Story of movie Big Shot%27s Funeral :
Big Shot's Funeral (Chinese: ??; pinyin: Dàwàn; literally: "Big Wrist", Mandarin colloquialism for "big shot") is a 2001 Chinese comedy film directed by Feng Xiaogang.
| Big Shot's Funeral | |
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| Traditional | ?? |
| Simplified | ?? |
| Mandarin | Dàwàn |
| Directed by | Feng Xiaogang |
| Produced by | Yang Buting Wang Zhongjun Tong Gang Wang Zhonglei He Ping |
| Written by | Li Xiaoming Shi Kang Feng Xiaogang |
| Starring | Ge You Rosamund Kwan Donald Sutherland |
| Music by | San Bao |
| Cinematography | Zhang Li |
| Edited by | Zhou Ying |
| Distributed by | Columbia Tristar |
Release date |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Language | Mandarin, English |
Screenplay
- Ge You as Yoyo
- Rosamund Kwan as Lucy
- Paul Mazursky as Tony
- Christopher Barden as Peter
- Donald Sutherland as Rob Tyler
World-renowned American film director Rob Tyler (played by Donald Sutherland) is shooting a remake of The Last Emperor in the Forbidden City, Beijing. The director's assistant Lucy, a Chinese American (Rosamund Kwan), hires a Beijing cameraman named YoYo (Ge You) to shoot a "making of" documentary. The director discovers he has ailing health and is booted by the film's producer from the shoot. After witnessing a Chinese funeral for the elderly, Tyler tells YoYo he wants to have a similar "comedy funeral". Soon afterwards the American director falls into a coma. YoYo is officially allowed to plan Tyler's funeral and he enlists the help of a businessman friend to attract as many sponsors as the funeral process would permit.
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