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Mao's Last Dancer (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Australian Film Institute
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Chinese ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( DTS 5.1 )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
113 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Behind the scenes
Deleted Scenes
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2009 and produced in:
Australia ( Australia, New Zealand )

Directed By:
Bruce Beresford

Written By:
Jan Sardi
Cunxin Li

Actors:
Bruce Greenwood ..... Ben Stevenson
Kyle MacLachlan ..... Charles Foster
Joan Chen ..... Niang
Chi Cao ..... Li Cunxin - as an adult
Amanda Schull ..... Elizabeth Mackey
Shuangbao Wang ..... Dia (as Shuang Bao Wang)
Chengwu Guo ..... Li Cunxin - as a teenager
Wen Bin Huang ..... Li Cunxin - as a child
Aden Young ..... Dilworth
Madeleine Eastoe ..... Lori
Camilla Vergotis ..... Mary McKendry
Penne Hackforth-Jones ..... Cynthia Dodds
Jack Thompson ..... US Federal Judge
Christopher Kirby ..... Mason (as Chris Kirby)
Suzie Steen ..... Betty Lou

Synopsis:

A drama based on the autobiography by Li Cunxin. At the age of 11, Li was plucked from a poor Chinese village by Madame Mao's cultural delegates and taken to Beijing to study ballet. In 1979, during a cultural exchange to Texas, he fell in love with an American woman. Two years later, he managed to defect and went on to perform as a principal dancer for the Houston Ballet and as a principal artist with the Australian Ballet.

The inspirational true story, adapted from a best-selling autobiography, of a small boys extraordinary journey from poverty to international stardom. From a grueling apprenticeship as a classical dancer in communist China, to the glory of creative freedom in America. MAOS LAST DANCER captures the intoxicating effects of first love and celebrity, the pain of exile, and ultimately the triumph of individual endeavour over ideology.

From internationally acclaimed Australian film director Bruce Beresford comes the inspirational true story of a small boy's extraordinary journey from poverty to international stardom. From a gruelling apprenticeship as a classical dancer in communist China, to the glory of creative freedom in America. But, there is a painful price to be paid for his quest for self expression.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 13 May, 2010.

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