Debut, The (Widescreen)

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Ben is a talented high-school senior who dreams of going to art school. His strict immigrant father wants him to accept a scholarship to medical school. The struggle between his family's Filipino traditions and his own American dreams explodes on the night of his sister's eighteenth birthday party. Pressured by his family to attend his sister's "debut" instead of hanging with his white friends, Ben gets more than he bargained for, including a showdown with a childhood friend-turned-thug, and an introduction to a beautiful woman who might teach him a few things about his real culture -- and about true love. An impressive debut for writer/director Gene Cajayon, "The Debut" is a hip, insightful dramatic comedy starring Dante Basco (Biker Boyz, Hook), Bernadette Balagtas, Joy Bisco (TV's "Port Charles") and legendary Filipino actor Eddie Garcia.

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Director Commentary, Director and Writer Commentary, , - Gag Reel, - Featurettes: "The Little Film That Could", "Touring the Country", - Documentary: "The Making of The Debut", - Featurettes The Mercado Film: "The Debut Music", "The Art of The Debut", "The Basco Brothers", - Short Film: original "Debut" short, - Short Film: "Diary of a Gangsta Sucka", - TV Spots, Animated Menus, Deleted Scenes, Trailers, Weblinks.