China Cry: A True Story (1990)

Director:

James F. Collier

Writers (WGA):

Nora Lam (book) &
Irene Burk (book) ...
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Release Date:

2 November 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Biography | Drama

Plot:

Drama set in the 1950s, based on a true story, about a young girl, Sung Neng Yee, who is brought as part of a wealthy Chinese family...

Plot Keywords:

Girl | Colonel | Captain | Country Name In Title | Christian

Cast

Julia Nickson	...	Sung Neng Yee (as Julia Nickson-Soul)
France Nuyen	...	Mrs. Sung
James Shigeta	...	Dr. Sung
Russell Wong	...	Lam Cheng Shen
Philip Tan	...	Colonel Cheng
Jak Castro	...	Labour Camp Guard
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Eric Chen	...	Chinese Army Captain
Daphne Cheung	...	Chung Shing
Catherine Dao	...	Ling Mei
Lau Lee Foon	...	Young Neng Yee
Lloyd Kino	...	Police Captain
Chi Muoi Lo	...	Than
Bruce Locke	...	Labour Camp Guard
Bennett Ohta	...	Labour Camp Doctor
Jack Ong	...	Telegraph Clerk
Elizabeth Sung	...	Interrogator
Lewis Tan	...	Sung Neng's Kid

Directed by
James F. Collier

Writing credits (WGA)
Nora Lam		(book) &
Irene Burk		(book)
James F. Collier		(screenplay)

Produced by
Matthew Crouch	....	associate producer
Paul Crouch	....	executive producer
Don L. Parker	....	producer
Ele Parker	....	associate producer
Robert J. Smawley	....	line producer

Original Music by
Joel Hirschhorn
Al Kasha

Cinematography by
David Worth

Film Editing by
Duane Hartzell
Ruby Yang

Casting by
Madalena Chan
Patti Kirkpatrick

Production Design by
Norm Baron

Art Direction by
Jonathan Cheung

Set Decoration by
Linda Allen
Dominique Lo

Costume Design by
Gigi Choa

Makeup Department
Laura Connolly	....	hair stylist
Cheryl Voss	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Richard Look	....	unit production manager
Robert J. Smawley	....	production manager
Charles Ziarko	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jerri Churchill	....	dga trainee
Larry Lipton	....	assistant director
Ricardo Méndez Matta	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Jonathan Rose	....	carpenter

Sound Department
Nick Alphin	....	sound re-recording mixer
Rick Ash	....	sound re-recording mixer
Christopher Assells	....	sound editor
Charles R. Beith Jr.	....	supervising sound editor
Billy B. Bell	....	sound effects editor
Tim Chilton	....	foley artist
G. Michael Graham	....	sound recordist
Philip A. Hess	....	sound effects editor
Allen Hurd	....	sound recordist
Lester Kisling	....	sound effects editor
A. David Marshall	....	sound effects editor
Dave McMoyler	....	sound effects editor
Joseph Melody	....	supervising sound editor
Michael Strong	....	sound mixer
Dean A. Zupancic	....	sound re-recording mixer

Camera and Electrical Department
David Nichols	....	key grip
Leslie Otis	....	first assistant camera
Charles M. Smallwood	....	grip

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Linda Matthews	....	costume supervisor

Music Department
Virginia S. Ellsworth	....	music editor
John La Salandra	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Ken Bellanca	....	transportation coordinator
Jerry Sidwell	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Wan Allen	....	location manager

Production Companies

• Parakletus
• TBN Films

Distributors

• América Vídeo (199?) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Aquarius TV (1993) (Greece) (TV)
• Penland Productions
• RCV Home Entertainment (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) (1991) (USA) (TV)
• Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) (2000) (worldwide) (internet)
• Vision Video (1991) (USA) (VHS)
• Vision Video (2005) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies

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Runtime:

101 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:16 | South Korea:All | UK:15 | USA:PG-13

Company:

Parakletus

Soundtrack:

No One But You

Accurate portrayal of Chinese Cultural Revolution

Having spent most of a decade living in The People's Republic of China, I feel that this movie gives an accurate portrayal of that period. I was in China as an English teacher and worked in four different universities while there. I was able to talk to a lot of people and heard many horror stories about what took place in China after the Revolution in the 50's. The mass persecution of Christians still goes on, and many are continuing to lose their lives and their freedom, simply because they are Christians. Most people my age did not have any photos of themselves or their families taken while they were growing up. During the Cultural Revolution photos (and most anything else like musical instruments, art, foreign clothing, books, or even nicer furniture) were not allowed and were destroyed or buried, as you could be severely punished for having them, since they were considered "foreign" I even heard of a lady putting her family photos in soup ( when her house was being searched by Red Guards) to get rid of them lest she be caught. There were Mao statutes everywhere, and I was told that if you did take a photo with one of them in the background and cut of his head in the picture, that you could be punished or even killed. Teachers were taken out of the classroom in front of their students and paraded through town wearing dunce caps. It was a terrible, terrible, time especially if you were an educated person or desired to think for yourself.