Holy Smoke!

Starring: Kate Winslet, Harvey Keitel, Julie Hamilton, et al.

While on a journey of discovery in India, young and beautiful Ruth Barron (Kate Winslet) falls under the influence of a charismatic religious guru. Worried about their daughter, her desperate parents... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• Release Date: March 2002
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Publisher: Alliance
• Director: Jane Campion
• Starring: Kate Winslet, Harvey Keitel, Julie Hamilton, Sophie Lee, Dan Wyllie, Paul Goddard, Tim Robertson, George Rafael, Kerry Walker, Les Dayman
• Other Video Info: NTSC; Widescreen
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Matt Lauer looks a lot better in drag than Harvey Keitel.

Ruth Barron (Kate Winslet) is traveling through India and looking at the sights. Circumstance has it that she encounters a guru with the ability to change her life. She decides to stay in India with her new life. Her girlfriend, traveling with her, is appalled and rushes home to tell Ruth’s parents what happened. The mother is convinced that her daughter has been brainwashed. So she lures her daughter back with a false statement that the father is dying. When Ruth gets home, she finds that they have hired a deprogrammer, P.J. Waters (Harvey Keitel), to correct the situation. Things do not quite go as planned, and we go along for the ride. This little ditty, written by Anna Campion and Jane Campion, is more like a story written by Steve Barry. It starts very logical and very serious; slowly but surely, it becomes more farcical until it reaches a hilarious off-the-charts situation. Yes, I know that this is a formula, yet it is fun to watch it play out.