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The Banquet (2006) - A Feng Xiaogang
Film
aka Ye Yan
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Director : Feng Xiaogang
Action Director : Yuen Woo Ping
Art Director : Tim Yip
Costume Designs : Tim Yip
Music : Tan Dun
Cinematographer : Zhang Li
Screenwriters : Chiu-Tai An-Ping , Sheng Heyu
Dance Choreographer : Wang Yuanyuan
Shooting Dates : September 2005 through February 2006
Shooting Locations : Beijing; Altay Mountains, Xinjiang;
"Bamboo Sea", Zhejiang;
Production Company : Huayi Brothers & Taihe Film Investment
Co. (HTF)
Budget : $20 million
Cast : GeYou, Ma Jingwu, Daniel Wu,
Zhang Ziyi, Zhou Xun, Huang Xiaoming
Release Date : Fall 2006
Synopsis : (from imdb)
A loose adaptation of Hamlet, "The Night Banquet" is set in an
empire in chaos. The Emperor, the Empress, the Crown Prince, the
Minister and the General all have their own enemies they would like
to finish off at a night banquet.
About The Movie :
Inspired by William Shakespeare's Hamlet, the story of Ye Yan (The
Night Banquet) is set in a chaotic era of China called Five
Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period, according to Shanghai Youth
Daily. In a falling empire, the Emperor, the Empress, the Crown
Prince, the Princess, the Minister and the General all have their
own quests for the ultimate power. The Empress set up a secret
coalition with the Princess and the Minister in attempt to take the
throne for the Crown Prince, but her real goal is to take the power
for herself, and the Crown Prince wants to use the Empress' plan for
his own quest for the throne. The conflicts finally erupt at a night
banquet, at which the Empress starts executing her plan of killing
the Emperor and the Crown Prince takes the opportunity to finish off
his own enemies... |
Videos :
The Banquet
- Featurette Preview (English Subbed, 3 minutes+, 8MB+)
News Links :
Chinese director seeks Western feast (05/02/2005)
Gaga Digs Into Banquet (06/11/2005)
The Banquet Wrapped Up (22/10/2005) |
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