| Edition |
Director approved special ed. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (165 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (12 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.) |
| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 422 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 422.
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| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1987. |
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Special features: Commentary [optional audio feature] ; Trailer (3 min.) ; booklet features the essay "The Last Emperor: or the Manchurian Candidate" by David Thomson. |
| Credits |
Photography by Vittorio Storaro ; editor, Gabriella Cristiani ; music by Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne and Cong Su; production designer, Ferdinando Scarfiotti ; costume designer, James Acheson. |
| Cast |
John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole, Ying Ruocheng, Victor Wong, Dennis Dun, Wu Jun Mei, Maggie Han, Ric Young, Jade Go, Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa, Ryuichi Sakamoto. |
| Summary |
Aisin-Gioro "Henry" Pu Yi, 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. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, widescreen (2.00:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital surround stereo. |
| Language |
Optional subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). |
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English, Chinese, and Japanese dialogue. |
| Awards |
Academy Awards (1988): Best Sound, Bill Rowe, Ivan Sharrock; Art Direction-Set Decoration, Ferdinando Scarfiotti, Bruno Cesari, Osvaldo Desideri; Costume Design, James Acheson; Music, Original Score, Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne, Cong Su; Cinematography, Vittorio Storaro; Film Editing, Gabriella Cristiani; Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium, Mark Peploe, Bernardo Bertolucci; Picture, Jeremy Thomas; Director, Bernardo Bertolucci |
| Subject |
Puyi, 1906-1967 -- Drama
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Nationalists -- China -- Drama.
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Communists -- China -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama
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Political prisoners -- China -- Drama.
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Identity (Philosophical concept) -- Drama
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China -- Kings and rulers -- Biography -- Drama.
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China -- History -- Qing dynasty, 1644-1912 -- Drama.
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China -- Politics and government -- 20th century -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Epic films
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Melodramas (Motion pictures)
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Historical films
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Criterion collection
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Biographical films
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired
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| Added Author |
Thomas, Jeremy
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Peploe, Mark
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Bertolucci, Bernardo
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Lone, John, 1952-
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Chen, Joan, 1961-
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O'Toole, Peter, 1932-2013-
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Ying, Ruocheng
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Wong, Victor
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Dun, Dennis
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Wu, Vivian, 1966-
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Han, Maggie, 1959-
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Young, Ric
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Go, Jade.
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Tagawa, Cary-Hiroyuki
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Sakamoto, Ryūichi, 1952-
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Storaro, Vittorio, 1940-
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Yanco Films Limited.
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Tao Film SRL (Firm)
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Recorded Picture Company
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Screenframe Limited (Firm)
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AAA Soprofilms (Film)
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Note |
Title on container: Bernardo Bertolucci's The last emperor |
| ISBN |
1604651067 |
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9781604651065 |
| Standard No. |
715515034425 |
| Music No. |
CC1783D Criterion Collection |
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