The Last Emperor 1987 PG-13, 164 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci Cast: John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole, Ruocheng Ying, Dennis Dun, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Victor Wong, Maggie Han, Lisa Lu, Ric Young, Vivian Wu, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Jade Go, Fumihiko Ikeda, Tsou Tijger
The last imperial ruler of China, Pu Yi (John Lone), led the most unusual of lives. At three-years old, he was named Emperor and was not allowed to leave Peking. After World War II, the Communists put him in prison for 10 years until his release at which time he became an ordinary citizen serving under Mao Tse Tung. This film won an impressive nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Director.
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Open Season 1996 R, 101 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Wuhl Cast: Robert Wuhl, Tom Selleck, Joe Piscopo, Dina Merrill, Rod Taylor, Helen Shaver, Gailard Sartain, Saul Rubinek, Jimmie Walker, Maggie Han
A Public TV executive (Robert Wuhl) finds his shows receive top ratings (because of a tabulating error), and commercial networks jump on the bandwagon by inserting culture into their programming fare.
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