JINNAH

Elaborate if controversial biopic offers a compelling central performance from Christopher Lee as Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the Indian attorney-statesman who labored tirelessly over the first half of the 20th century for the establishment of an independent Muslim state-and who'd spend his last year of declining health as Pakistan's first governor-general after the partitioning. Shireen Shah, Shashi Kapoor, James Fox, Indira Varma, Maria Aitken, Robert Ashby also star. 110 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English, Urdu; Subtitles: English (SDH); making-of documentary; image gallery; theatrical trailer. Region Free