Big Shot's Funeral DVD (2001)

Big Shot's Funeral

2001

Overall rating: 2.5 out of 5

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Satirical comedy set in modern-day China. World-famous film director Don Tyler (Donald Sutherland) is filming in China's Forbidden City when a creative drought hits and he is thrown off the picture by his studio boss (Paul Mazursky). His subsequent depression is only relieved by his unlikely friendship with a down-on-his-luck cameraman, YoYo (Ge You). Knowing that he is suffering from a terminal illness, Tyler asks his friend to plan a 'comedy' funeral for him - where people leave feeling happy, as they do at Chinese funerals of the elderly. When Tyler eventually falls into a coma, YoYo begins the complex task of granting Tyler's last wish. However, when the costs of this spectacular funeral spin wildly out of control, can YoYo hold it all together by selling prime ad space at this unique event to be televised around the world? And more importantly for YoYo, can he convince Tyler's lovely assistant Lucy (Rosamund Kwan) that he isn't just selling Tyler out to the highest bidder?

Big Shot's Funeral details

Format:	PG DVD
Starring:	Rosamund Kwan, Donald Sutherland, Ge You, Paul Mazursky
Director:	Feng Xiaogang
Genres:	Comedy, World Cinema - French
Studio:	SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT

DVD 1 disc

Name	Discs
Big Shot's Funeral	PG Feature

DVD Information

Run time:	1 hour 36 minutes
Rental release:	19 May 2003
Main languages:	Mandarin, English
Hearing impaired subtitles:	English

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One joke movie

By Rob Smith from St Albans , 20 Jun 2005

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I was disapointed by this. Theres an interesting idea about the commercialisation of things, and theres a great shot of Beijing smothered with adverts, but it seemed a lot of effort to get to this.
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One joke movie

By Rob Smith from St Albans , 20 Jun 2005

I was disapointed by this. Theres an interesting idea about the commercialisation of things, and theres a great shot of Beijing smothered with adverts, but it seemed a lot of effort to get to this.
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