Mao’s Last Dancer (2009)
At the age of 11, Li was plucked from a poor Chinese village by Madame Mao's cultural delegates and taken to Beijing to study ballet. In 1979, during a cultural exchange to Texas, he falls in love with an American woman. Two years later, he managed to defect and went on to perform as a principal dancer for the Houston Ballet and as a principal artist with the Australian Ballet.
Director:
Bruce Beresford
Writer:
Jan Sardi
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Amanda Schull as Elizabeth Mackey |
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Chi Cao as Li Cunxin - adult |
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Chengwu Guo as Li Cunxin - teenage |
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Wen Bin Huang as Li Cunxin - boy |
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Joan Chen as Niang |
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Bruce Greenwood as Ben Stevenson |
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Kyle MacLachlan as Charles Foster |
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Jack Thompson as US Federal Judge |
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Camilla Vergotis as Mary McKendry |
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Madeleine Eastoe as Lori |
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Steven Heathcote as Bobby Cordner |
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Aden Young as Dilworth |
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Wang Shuangbao as |
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Barbara Bush as Herself (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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George H. W. Bush as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Mao Zedong as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Bruce Greenwood as |
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Kip Gamblin as David |
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George Ellis as Houston Ballet Conductor |
| Directing | Bruce Beresford | Director |
| Production | Troy Lum | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Cunxin Li | Author |
| Production | Sue MacKay | Line Producer |
| Art | Elaine Kusmishko | Art Direction |
| Camera | Peter James | Director of Photography |
| Art | Kerrie Brown | Set Decoration |
| Editing | Mark Warner | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ziggy Golden | Makeup & Hair |
| Production | Geng Ling | Co-Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maree McDonald | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Xin Mu | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | Jan Sardi | Screenplay |
| Sound | Christopher Gordon | Music |
| Art | Herbert Pinter | Production Design |
| Production | Jane Scott | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anna Borghesi | Costume Design |
