Big Shot's Funeral

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.

Big Shot's Funeral
Chinese大腕
MandarinDàwàn
Directed byFeng Xiaogang
Written byLi Xiaoming
Shi Kang
Feng Xiaogang
Produced byYang Buting
Wang Zhongjun
Tong Gang
Wang Zhonglei
He Ping
StarringGe You
Rosamund Kwan
Donald Sutherland
CinematographyZhang Li
Edited byZhou Ying
Music bySan Bao, Faye Wong
Production
companies
Distributed byColumbia TriStar Film Distributors International
Release date
  • December 21, 2001 (2001-12-21)
Running time
100 minutes
LanguagesMandarin, English

Cast

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
  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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