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The Last Emperor (DVD, 2004)

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\"The Last Emperor [DVD] is an epic historical drama directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. This visually stunning film chronicles the life of Pu Yi, the last Emperor of China, from his ascension to the throne as a child to his eventual downfall and adaptation to life as an ordinary citizen.

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The true story of Pu Yi, who at the age of three toddled to the Imperial Throne to become 'Lord Of 10,000 Years', China's very last Emperor. Filmed entirely in China, this is the first western film to be made about modern China with the full co-operation of the Chinese Government. Two versions - the original theatrical version and the Director's cut.

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eBay Product ID (ePID)44095017

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ActorJohn Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole

Film/TV TitleThe Last Emperor

DirectorBernardo Bertolucci

LanguageEnglish\Japanese\Mandarin

Run Time450 Mins

Aspect RatioWide Screen

Release Year2004

FormatDVD

FeaturesOriginal Theatrical Version And The Director's Cut\Bernardo Bertolucci An Indepth Making Of Documentary\Commentary By Bernardo Bertolucci And Jeremy Thomas And Composer Ryuichi Sakomoto\Postcard From China Trailer, Widescreen

GenreDrama, General

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Number of Discs2

Certificate15

Country/Region of ManufactureChina

AwardsBest Picture 1988 -, Best Screenplay Based On Material Previously Produced Or Published 1988 - Mark Peploe, Best Screenplay Based On Material Previously Produced Or Published 1988 - Bernardo Bertolucci, Best Director 1988 - Bernardo Bertolucci

Additional InformationThe story of Pu Yi, who ascended to the Imperial Throne in China at the age of three and became the countryÆs last Emperor. Although it is 160 minutes long and shot with breathtaking scope and sumptuousness, Bernardo Bertolucci's film is a story about claustrophobia. Pu Yi is a prisoner in the palace he rules over. Outside, real power changes hands with each coup d'etat. Pu Yi grows to manhood, is tutored by a Westerner (Peter O'Toole), and marries a gorgeous princess (Joan Chen). However, the adult Pu Yi (John Lone) is destined for a communist re-education camp when the war is over. From start to finish, Pu Yi is a passive antihero who can never come to grips with the idea that the absolute power conferred on him as a child was only a mirage. The mistakes Pu Yi made trying to realise that power--especially collaborating with the Japanese during the war--provide Bertolucci with the chance to explore his familiar theme of collaboration and its moral consequences (as he did in THE CONFORMIST and 1900). In the end, Pu Yi seems to have reached a kind of peace, and the terrible waste of a special man's life disappears into a drab, grey-clad Beijing.

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item 1 The Last Emperor: Director's Cut DVD (2004) John Lone, Bertolucci (DIR) cert 15

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