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form y separately published work icon Mao's Last Dancer single work   film/TV  
Adaptation of Mao's Last Dancer Cunxin Li , 2003 single work autobiography
Issue Details: First known date: 2009... 2009 Mao's Last Dancer
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Film Details - Early Mark Films , 2009

Producers:

Sue MacKay (Line Producer)
Ling Geng (Co-producer)
Sue Mackay (Line Producer)

Production Companies:

Early Mark Films

Finance Organisations:

Australian Film Finance Corporation

Director of Photography:

Peter James

Editors:

Mark Warner

Production Designers:

Herbert Pinter

Composer:

Christopher Gordon

Cast:

Incl. Chi Cao (adult Li Cunxin), Chengwu Guo (teenage Li Cunxin), Alice Parkinson, Kyle MacLachlan (Charles Foster), Bruce Greenwood (Ben Stevenson), Amanda Schull (Elizabeth Mackey), Joan Chen (Niang), Jack Thompson, Christopher Kirby , Aden Young (Dilworth), Chloe Traicos (Frizzy head girl), Ian Meadows (Backstage Manager), Penne Hackforth-Jones (Cynthia), Suzie Steen (Betty Lou), Camilla Vergotis (Mary McKendry), Laurence Fuller (Aspiring Dancer), Ferdinand Hoang (Consul Zhang), Elia Da Costa ( Disco Dancer), Shuangbao Wang (Dia), Tony Hall (Office Worker), Steven Heathcote Madeleine Eastoe, Robin Choi.

Release Dates:

First screened at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival (September). Released commercially on 1 October 2009.

Location:

  • Filmed in studios and on location in China, the United States of America and Australia.

Notes:

1. Choreography: Graeme Murphy and Janet Vernon.
2. First runner-up in the Cadillac People's Choice Award as voted by festival audiences, 2009 Toronto Film Festival.
3. Further Reference: see Mao's Last Dancer Production Notes on-line through the CIA (Cinematic Intelligence Agency) website.
The trailer for the American release can be seen at http://youtu.be/RgZjaxrnlPc (Sighted 02/02/12)

Subjects:
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    China,
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    East Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
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    United States of America (USA),
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    Americas,
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    Australia,
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