| Uniform Title |
Mao's last dancer (Motion picture : 2018) |
| Title |
Mao's last dancer. |
| Published |
Australia : Distributed by Roadshow Entertainment, [2010]. |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (113 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Roadshow Entertainment : R-110478-9. |
| Originally produced as a motion picture in 2009. |
| Based on the autobiography by Li Cunxin. |
| Includes bonus features: behind the scenes - the making of ; photo gallery ; deleted scenes ; theatrical trailer. |
| Credits |
Directed by Bruce Beresford ; screenplay by Jan Sardi. |
| Performers |
Chi Cao, Joan Chen, Amanda Schull, Wang Shuang Bao, Chengwu Guo, Aden Young, Madeleine Eastoe, Camilla Vergotis, Penne Hackforth-Jones and Jack Thiompson. |
| 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. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : PG. |
| System details |
DVD video ; Dolby 2.0, Dolby Digital 5.1 ; region 4 ; PAL ; widescreen 16:9, letterbox 1.85:1. |
| Language note |
English, Mandarin. English subtitles. [CC] English Captions [descriptive subtitles for the hearing impaired]. [AD] English Audio Description (Descriptive narration for the vision impaired). |
| Subjects |
Li, Cunxin, -- 1961- Film adaptations |
| Li, Cunxin, -- 1961- Drama |
| Beijing wu dao xue yuan -- Drama |
| Australian Ballet -- Drama |
| Houston Ballet -- Drama |
| Feature films -- Australia |
| Motion pictures, Australian |
| Ballet dancers -- China -- Drama |
| Defectors -- China -- Drama |
| Genre |
Biographical films |
| Feature films |
| Fiction films |
| Film adaptations |
| Video recordings for people with visual disabilities |
| Video recordings for the hearing impaired |
| Other Names |
Beresford, Bruce, 1940- director. |
| Schull, Amanda, 1978- actor. |
| Chen, Joan, 1961- actor. |
| Cao, Chi actor. |
| Wang, Shuangbao actor. |
| Li, Cunxin, 1961- Mao's last dancer Motion picture adaptation of (work). |
| Links to Related Works |
Subject References:
Authors:
- Beresford, Bruce, 1940- .
- Cao, Chi .
- Chen, Joan, 1961- .
- Li, Cunxin, 1961- Mao's last dancer .
- Schull, Amanda, 1978- .
- Wang, Shuangbao .
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