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Big shot's funeral (Da wan)

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Movie propaganda

Don Tyler (Donald Sutherland) is a well-known film director whose work has bought him to Beijing. Yo Yo (Ge You) is a down-on-his-luck Chinese cameraman who's been hired by Tyler's long time assistant Lucy (Rosamund Kwan) to shoot footage of Tyler directing his new film. The two begin a wildly off-kilter dialogue that ends with a severe cultural mis-communication. Tyler becomes obsessed with the idea that the Chinese mark a person's death with a "comedy funeral" as a joyful celebration of a life well lived. With the pressure of filming taking its toll, Tyler unexpectedly slips into a coma. But not before he makes his last request - he wants his own grand "comedy funeral"!

Persons of interest

Donald Sutherland .... Don Tyler
Ge You .... Yo Yo
Rosamund Kwan .... Lucy
Paul Mazursky
Ying Da .... Louis
Li Xiaoming .... Screenwriter
Shi Kang .... Screenwriter
Feng Xiaogang .... Screenwriter
Feng Xiaogang .... Director

Cinematic intelligence sources

Big shot's funeral (Da wan) official movie site
Big shot's funeral (Da wan) movie trailers:

Awards and film festivals:

Silk Screen 2002: Screening
Toronto International Film Festival 2002: Screening

NB: English and Mandarin languages with English language subtitles
Studios and distributors:

Sony Pictures Releasing

Intelligence analyst

Special Agent Matti

Theatrical report

Media intelligence (DVD)

Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound
Languages: English, French, Mandarin
Picture: Widescreen (1.85:1/16:9 enhanced)
Special features:

Picture disc
Trailers: Theatrical, bonus

Subtitles: Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, English captions, Finnish, French, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish, Turkish

Security censorship classification

M (Adult themes)

Surveillance time

100 minutes (1:40 hours)

Not for public release in Australia before date

Film: 24 October 2002 - Melbourne, Sydney
Film: 14 November 2002 - Adelaide, Perth
DVD rental: 6 August 2003
VHS rental: 6 August 2003