Mao's Last Dancer (film)

Mao's Last Dancer
Theatrical film poster
Directed byBruce Beresford
Screenplay byJan Sardi
Based onMao's Last Dancer
by Li Cunxin
Produced byJane Scott
StarringBruce Greenwood
Kyle MacLachlan
Joan Chen
Amanda Schull
Chi Cao
CinematographyPeter James
Edited byMark Warner
Music byChristopher Gordon
Production
company
Great Scott Productions Pty. Ltd.
Distributed byRoadshow Films (Australia)[1]
Samuel Goldwyn Films (United States)
Release date
  • 13 September 2009 (2009-09-13) (TIFF)
Running time
117 minutes
CountriesAustralia
United States
LanguagesEnglish
Mandarin Chinese
BudgetA$25 million
Box officeUSD $22.3 million

Mao's Last Dancer is a 2009 Australian film based on professional dancer Li Cunxin's 2003 autobiographical memoir of the same name. Li Cunxin is portrayed by Birmingham Royal Ballet Principal Dancer Chi Cao, Australian Ballet dancer Chengwu Guo and Huang Wen Bin. The film also stars Bruce Greenwood, Kyle MacLachlan, Joan Chen and Amanda Schull.[2]

The film premiered on 13 September 2009, at the Toronto International Film Festival.[3][4] General release in Australia and New Zealand began on 1 October 2009. It began screening in the United States on 33 screens in August 2010.[5]

  1. ^ "Film Distribution". Village Roadshow. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Cast – Official website". Archived from the original on 15 September 2009. Retrieved 12 August 2010.
  3. ^ "Mao's Last Dancer". Toronto International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 3 October 2009. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
  4. ^ McCrank, John (18 September 2009). ""Mao's Last Dancer" leaps onto movie screens". Reuters. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
  5. ^ "IMDB". IMDb. Retrieved 25 September 2010.