03197cgm a2200637 i 4500 623543630 TxAuBib 20110729120000.0 d 110425s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 024543738220 50 (OCoLC)714610470 JAI eng rda JAI MR0 IKG GK8 CRU OCLCA TXJEK TxAuBib rda eng eng spa eng Mao's last dancer / 20th Century Fox presents a Great Scott production ; screenplay by Jan Sardi ; produced by Jane Scott ; directed by Bruce Beresford. Beverly Hills, Calif : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2011] 1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. tdi rdacontent v rdamedia vd rdacarrier 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. Director of photography, Peter James; editor, Mark Warner ; music, Christopher Gordon. 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. MPAA rating: PG; for a brief violent image, some sensuality, language and incidental smoking. DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; dual layer; Dolby digital 5.1 surround. 20110729. In English, with optional subtitles in English or Spanish; closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. Li, Cunxin 1961- Drama. Ballet dancers China Drama. Defectors China Drama. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. lcgft Biographies. lcgft Ballet films. Greenwood, Bruce, 1956- Chi Cao, 1978- Chen, Joan, 1961- MacLachlan, Kyle, 1959- Schull, Amanda, 1978- Bao, Wang Shuang. Guo, Chengwu. Young, Aden. Eastoe, Madeleine. Vergotis, Camilla. Hackforth-Jones, Penne. Thompson, Jack. Sardi, Jan. Scott, Jane, 1945- Beresford, Bruce. Li, Cunxin. Mao's last dancer. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc. Great Scott Productions. TXKPL