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Wayne Wang
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Wayne Wang - what members say
review by from Hayes, Middlesex
Lingers on the mind, long after the credits 14 July 2004
Wayne Wang - filmography
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Snow Flower And The Secret Fan - Blu-ray
(2011)
Starring: Gianna Jun, Li Bingbing, Vivian Wu
Director: Wayne Wang
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The descendants of two 19th century spiritual sisters struggle to maintain their enduring bond by exploring their ancestral connection in modern-day Shanghai. Connected as 'laotong' (old sames) at the tender age of seven, Snow Flower and Lily grow up in isolation and develop a language all their ..read more »
 
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from 4 members
Not available for rental
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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
(2011)
Starring: Bingbing Li, Gianna Jun, Vivian Wu
Director: Wayne Wang
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In 19th-century China, seven year old girls Snow Flower and Lily are matched as laotong - or "old sames" - bound together for eternity. Isolated by their families, they furtively communicate by taking turns writing in a secret language, nu shu, between the folds of a white silk fan. In a parallel ..read more »
69%
from 20 members
Currently unavailable
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Last Holiday
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Jane Adams, Queen Latifah, L.L. Cool J.
Director: Wayne Wang
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Latifah stars as Georgia Byrd, a reserved plus-sized woman who lives a dreary, ordinary life in New Orleans, where she dreams of an elegant existence filled with fancy food, stylish clothing, and high-society parties. But she spends most of her evenings eating frozen dinners all alone, often ..read more »
62%
from 13,288 members
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Because Of Winn-Dixie
(2005)
Starring: Jeff Daniels, Anna Sophia Robb, Cicely Tyson
Director: Wayne Wang
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A smart, resourceful young girl, Opal thinks people forgot how to share the joy. She's tired of moving from small town to small town with her father (Jeff Daniels), a preacher at the Open Arms Baptist Church; she just wants to find a home and stop being lonely. One night she wishes for a best ..read more »
62%
from 2,454 members
Not currently released
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Maid In Manhattan
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Jennifer Lopez, Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Richardson
Director: Wayne Wang
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Director Wayne Wang (THE JOY LUCK CLUB, SMOKE) updates the familiar Cinderella story in this charming romantic comedy. Jennifer Lopez stars as Marissa Ventura, a beautiful young woman who divides her time between her precocious son Ty (Tyler Posey) and her housekeeping duties at The Beresford, an ..read more »
58%
from 19,700 members
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The Centre Of The World
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Molly Parker, Peter Sarsgaard, Mel Gorham
Director: Wayne Wang
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Wayne Wang, although known for his personal drama about Chinese-American life, EAT A BOWL OF TEA, and the Hollywood equivalent, THE JOY LUCK CLUB, has always harbored a fascination with the depiction of sex in the movies. The director remarked, "In college I loved movies like LAST TANGO IN PARIS." ..read more »
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from 1,443 member
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Anywhere But Here
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Susan Sarandon, Natalie Portman, Shawn Hatosy
Director: Wayne Wang
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Director Wayne Wang, known for family dramas about Chinese Americans that focus on mother-daughter relationships (DIM SUM, THE JOY LUCK CLUB), here adapts Mona Simpson's ANYWHERE BUT HERE, a novel perfectly suited for his talents. Teenage Ann (Natalie Portman) wants a normal life, but her mother, ..read more »
55%
from 1,965 member
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Chinese Box
(1997)
Starring: Jeremy Irons, Gong Li, Maggie Cheung
Director: Wayne Wang
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Watch now: Unavailable
John (Irons) is an English photojournalist who has spent over a decade in Hong Kong; his friend Jim (Blades) often crashes in his cramped apartment. John's unrequited love is Vivian (Gong Li) whom he aches for but has not the nerve to possess. Concurrent with England's transfer of Hong Kong back to ..read more »
53%
from 26 members
Currently unavailable
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Blue In The Face
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Michael J. Fox, Jim Jarmusch, Harvey Keitel
Director: Wayne Wang, Paul Auster
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Director Wayne Wang and screenwriter Paul Auster had enough storylines and characters left over from their charming comedy Smoke to make another film, so they shot Blue In The Face immediately after Smoke was completed. The film once again centers on the Brooklyn Cigar Store and manager Auggie (..read more »
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from 1,008 member
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Smoke
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: William Hurt, Harvey Keitel, Stockard Channing
Director: Wayne Wang
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A Brooklyn cigar shop is the setting for this drama from director Wayne Wang that interweaves the stories of several characters that have fractured family relationships in common. Harvey Keitel is Auggie Wren, poetic owner of the Brooklyn Cigar Company, a store that he considers the center of the ..read more »
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from 2,097 members
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Smoke - Blu-ray
(1995)
Starring: William Hurt, Harvey Keitel, Stockard Channing
Director: Wayne Wang
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A collection of unrelated characters somehow come together and change each others lives... A cigar store manager takes a daily photograph of his store... A writer recently widowed is unable to write... A man who accidentally killed his wife runs away from his past...
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from 110 members
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Eat A Bowl Of Tea
(1989)
Starring: Victor Wong, Russell Wong, Cora Miao
Director: Wayne Wang
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A study in culture bridging, including ... a new US-born husband, trying to work within the traditional ways, a new China-born wife, eager to join the "dream" of America, two family-minded fathers, lots of gender-related social bifurcations.
25%
from 2 members
Currently unavailable
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Slam Dance
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Harry Dean Stanton, Virginia Madsen, Tom Hulce
Director: Wayne Wang
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Cartoonist C.C. Drood finds himself being framed for five murders. On becoming an amateur detective he enters a maze in which no-one is quite what they seem, not his land-lady, not his friends, not even the police. Fast-paced action thriller.
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from 50 members
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Dim Sum - A Little Bit of Heart
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Cora Miao, Victor Wong
Director: Wayne Wang
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After the success of his low-budget CHAN IS MISSING, the story of a couple of Chinese cabdrivers and some missing money in Chinatown, Wayne Wang returned to the exploration of the melding of Chinese and American culture. In DIM SUM: A LITTLE BIT OF HEART, he moves away from the streets of San ..read more »
58%
from 70 members
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Chan Is Missing
on DVD
(1982)
Starring: Wood Moy, Marc Hayashi
Director: Wayne Wang
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CHAN IS MISSING follows the lives of two Chinese cabdrivers, Jo (Wood Moy), a middle-aged man, and Steve (Marc Hayashi), his young partner. Although both are American-born, there is a definite generation gap in their attitudes toward how to achieve an authentic ethnic identity, both inside and ..read more »
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from 31 members
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Wayne Wang facts
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...The Centre Of the World is quite an unpredictable foray for Wayne Wang. It is an intense film about a man and a woman, and the balance of power,economics of supply and d...
