Chinese Box

UPC: 031398685937

Studio: Lions Gate

MPAA Rating: R   Contains:[Adult Situations]

Summary: Hong Kong emigrant Wayne Wang directed and co-wrote (with Paul Theroux, Jean-Claude Carriere and Larry Gross) this story set in "the Pearl of the Orient" as the British government prepared to hand over the city to China in 1997. John (Jeremy Irons) is an English journalist who has lived in the city for some time; while in some ways he still feels like an outsider, he's come to think of Hong Kong as a home and has close friends there. John is also in love with Vivian (Gong Li), a one-time prostitute who now runs a bar owned by her fianc?, Chang (Michael Hui). John is struggling with the realization that he can never have Vivian as his own, when he learns that he has leukemia; the British are to give the reigns of power back to the Chinese in six months, but John's doctors tell him he isn't likely to live long enough to see it happen. He quits his job and begins wandering the streets, recording his observations of the city on videotape when he meets Jean (Maggie Cheung), a young woman who makes her way selling whatever she can scavenge, and who hides a secret behind the scarves that obscure her face. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Category: Drama

Awards: Osella d'Oro for Best Original Music – Venice International Film Festival

Chinese Box

Format: Digital Video Disc (DVD)

Release Date: 09/29/1998

Audio: DS Dolby Surround (4.0)

Runtime: 99 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Subtitles: French,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Side #1 --
0. Main Scene Index
1. Main Credits [3:40]
2. Freedom [6:36]
3. Perspectives [3:13]
4. Hard Sell [5:26]
5. Diagnosis [2:01]
6. Time Bomb [4:58]
7. Visitor [2:40]
8. Boring [5:26]
9. Sacrifices [5:04]
10. Past [6:10]
11. Understanding [3:48]
12. Apology [3:51]
13. Love Songs [3:14]
14. Commitment [3:47]
15. Secrets [3:00]
16. Feelings [4:30]
17. Nightclub [6:45]
18. Waiting [3:31]
19. Change [3:31]
20. Prayer [3:40]
21. The End [3:11]
22. Goodbye [3:22]
23. Beginning [3:25]
24. End Credits [4:04]

Cast and Crew: Jean-Claude Carrière  Screenwriter 
Larry Gross  Screenwriter 
Jean-Louis Piel  Producer 
Lydia Dean Pilcher  Producer 
Graeme Revell  Composer (Music Score) 
Wayne Wang  Director 
Reinhard Brundig  Executive Producer 
Jean Labadie  Executive Producer 
Michiyo Yoshizaki  Executive Producer 
Akinori Inaba  Executive Producer 
Jeremy Irons  Actor 
Gong Li  Actor 
Maggie Cheung  Actor 
Michael Hui  Actor 
Rubén Blades  Actor 

Country: France,Japan,USA