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Mao's last dancer [videorecording (DVD)].

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: R-110478-9 | Roadshow EntertainmentLanguage: English, Chinese Summary language: English Publication details: [Pyrmont, N.S.W.] : Roadshow Entertainment [distributor], c2010.Edition: Widescreen, Letterbox [version]Description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 113 mins.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Uniform titles:
  • Mao's last dancer (Motion picture)
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Includes bonus features: behind the scenes - the making of, photo gallery, deleted scenes, theatrical trailer.
Production credits:
  • Directed by Bruce Beresford ; screenplay by Jan Sardi.
Cast: Chi Cao, Joan Chen, Kyle MacLachlan, Bruce Greenwood.Summary: 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.
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"R-110478-9."

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Based on the autobiography "Mao's last dancer" by Li Cunxin.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2009.

Includes bonus features: behind the scenes - the making of, photo gallery, deleted scenes, theatrical trailer.

Directed by Bruce Beresford ; screenplay by Jan Sardi.

Chi Cao, Joan Chen, Kyle MacLachlan, Bruce Greenwood.

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.

Rated PG: Parental guidance recommended for younger viewers. NOTE: Contains coarse language.

PG. Parental guidance recommended for younger viewers. NOTE: Contains coarse language.

Parental guidance recommended for younger viewers. Note contains coarse language.

Classification: PG; Consumer Advice: Infrequent mild violence and coarse language. Australia. Classification Board.

Rated PG: Parental guidance recommended for younger viewers. Contains coarse language.

Rating: PG.

Region 4 ; PAL.

DVD; Region 4; PAL.

DVD ; PAL ; Region 4

In English and Mandarin with English subtitles. English captions and audio description (feature only).

In English with optional soundtrack in Mandarin. English subtitles. Closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired. Descriptive audio for the sight impaired.

Rating: PG - Parental Guidance recommended for Younger Viewers. Contains Coarse Language.

Stars: Bruce Greenwood, Kyle MacLachlan, Joan Chen, Chi Cao, Amanda Schull, Wang Shuang Bao, Chengwu Guo, Aden Young, Madeleine Eastoe, Camilla Vergotis, Penne Hackforth-Jones, Jack Thompson

Based on the autobiography "Mao's last dancer" by Li Cunxin. Screenplay by Jan Sardi. Directed by Bruce Beresford.

Bonus Features: Behind the Scenes - the Making of -- Photo Gallery -- Deleted Scenes -- Theatrical Trailer.

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