When computer programmer, Leo Fang, is passed up for promotion, he feels it is because he is Chinese, and quits. He takes his Chinese-American family to Mainland China to visit his ...
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Title: The Great Wall Is a Great Wall (1986)
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2 wins & 3 nominations.
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| Credited cast: | |||
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Peter Wang | ... | Leo Fang |
| Sharon Iwai | ... | Grace Fang | |
| Kelvin Han Yee | ... | Paul Fang | |
| Qinqin Li | ... | Lili Chao | |
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Xiaoguang Hu | ... | Mr. Chao |
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Guanglan Shen | ... | Mrs. Chao |
| Kelvin Wong | ... | Liu Yida (as Wang Xiao) | |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Jan Haley | ... | Secretary | |
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Jeanette Pavini | ... | Linda |
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Han Tan | ... | Old Liu |
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Jian Xiu | ... | Yu |
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Ran Zhijuan | ... | Jan |
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When computer programmer, Leo Fang, is passed up for promotion, he feels it is because he is Chinese, and quits. He takes his Chinese-American family to Mainland China to visit his relatives, the Chao's for a vacation. The clash of cultures, between the men, wives, and teenagers, leads to some confusion, and misunderstanding. Written by Brian W Martz <B.Martz@Genie.com>
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The first American movie filmed in Mainland China presents a mild but occasionally diverting clash of cultures following the reunion in Peking of a thoroughly westernized Chinese-American family from San Francisco with their Old World relatives. The comedy catalogues the bewilderment of host and guest alike when confronted by peculiar foreign customs, with the best laughs coming from the People's republic point of view: students singing 'Papa Rawdi' (Pavarotti) and reciting, in unique pidgin, Lincoln's Gettysburg Address; an old man coping with the electric blanket presented as a gift by his American brother-in-law; the question of whether or not everyone in the United States has VD. The Western perspective is less interesting only because it's more familiar (football, rock 'n' roll, and so forth) but everyone benefits from the mutual exposure, including the audience.