Mao's Last Dancer 15 years old
Before you can fly, you have to be free.
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.
Credits
Mao's Last Dancer Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Bruce Greenwood He was 54, now 68 years old | as Ben Stevenson |
| Joan Chen She was 49, now 63 years old | as Niang |
| Amanda Schull She was 31, now 46 years old | as Elizabeth Mackey |
| Kyle MacLachlan He was 51, now 65 years old | as Charles Foster |
| Madeleine Eastoe | as Lori |
| Jack Thompson He was 69, now 84 years old | as US Federal Judge |
| Steven Heathcote | as Bobby Cordner |
| Wang Shuangbao | |
| Aden Young He was 38, now 52 years old | as Dilworth |
| Wen Bin Huang | as Li Cunxin - boy |
| Camilla Vergotis | as Mary McKendry |
| Chi Cao He was 32, now 46 years old | as Li Cunxin - adult |
| Chengwu Guo | as Li Cunxin - teenage |
| Barbara Bush She was 84, 92 years old when she died | as Herself (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Mao Tse Tung He was 115, 82 years old when he died | as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| George H. W. Bush He was 85, 94 years old when he died | as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) |
Mao's Last Dancer Crew
| Name | Department |
|---|---|
| Maree McDonald as Hairstylist. | Costume & Make-Up |
| Jane Scott as Producer. She was 91 (92) years old when She died | Production |
| Jan Sardi as Screenplay. He was 57 (now 71) years old | Writing |
| Anna Borghesi as Costume Design. | Costume & Make-Up |
| Elaine Kusmishko as Art Direction. | Art |
| Sue Mackay as Line Producer. She was 50 (now 64) years old | Production |
| Mark Warner as Editor. He was 55 (now 70) years old | Editing |
| Kerrie Brown as Set Decoration. She was 10 (now 24) years old | Art |
| Peter James as Director of Photography. He was 61 (49) years old when He died | Camera |
| Christopher Gordon as Music. | Sound |
| Herbert Pinter as Production Design. | Art |
| Troy Lum as Executive Producer. | Production |
Mao's Last Dancer (15 years)
Before you can fly, you have to be free.
- Release day: Thursday, October 01, 2009
- Runtime: 117 minutes
- Budget: 25000000.00
- Revenue: 23914731.00