Formosa Betrayed (film)

Formosa Betrayed
Directed by	Adam Kane
Written by	Will Tiao Katie Swain Charlie Stratton Yann Samuell Brian Askew Nathaniel Goodman
Produced by	Will Tiao Adam Kane David Cluck
Starring	James Van Der Beek Wendy Crewson John Heard Will Tiao Tzi Ma Leslie Hope Kenneth Tsang
Cinematography	Irek Hartowicz
Edited by	Howard E. Smith
Music by	Jeff Danna
Production company	Living Films
Release dates	July 24, 2009 (2009-07-24) (New York Asian American FF) February 26, 2010 (2010-02-26) (United States)
Running time	103 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$6 million
Box office	$225,000

Formosa Betrayed is a 2009 American political thriller film directed by Adam Kane, written by Charlie Stratton, Yann Samuell, Brian Askew and Nathaniel Goodman, with a story by Will Tiao and Katie Swain and starring James Van Der Beek. Set in Chicago and Taiwan in the 1980s, the story follows a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent investigating the murder of a Taiwanese professor at a Midwestern college. The search for the killers takes the agent to Taiwan, where he discovers there is more involved in this murder than he ever anticipated. Although Formosa Betrayed has been regarded as a "pan-green movie," its writers say they did not take sides over the Pan-Blue/Pan-Green political divide.^[1]

Formosa Betrayed opened in four cities the weekend of February 28, 2010: Boston, New York, Los Angeles, and the Bay Area. Eventually, it was released in 20-25 cities across North America.