Mandarin Musical Movie Mao's Last Dancer 2009
Cast And Crew
Star Cast;; Chi Cao ,Bruce Greenwood ,
Kyle MacLachlan ,Amanda Schull ,Joan Chen ,
Chengwu Guo ,Huang Wen Bin ,Wang Shuang Bao
Director:Bruce Beresford
Writers: Jan Sardi ,Cunxin Li
Producer :Jane Scott
Screenplay :Jan Sardi
Cinematography :Peter James
Production Designer Herbert Pinter
Editor :Mark Warner
Music :Christopher Gordon
Country :Australia
Language: English | Mandarin
Release Date: 1 October 2009 (Australia)
Genre: Drama, Musical
Plot Summary
The rags-to-riches story of Chinese ballet dancer Li Cunxin who, at age 11, was chosen to train at Madam Mao's Beijing Dance Academy and later went on to become one of the world's greatest dancers.
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 studyballet . 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 Balle,The film Directed by Bruce Beresfordand Producer Jane Scott
Synopsis:
This is a film that's irritating and rewarding in equal measure.
The first half is fascinating though it is unshaded China bashing, like BALZAC & THE LITTLE SEAMSTRESS, which also puts Western culture against Asian oppression in simplistic terms. Clara Law's REINCARNATION OF GOLDEN LOTUS or FAREWELL CHINA are better, showing imperfect people twisted by the horrors of ideology run amok - more convincing, more involving. The new film's sensibility is of someone with a season ticket to theballet rather than an Asian heritage. However this is a film which will reach people who would never seek those out.
It certainly has it's moments. The business of the secret Nureyev VHS is great and Chen sending the village officials on their way is worth a cheer. The Madam Mao figure demanding the gypsy-musicalballet be re-figured into a People's Opera is sharper on ballet than anything since the Herman Ross NIJINSKY and carries on through, with the Americans commenting that what they see is more like athletics.
However the thing which should be the heart of the piece, the lead weighing up what he's believed all his life against what he finds in the US, is frustratingly reduced to a few mall bought consumables and a virginal blond.
The film has it's strengths - MacLachlan's performance, the montages, the dream of an execution at dawn are stand outs, some of the ballet material is striking but the big finale with the suspiciously brief performance, followed with the on-stage reunion with the family, again lacks all the culture shock material thatthe film could have pivoted on and that Asian films that deal with the subject foreground.
Mao's Last Dancer Mandarin film Review :
The movie, Mao's Last Dancer, will be first premiered at the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival between September 10th and 14th of 2009 as a Special Presentation film. It will then be followed with four gala premiers in Australia to benefitthe Australian Ballet and the Bionic Ear Institute, which are the two non-profit organizations that Li supports and is involved with. The premier dates are: Sydney on September 21st, Melbourne on the 23rd, Adelaide on the 24th and Brisbane on the 25th.
We would like to share with you that Li has screened the film twice now, and he thought that it’s a very good film. Li is very happy with how it portrayed his life. Bruce Beresford has done wonders bringing his story to the screen. The entire cast of actors and dancers are wonderful. And Li also liked the music very much.
In Australia, Village Roadshow, Hoyts, as well as other independent cinemas such as Palace and Dendy, will exhibit the film. The official release in Australia and New Zealand is Oct 1st. We hope you will enjoy watching the film as much as reading Li’s inspirational book. The international release of the movie is work-in-progress at this stage, but we will keep you updated.
If you are interested attending the premier galas, we have provided the information below. They will be great nights. Li’s family and some ofthe film cast will all be there.
Another exciting development, Li has written three new chapters for the film tie-in edition of the book. He is quite excited with this new edition as the new materials will bring the readers up-to-date on the important people in his life, and the story of howthe film came about..Watch online Movie Trailer free Mao's Last Dancer Hollywood film
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