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Adaptation of
Mao's Last Dancer
2003
single work
autobiography
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2009
Mao's Last Dancer
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A drama based on the autobiography by Li Cunxin, who at age 11 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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Mao's Last Dancer won the 2009 AFI Readers' Choice Award.
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The 100 Best Australian Films of the New Millenium
2016
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— Appears in: FilmInk , 22 September 2016; -
Framing Mao's Last Dancer As a Musical Biopic
2014
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criticism
— Appears in: Studies in Australasian Cinema , vol. 8 no. 1 2014; (p. 56-69) -
Reel Time
2012
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— Appears in: The Australian , 22 August 2012; (p. 15) -
Film
2011
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— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 22 December 2011; (p. 51) This year's awards coincide with a resurgence in Australian film, commercial and critical successes vying for Glory -
Reading and Viewing : Non Fiction Texts
2011
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review
— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 46 no. 2 2011; (p. 90-91)
— Review of The Happiest Refugee : The Extraordinary True Story of a Boy's Journey from Starvation at Sea to Becoming One of Australia's Best-Loved Comedians 2010 single work autobiography ; Growing up Asian in Australia 2008 anthology autobiography short story poetry interview extract ; Wrong About Japan : A Father's Journey with His Son 2004 single work autobiography ; Mao's Last Dancer 2009 single work film/TV
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Degrees of Separation
2009
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review
— Appears in: The Sunday Mail , 27 September 2009; (p. 14-15)
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Film of the Week
2009
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— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 27 September 2009; (p. 22)
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A Boy in a China Shop
2009
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— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 27 September 2009; (p. 13)
— Review of Mao's Last Dancer 2009 single work film/TV -
Film
2009
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review
— Appears in: Brisbane News , 30 September - 6 October no. 754 2009; (p. 28)
— Review of Mao's Last Dancer 2009 single work film/TV ; Van Diemen's Land 2009 single work film/TV -
From Poverty to Pas de Deux
2009
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— Appears in: The Sunday Mail , 4 October 2009; (p. 10)
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Life, Less Ordinary
2007
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— Appears in: Brisbane News , 3 - 9 October no. 656 2007; (p. 29) -
Dancing Elite Turn to Film in Adaptation of Ballet Bestseller
2008
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 27 February 2008; (p. 15) -
Film Shoot Dances around China's Heavy Hand
2008
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— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 3-4 May 2008; (p. 7) -
Calling Cut on the Middleman
2008
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— Appears in: The Australian , 24 September 2008; (p. 16) Local film producers have started turning distributor. -
What's Driving Mr Beresford
2008
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— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 27 - 28 September 2008; (p. 15)
Awards
- 2010 nominated Inside Film Awards — Best Feature Film
- 2010 nominated Inside Film Awards — Best Script
- 2009 nominated Australian Film Institute Awards — Best Adapted Screenplay
- 2009 nominated Australian Film Institute Awards — Best Film
- 2009 shortlisted Queensland Premier's Literary Awards — Best Film Script
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