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Hollywood Chinese (2007)

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User Rating: 8.7/10 (38 votes)

Overview

Director:
Arthur Dong
Writer:
Arthur Dong (writer)
Release Date:
2 May 2008 (USA) more
Genre:
Documentary
Plot:
Hollywood Chinese is a captivating look at cinema history through the lens of the Chinese American experience... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Both informative and very entertaining more

Cast

 (Credited cast)
Turhan Bey ... Himself

Joan Chen ... Herself
Tsai Chin ... Herself
Stephen Gong ... Himself

James Hong ... Himself
David Henry Hwang ... Himself
Nancy Kwan ... Herself

Ang Lee ... Himself

Christopher Lee ... Himself

Justin Lin ... Himself
Lisa Lu ... Herself
Luise Rainer ... Herself
James Shigeta ... Himself
Amy Tan ... Herself
Wayne Wang ... Himself
B.D. Wong ... Himself
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Additional Details

Runtime:
90 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Certification:
Canada:PG
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Movie Connections:
References The World of Suzie Wong (1960) more

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1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful:-
Both informative and very entertaining, 13 April 2008
9/10
Author: Michael Fargo from San Francisco

This film, at it's heart, is an expose on America itself and how it both exploits and rewards minorities, ever so slowly adding them to the mix of the American experience. The pay-off's come at the end with frank testimonies from Joan Chen, B.D. Wong, and the amazing Ang Lee. The final topper comes when the multi-faceted (and talented) Justin Lin laughs that once he broke through the Hollywood "ceiling" he couldn't get his films released in Asia because they weren't about white people.

Loads of archival footage surround the interviews (none expressing much bitterness) with Nancy Kwan's beauty ever-shining, she is surprisingly self-aware and candid about the negative stereotypes she was accused of perpetuating. But this is less about the Chinese in Hollywood than America itself: "...as long as you make money" is the creed, no matter how damaging or ridiculous the job.

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