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Big Shot's Funeral
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MPAA RATING: PG for thematic elements, language and brief partial nudity

Starring You Ge, Rosamund Kwan, Donald Sutherland, Da Ying, Paul Mazursky, and Christopher Barden

A raucous Chinese comedy about the funeral of an American director who dies in China while filming an historical epic.


GENRE(S): Foreign  
WRITTEN BY: Xiaogang Feng
Xiaoming Li
Kang Shi
 
DIRECTED BY: Xiaogang Feng  
RELEASE DATE: DVD: April 15, 2003 
Video: April 15, 2003 
Theatrical: January 17, 2003 
RUNNING TIME: 100 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: China / Hong Kong 
LANGUAGE(S): English / Mandarin (with English subtitles) 

Original title "Da Wan"; Nominated, Best Asian Film, 2003 Hong Kong Film Awards

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Variety Derek Elley
Pic is an obvious but highly accessible entertainment that manages to josh its subjects without being condescending to either Eastern or Western auds.
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San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle
Of mild interest as a curiosity, but not as entertainment.
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Film Threat Rich Cline
Everything here is broad and very silly, but the offbeat foreign vibe keeps us intrigued, mostly because the film's sense of humor is so unusual and unexpected.
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