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The last emperor [videorecording] / by Bertolucci, Bernardo,film director,screenwriter.(CARDINAL)709616; Lone, John,1952-actor.; Chen, Joan,1961-actor.; O'Toole, Peter,1932-actor.; Storaro, Vittorio,1940-cinematographer.(CARDINAL)434908; AAA Soprofilms (Film); Thomas, Jeremy,film producer.(CARDINAL)759234; Peploe, Mark,screenwriter.(CARDINAL)756360; Ying, Ruocheng,actor.; Wong, Victor,actor.; Dun, Dennis,actor.; Wu, Vivian,1966-actor.; Han, Maggie,1959-actor.; Young, Ric,actor.; Go, Jade,actor.; Tagawa, Cary-Hiroyuki.; Sakamoto, Ryūichi,1952-actor.; Criterion Collection (Firm)(CARDINAL)348269; Recorded Picture Company.; Screenframe Limited (Firm); Tao Film SRL (Firm); Yanco Films.;
Photography by Vittorio Storaro ; editor, Gabriella Cristiani ; music by Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne and Cong Su ; costume designer, James Acheson ; production designer, Ferdinando Scarfiotti.John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole, Ying Ruocheng, Victor Wong, Dennis Dun, Ryuichi Sakamoto.A dramatic history of Aisin-Gioro "Henry" Pu Yi, who at the age of three became the last of the Emperors of China. Chronicles his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, as the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; and his exploitation by the invading Japanese as the ruler of Manchukuo from 1932 to 1945. He returned to public life in 1959, just another peasant worker in the People's Republic, and died as a gardener at the Botanical Gardens of Peking.DVD, region 1; Dolby digital surround; 2.00:1 aspect ratio.Academy Awards, USA, 1988: Oscar - Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (Ferdinando Scarfiotti, Bruno Cesari, Osvaldo Desideri) ; Best Cinematography (Vittorio Storaro) ; Best Costume Design (James Acheson) ; Best Director (Bernardo Bertolucci) ; Best Film Editing (Gabriella Cristiani) ; Best Music, Original Score (Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne, Cong Su) ; Best Picture (Jeremy Thomas) ; Best Sound (Bill Rowe, Ivan Sharrock) ; Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium (Mark Peploe, Bernardo Bertolucci)
Subjects: Feature films.; Biographical films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Epic films.; Historical films.; Fiction films.; Puyi, 1906-1967; Political prisoners; Nationalists; Communists; Man-woman relationships; Identity (Philosophical concept);
Available copies: 8 / Total copies: 9
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