Mao's Last Dancer

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Based on the autobiography Mao's last dancer by Li Cunxin.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2009.
Special feature: the making of Mao's last dancer.
Bruce Greenwood, Chi Cao, Joan Chen, Kyle MacLachlan, Amanda Schull, Wang Shuang Bao, Chengwu Guo, Aden Young, Madeleine Eastoe, Camilla Vergotis, Penne Hackforth-Jones, Jack Thompson.
Based on an inspiring true story, this emotionally powerful crowd-pleaser emerged as one of the year's most talked about independent films. It's the fascinating and epic tale of Li Cunxin, a peasant boy from rural China who beats impossible odds to become a world-renowned ballet dancer. Through breathtaking talent and sheer determination, Li makes his way to the United States, but when he falls in love with an American woman, he must risk everything to remain in the land of the free.
DVD ; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround.
Contents: Mao's last dancer.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Based on a True Story submitted by 0liviap0pp on August 5, 2011, 5:17pm This movie is a fascinating tale of a boy from China who grows to be a ballet dancer. A great film.

Superb submitted by esgzn1 on August 18, 2011, 9:28am I didn't expect it to be so good. Definitely a must-see movie!

Good movie... submitted by marielle on July 16, 2012, 1:25pm I enjoyed this movie but...

...the whole time I was watching it I was thinking, "the Chinese would HATE this..." It does make communist China in the 80s look really bad. Of course communist China in the 80s WAS really bad, and this is based off of a true story. But still, it does come off a little bit "yay U.S.!" to me.

Decent submitted by Cami K on August 26, 2012, 8:19pm This movie was pretty good. Definitely worth a watch.