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Release Date:
18 December 1987 (USA)
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Tagline:
He was the Lord of Ten Thousand Years, the absolute monarch of China. He was born to rule a world of ancient tradition. Nothing prepared him for our world of change.
Plot:
The story of the final Emperor of China. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Won 9 Oscars.
Another 39 wins
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12 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(39 articles)
Anvil! The Story of Anvil Among Academy Award Documentary Snubs
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‘Capitalism’ and ‘Anvil’ Fail to Make Best Documentary Oscar Shortlist
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(From FilmJunk. 19 November 2009, 2:12 PM, PST)
‘Capitalism’ and ‘Anvil’ Fail to Make Best Documentary Oscar Shortlist
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And the moral of the story is .......
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| John Lone | ... | Pu Yi - Adult | |
| Joan Chen | ... | Wan Jung | |
| Peter O'Toole | ... | Reginald 'R. J.' Johnston | |
| Ruocheng Ying | ... | The Governor (as Ying Ruocheng) | |
| Victor Wong | ... | Chen Pao Shen | |
| Dennis Dun | ... | Big Li | |
| Ryûichi Sakamoto | ... | Amakasu | |
| Maggie Han | ... | Eastern Jewel | |
| Ric Young | ... | Interrogator | |
| Vivian Wu | ... | Wen Hsiu (as Wu Jun Mei) | |
| Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa | ... | Chang (as Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa) | |
| Jade Go | ... | Ar Mo | |
| Fumihiko Ikeda | ... | Yoshioka | |
| Richard Vuu | ... | Pu Yi - 3 Years | |
| Tsou Tijger | ... | Pu Yi - 8 Years (as Tijger Tsou) |
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Runtime:
163 min | 219 min (television version)
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.00 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby (35 mm prints) |
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints)
Certification:
Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) (re-rating) (1999) |
Canada:A (Nova Scotia) (original rating) |
Canada:AA (Ontario) |
Canada:G (Quebec) |
Canada:PA (Manitoba) |
Germany:12 (director's cut) |
Germany:12 |
UK:15 (director's cut) |
Iceland:12 |
Brazil:Livre |
USA:TV-14 (TV rating) |
Italy:T |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:M |
Chile:14 |
Finland:K-11 (re-rating) |
Finland:K-14 (original rating) |
France:U |
Singapore:NC-16 |
South Korea:12 |
Sweden:11 |
UK:15 |
USA:PG-13 |
Netherlands:12 (director's cut)
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Trivia:
The China Film Co-Production Corporation provided their studios and unlimited extras in exchange for domestic distribution rights.
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Goofs:
Anachronisms: When Johnston is about to board a ship out of China to return to England, in a scene set in 1931, a ticket office window is seen in the background with opening and closing times given in simplified Chinese characters. China only switched to simplified characters after the Communists came to power in 1949, with a drive to improve literacy. At the time this scene takes place, traditional full-form characters would have been used.
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Quotes:
Pu Yi, at 15:
Who is this George Washington?
Reginald Fleming 'R.J.' Johnston: A famous American, your majesty. A revolutionary general, the first American president.
Pu Yi, at 15: Ah, like Mr. Lenin in Russia?
Reginald Fleming 'R.J.' Johnston: Not quite.
Pu Yi, at 15: Does he have a car?
Reginald Fleming 'R.J.' Johnston: He lived a long time ago, your majesty.
Pu Yi, at 15: *I* want a car.
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Reginald Fleming 'R.J.' Johnston: A famous American, your majesty. A revolutionary general, the first American president.
Pu Yi, at 15: Ah, like Mr. Lenin in Russia?
Reginald Fleming 'R.J.' Johnston: Not quite.
Pu Yi, at 15: Does he have a car?
Reginald Fleming 'R.J.' Johnston: He lived a long time ago, your majesty.
Pu Yi, at 15: *I* want a car.
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Movie Connections:
Spoofed in "The Simpsons: Homer the Great (#6.12)" (1995)
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Soundtrack:
Auld Lang Syne
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This to me was a very powerful movie, I loved the story, and the final outcome was how it should be. Somehow we believe that Kings, Queens, Emperors etc are entitled to their power, that somehow they deserve it. This is how this emperor saw himself, he believed he was better, and above the average person, his sense of entitlement and view of reality was so perverted, that he did everything possible to retain and regain his position in life. However from the day he entered the palace he was a pawn, powerless to act, yet he never sees this. Maybe we don't all understand his re-education, but this is what makes the ending so great. There is a fantastic moral to this story. A beautiful story, sad, moving, and somehow, strangely uplifting. Highly recommended. 9/10