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From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China (1981)
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10 December 1981 (Australia)
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Isaac Stern's cultural tour of China is seen, with the master violinist performing and mentoring young Chinese musicians...
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Won Oscar.
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(3 articles)
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Oscar-Nominated Documentary Festival Screening in New York
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Oscar-Nominated Documentary Festival Screening in New York
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Ken Russell, Murray Lerner Photo: Tommy Academy Screening
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excellent, sensitive coverage of the effect of the cultural revolution on musicians in China
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Cast
(in credits order) | Isaac Stern | ... | Himself |
| David Golub | ... | Himself - Pianist |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Ching-Ling Soong | ... | Herself (as Madame Sun Yat-Sen) |
| Leonard Woodcock | ... | Himself |
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| Murray Lerner | |||
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| Murray Lerner | .... | producer | |
| Walter Scheuer | .... | executive producer | |
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| David Bridges | |||
| Nick Doob | |||
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| Thomas Haneke | |||
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| David Haugland | .... | production manager | |
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| Lee Dichter | .... | sound re-recording mixer | |
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| David Eubank | .... | first assistant camera: New York | |
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| Jim Finn | .... | negative cutter | |
| Lawrence Mischel | .... | negative cutter | |
| Sue Mischel | .... | negative cutter | |
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| Daniel Edelman | .... | production coordinator | |
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- Harmony Film (1981) (USA)
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This is one of the most moving films I have ever seen. The 'language of music' gets a lot of mileage in general, but here you see it as the common voice of people who have no other mutual language. It is a film of great sensitivity and honesty, showing the depths of tragedy people experienced under the Cultural Revolution in China, as well as an engaging whirlwind tour into the rich world of traditional and modern (well, 1980s) China. Stern's master classes with young Chinese students are delightful - humorous, enlightening and beautifully human. Well worth seeing or owning.