“He started out looking at the satellite imagery like everyone else does. “He used a very deep technology within the product,” explained Shah. But Gopal Shah, the lead product manager for Google Earth, is more emphatic about Brierley’s achievements. READ MORE: ‘Lion’ Critical Roundup: Reviews Say The Weinsteins Have a Hit With Awards Potentialīrierley, who manages the family business when he is not touring the motivational lecture circuit, speaks in modest terms about his journey. It was physically and emotionally gripping right from the start.” “I thought I’d be quite defensive towards the film, because naturally you’d think you’re the one who lived through all the trials and tribulations. But it wasn’t like that at all, it brought back memories. “There are scenes in there that are just the way that were in reality - actual, not fictional,” Brierley told IndieWire while he was in New York for the opening last week. Sunny Pawar plays young Saroo Brierley in “Lion”Īccording to Brierley, the film adheres quite strictly to real life events. To call the movie’s final reunion scene a tearjerker would be an understatement. When college friends suggested using the new Google Earth technology to re-trace his footsteps, Brierley embarked on a multi-year search that eventually lead him to his hometown - and, eventually, his mother. After living on the streets for a few months, he was adopted by the Brierleys of Hobarth, Tasmania, and assimilated to island life, giving up hope of finding his birth mother. When he was five, Brierley (played by Dev Patel) was separated from his family when he fell asleep on a train in India, ending up fourteen hours away in Calcutta. READ MORE: ‘Lion’ Review: Dev Patel Soars In a Tearjerker That Earns the Tears - Toronto But this isn’t your average marketing tie-in. Google Earth, which plays an integral role in the adaptation of Brierley’s 2015 memoir “A Long Way Home,” unveiled a special feature Monday in honor of the film’s opening. Plenty of people think their lives would make a good movie, but Saroo Brierley’s experience - now in theaters with “ Lion” - was readymade for it.
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