Big Shot's Funeral

Big Shot's Funeral
Big Shot's Funeral
Chinese	大腕
Mandarin	Dàwàn
Directed by	Feng Xiaogang
Written by	Li Xiaoming; Shi Kang; Feng Xiaogang
Produced by	Yang Buting; Wang Zhongjun; Tong Gang; Wang Zhonglei; He Ping
Starring	Ge You; Rosamund Kwan; Donald Sutherland
Cinematography	Zhang Li
Edited by	Zhou Ying
Music by	, Faye Wong
Production; companies	Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia; China Film Group Corporation; Huayi Brothers and Taihe Film Investment Co.
Distributed by	Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International
Release date	December 21, 2001;
Running time	100 minutes
Languages	Mandarin, English

Big Shot's Funeral (Chinese: 大腕; pinyin: Dàwàn; lit. 'Big Wrist', Mandarin colloquialism for "big shot") is a 2001 Chinese comedy film directed by Feng Xiaogang.

Cast[]

Ge You as Yoyo
Rosamund Kwan as Lucy
Paul Mazursky as Tony
Christopher Barden as Peter
Donald Sutherland as Don Tyler^[2]

Plot[]

World-renowned American film director Don 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 afterward 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.

Soundtrack[]

'Idiot' (白痴/bái chī) from Faye Wong's 2001 album Faye Wong is the theme song.

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Big Shot's Funeral (2001)". Hong Kong Movie Database. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
^ Eckholm, Erik (2007). "Big Shot's Funeral". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 31 October 2007. Retrieved 29 October 2008.

External links[]

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[hkmdb-1] "Big Shot's Funeral (2001)". Hong Kong Movie Database. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

[2] Eckholm, Erik (2007). "Big Shot's Funeral". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 31 October 2007. Retrieved 29 October 2008.

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