| Wham! in China: Foreign Skies | |
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| Directed by | Lindsay Anderson |
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| Edited by | Nigel Galt |
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| Distributed by | CBS/Fox Video (original) Sony Music Entertainment (current) |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Languages | English, Mandarin |
| Budget | £1 million[2] |
Wham! in China: Foreign Skies is a 1986 documentary film about the English pop duo Wham! consisting of George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley. It follows Wham! on their historic 10-day visit to China during the 1985 world tour when they became the first Western pop act to visit the country.[3][4] The film is a British venture produced by Big Boys Overseas Limited and CBS Records, with CBS/Fox Video serving as distributor.[5][6]
The film was directed by Lindsay Anderson and produced by Jazz Summers, Martin Lewis and Simon Napier-Bell. Anderson originally made a film of the tour titled If You Were There; however this version was never released and Anderson was fired from the project while the film was remade into Wham! in China: Foreign Skies.[7] Wham! in China: Foreign Skies had its world premiere at the farewell concert held at London's Wembley Stadium on 28 June 1986.[8][9]
- ^ Kelbie, Paul (18 April 2006). "How Wham! made Lindsay Anderson see red in China". The Independent. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ^ "The Wham! in China documentary George Michael didn't want you to see". 14 June 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
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- ^ "If You Were There: Wham! in China". University of Stirling Archives. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- ^ "Wham! In China Foreign Skies". Lindsay Anderson. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- ^ Tryhorn, Chris (7 July 2023). "Dead dogs, capitalist critique and only four songs: when Wham! squashed Lindsay Anderson's China film". The Guardian.
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