Mao’s Last Dancer (2009)
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.
Directed by: Bruce Beresford
Top Billed Cast: Chi Cao, Aden Young, Mao Zedong
Runtime: 117 minutes
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Bruce Greenwood
Ben Stevenson
Kyle MacLachlan
Charles Foster
Joan Chen
Niang
Chi Cao
Li Cunxin - adult
Amanda Schull
Elizabeth Mackey
Wang Shuangbao
Dia
Aden Young
Dilworth
Jack Thompson
Judge Woodrow Seals
Penne Hackforth-Jones
Cynthia Dodds
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Chengwu Guo
Li Cunxin - teenage
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Wen Bin Huang
Li Cunxin - boy
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Madeleine Eastoe
Lori
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Camilla Vergotis
Mary McKendry
Steven Heathcote
Bobby Cordner
Kip Gamblin
David
Christopher Kirby
Mason
Suzie Steen
Betty Lou
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Yang Li
Cunmao - 19 yrs
Ferdinand Hoang
Consul Zhang
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Xiguo Wu
Director Wang
Jiao Gang
Teacher Gao
Yue Xiuqing
Madame Official
Alice Parkinson
Assistant Stage Manager
Deni Hines
Anita Jones
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Jon-Claire Lee
Vice Consul Lan
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Robin Choi
Security Guard
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Ron Lee
Security Guard
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Cory Vi
Security Guard
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Chan Cheuk-Fai
Security Guard
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Gibson Nolte
China Desk Officer
Ted Maynard
Newsreader
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Nicholas McKay
TV Reporter
Nicholas Hammond
TV Reporter
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Leslie Bell
TV Presenter
Ian Meadows
WTC Backstage Manager
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George Ellis
Houston Ballet Conductor
