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Mao’s Last Dancer( 2009)

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Overview

At the age of 11, Li was plucked from a poor Chinese village by Madame Mao's cultural delegates and taken to Beijing to study ballet. In 1979, during a cultural exchange to Texas, he fell in love with an American woman. Two years later, he managed to defect and went on to perform as a principal dancer for the Houston Ballet and as a principal artist with the Australian Ballet.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Chi Cao

      Li Cunxin - adult

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      Chengwu Guo

      Li Cunxin - teenage

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      Wen Bin Huang

      Li Cunxin - boy

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      Joan Chen

      Niang

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      Bruce Greenwood

      Ben Stevenson

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      Amanda Schull

      Elizabeth Mackey

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      Kyle MacLachlan

      Charles Foster

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      Jack Thompson

      US Federal Judge

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      Camilla Vergotis

      Mary McKendry

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      Madeleine Eastoe

      Lori

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      Steven Heathcote

      Bobby Cordner

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      Aden Young

      Dilworth

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      Wang Shuangbao

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      Barbara Bush

      Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)

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      George H. W. Bush

      Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

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      Mao Zedong

      Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

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      Bruce Greenwood

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      Kip Gamblin

      David

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    25000000.00

    Revenue

    23900000.00

    Keywords

    • dance
    • dancer
    • village
    • ballet dancer
    • rags to riches
    • promise
    • ballet
    • communism