Mao's Last Dancer

Based on an inspiring true story, this emotionally powerful crowd-pleaser emerged as one of the year's most talked about independent films. It's the fascinating and epic tale of Li Cunxin, a peasant boy from rural China who beats impossible odds to become a world-renowned ballet dancer. Th...

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Corporate Author: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc., Great Scott (Firm)
Other Authors: Greenwood, Bruce, 1956- (Actor), Cao, Chi. (Actor), Chen, Joan, 1961- (Actor), MacLachlan, Kyle, 1959- (Actor), Schull, Amanda, 1978- (Actor), Bao, Wang Shuang. (Actor), Guo, Chengwu. (Actor), Young, Aden. (Actor), Eastoe, Madeleine. (Actor), Vergotis, Camilla. (Actor), Hackforth-Jones, Penne. (Actor), Thompson, Jack, 1940- (Actor), Sardi, Jan. (Screenwriter), Scott, Jane, 1945- (Producer), Beresford, Bruce. (Director), Li, Cunxin, 1961-
Format: Videos DVD
Language: English
Spanish
Published: Beverly Hills, Calif. : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2011]
Edition: Rental [ed.]
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Summary: Based on an inspiring true story, this emotionally powerful crowd-pleaser emerged as one of the year's most talked about independent films. It's the fascinating and epic tale of Li Cunxin, a peasant boy from rural China who beats impossible odds to become a world-renowned ballet dancer. Through breathtaking talent and sheer determination, Li makes his way to the United States, but when he falls in love with an American woman, he must risk everything to remain in the land of the free.
Item Description: Based on the autobiography Mao's last dancer by Li Cunxin.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2009.
Special feature: the making of Mao's last dancer.
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (117 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; dual layer; Dolby digital 5.1 surround.
Audience: MPAA rating: PG; for a brief violent image, some sensuality, language and incidental smoking.
Production Credits: Director of photography, Peter James; editor, Mark Warner ; music, Christopher Gordon.