tricks of the sex trade. But when her student inadvertently becomes a celebrity "sex guru", it catapults him into a wildly outrageous version of the American dream

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, John de Borman ; editors, Cara Silverman ... [et al.] ; music, David Carbonara ; costume designer, Michael Clancy ; production designers, Robin Standefer ... [et al.]

Language note

English, French or Spanish dialogue, French or Spanish subtitles; Closed-captioned

PerformerNote

Heather Graham, Marisa Tomei, Jimi Mistry, Michael McKean, Dash Mihok, Emil Marwa, Ronald Guttman, Malachy McCort, Christine Baranski

Runtime

94

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action