Mao's Last Dancer (film)
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| Directed by | Bruce Beresford |
| Screenplay by | Jan Sardi |
| Based on | Mao's Last Dancer by Li Cunxin |
| Produced by | Jane Scott |
| Starring | Bruce Greenwood Kyle MacLachlan Joan Chen Amanda Schull Chi Cao |
| Cinematography | Peter James |
| Edited by | Mark Warner |
| Music by | Christopher Gordon |
Production company | Great Scott Productions Pty. Ltd. |
| Distributed by | Roadshow Films (Australia) Samuel Goldwyn Films (United States) |
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Running time | 117 minutes |
| Countries | Australia United States |
| Languages | English Mandarin Chinese |
| Budget | A$25 million |
| Box office | USD $22.3 million |
Mao's Last Dancer is a 2009 Australian film based on professional dancer Li Cunxin's 2003 autobiographical memoir of the same name. Li Cunxin is portrayed by Birmingham Royal Ballet Principal Dancer Chi Cao, Australian Ballet dancer Chengwu Guo and Huang Wen Bin. The film also stars Bruce Greenwood, Kyle MacLachlan, Joan Chen and Amanda Schull.
The film premiered on 13 September 2009, at the Toronto International Film Festival. General release in Australia and New Zealand began on 1 October 2009. It began screening in the United States on 33 screens in August 2010.