Mao’s Last Dancer
movie
Before you can fly, you have to be free.
Released October 01, 2009
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 falls 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.
Cast
Amanda Schull
as
Elizabeth Mackey
Chi Cao
as
Li Cunxin - adult
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Chengwu Guo
as
Li Cunxin - teenage
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Wen Bin Huang
as
Li Cunxin - boy
Joan Chen
as
Niang
Bruce Greenwood
as
Ben Stevenson
Kyle MacLachlan
as
Charles Foster
Jack Thompson
as
US Federal Judge
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Camilla Vergotis
as
Mary McKendry
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Madeleine Eastoe
as
Lori
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Steven Heathcote
as
Bobby Cordner
Aden Young
as
Dilworth
Crew
Bruce Beresford
as
Director
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Troy Lum
as
Executive Producer
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Cunxin Li
as
Author
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Sue MacKay
as
Line Producer
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Elaine Kusmishko
as
Art Direction
Peter James
as
Director of Photography
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Kerrie Brown
as
Set Decoration
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Mark Warner
as
Editor
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Ziggy Golden
as
Makeup & Hair
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Geng Ling
as
Co-Producer
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Maree McDonald
as
Hairstylist
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Xin Mu
as
Makeup Artist