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About
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.
Theatrical
Aug 20, 2010
Box Office
$23.9M
Budget
$25.0M
Return
1.0x
DVD / Blu-ray
Mar 29, 2011
Director
Writer
Producers
Music
Studio
Great Scott Productions Pty. Ltd.
Cast
Full credits →B
Bruce Greenwood
Ben Stevenson
K
Kyle MacLachlan
Charles Foster
J
Joan Chen
Niang
A
Amanda Schull
Elizabeth Mackey
W
Wang Shuangbao
Dia
A
Aden Young
Dilworth
J
Jack Thompson
Judge Woodrow Seals
P
Penne Hackforth-Jones
Cynthia Dodds
M
Madeleine Eastoe
Lori
S
Steven Heathcote
Bobby Cordner
K
Kip Gamblin
David
C
Christopher Kirby
Mason
S
Suzie Steen
Betty Lou
F
Ferdinand Hoang
Consul Zhang
J
Jiao Gang
Teacher Gao
Y
Yue Xiuqing
Madame Official
A
Alice Parkinson
Assistant Stage Manager
D
Deni Hines
Anita Jones
J
Jon-Claire Lee
Vice Consul Lan
R
Robin Choi
Security Guard
