Mao’s Last Dancer
2009 · 117 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 8,410 VOTES · DIR. Bruce Beresford
Overview
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 fell 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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,013 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:19 (FOOTSTEPS)
00:06:55 But Mary, alas, has gone back to Australia.
00:16:07 And you spend 500... one day.
00:25:26 Oh, yeah, she is.
00:39:32 - Mr Hung... - (SPEAKS CHINESE)
00:41:25 Shing Hua, stay here for one moment, alright?
00:46:42 It's fine now, I think. It's just my confidence.
00:48:43 ...they see the light that's there inside of you.
00:52:16 Uh... I go Chinatown.
00:54:15 Well, unless I'm mistaken, Betty Lou
00:56:40 OK well how about Big Ballerino?
01:02:39 One, two, three, four, five, sex!
01:06:14 I promise.
01:08:41 LORI: Is it serious
01:11:07 I not go back to China.
01:13:03 Vice Consul Lan is happy to discuss legal matters
01:15:57 Excuse me, Consul
01:18:53 My advice to you is, they don't have to know.
01:21:11 (REPORTERS ALL TALK AT ONCE)
01:27:04 It's not that easy, you know.
01:29:35 I thnk he's trying to get me to walk away from my contract.
01:33:44 No, you don't understand!
01:36:33 (SLOW, MELANCHOLY MUSIC PLAYS)
01:40:28 Ni hao.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,013
Dialogue density8.7 lines / min
First line00:00:19
Final line01:40:28
Production Record
DirectorBruce Beresford
LanguageEnglish
Budget$25,000,000
Revenue$23,900,000
IMDb votes8,410