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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Robert King (written by)
Release Date:
31 October 1997 (USA)
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Tagline:
Severity for those who resist. See more »
Plot:
An American attorney on business in China, ends up wrongfully on trial for murder and his only key to innocence is a female defense lawyer from the country. Full summary » | Add synopsis »
Awards:
3 wins
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NewsDesk:
(28 articles)
Cinematical Seven: Bai Ling's Favorite Bai Ling Love Scenes
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(From Cinematical. 14 October 2009, 8:32 PM, PDT)
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User Reviews:
Very good, exciting, exotic suspense thriller
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Richard Gere | ... | Jack Moore | |
| Ling Bai | ... | Shen Yuelin | |
| Bradley Whitford | ... | Bob Ghery | |
| Byron Mann | ... | Lin Dan | |
| Peter Donat | ... | David McAndrews | |
| Robert Stanton | ... | Ed Pratt | |
| Tsai Chin | ... | Chairman Xu | |
| James Hong | ... | Lin Shou | |
| Tzi Ma | ... | Li Cheng | |
| Ulrich Matschoss | ... | Gerhardt Hoffman | |
| Richard Venture | ... | Ambassador Reed | |
| Jessey Meng | ... | Hong Ling | |
| Roger Yuan | ... | Huan Minglu | |
| Chi Yu Li | ... | General Hong | |
| Henry O | ... | Procurator General Yang |
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MPAA:
Rated R for some violence and a scene of sexuality.
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122 min
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Certification:
Iceland:14 |
Iceland:16 (video rating) |
South Korea:18 |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:M |
Belgium:KT |
Chile:14 |
Finland:K-16 |
France:U |
Germany:12 (w) |
Mexico:B |
Peru:14 |
Portugal:M/12 |
Singapore:NC-16 |
Spain:13 |
Sweden:15 |
Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) |
UK:15 |
USA:R
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In order to heighten the film's reality, director Jon Avnet, actress Ling Bai, and co-producer Martin Huberty traveled to Beijing for a week of "guerilla" shooting (without the knowledge or permission of the Chinese government!) to capture the first-ever 35mm film of the city to appear in a Hollywood film.
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Revealing mistakes: At the very beginning of the film, the little girl looks up at the sky and blocks out the sun with her hand. But it is totally obvious that she is blocking out nothing, for there is no shadow of her hand across her eyes.
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Quotes:
Jack Moore:
What are you gonna do, you gonna shoot me twice?
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Soundtrack:
I want To Hold Your Hand
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I thought this was wonderful - and can't for the life of me understand the criticisms.
Some seem to be attacking the movie on the basis that it is too hard on China - REALLY?
Ask any North Korean refugee who's been captured in China -
Ask any member of the harmless Falun Gong religious sect -
Ask anyone connected by family ties with those identified as having participated in the Tianenmen Square protests (the protests were actually in quite a number of cities - but television covered just the tens of thousands assembled in Beijing).
No, it's not an "art house" kind of movie - don't expect the slow pace and strange story of something like Farewell My Concubine.
Instead, it's a wonderful Hitchcock-type story transplanted to Communist China - and voila - a wonderful movie that should have been remembered at Oscar time!
It's far better than, say, Hitchcock's Torn Curtain or Topaz - both set in repressive Communist regimes. It's more like a combination of The Wrong Man and North by Northwest - but sexier than either.
Our Welsh friend from beautiful Aberystwyth, Philip Davies, has it about right in his review printed beneath mine.
This is beautifully shot, with wonderful acting in a riveting Hitchcock type movie. Richard Gere is excellent - the politics and scenes of a changing China are fascinating.
I strongly recommend this one.
This is very exciting, suspenseful, romantic - and its depiction of China rings true.