Gone with the Bullets
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Traditional Chinese | 一步之遙 |
Simplified Chinese | 一步之遥 |
Literal meaning | A step too far |
Hanyu Pinyin | Yībù zhī yáo |
Directed by | Jiang Wen |
Written by | Jiang Wen Guo Junli Wang Shuo Liao Yimei Shu Ping Yan Yunfei Sun Yu Sun Rui Yu Yanlin |
Produced by | Ma Ke |
Starring | Jiang Wen Ge You Zhou Yun Shu Qi |
Release date |
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Running time | 140 minutes |
Country | China |
Language | Mandarin |
Budget | 300 million yuan (US$48.8 million)[1] |
Box office | US$83.33 million[2] |
Gone with the Bullets (Chinese: 一步之遥) is a 2014 Chinese film directed by Jiang Wen and also starring Jiang Wen, Ge You, Zhou Yun and Shu Qi.[3] Production started on location in Beijing at the China Film Group studio in Huairou on October 2, 2013.[4] Production wrapped before the Chinese New Year holiday.[1] The film was released on December 18, 2014.[5] It was screened in the main competition section of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival.[6]
The film was named 2014's "smokiest movie" by an anti-smoking group in China, featuring 45 smoking scenes in all, equivalent to someone smoking every 3.1 minutes.[7]
Roles
[edit]These are the roles.
Mans
[edit]Ray(雷伊, 雷伊)
Gaia(蓋亞, 盖亚)
Cassius(卡修斯, 卡修斯)
Blacke(布萊克, 布莱克)
Miris(米瑞斯, 米瑞斯)
Plot
[edit]The film is set in 1920s Shanghai, surrounding a beauty pageant.[1]
Cast
[edit]- Jiang Wen as Ma Zouri
- Ge You as Xiang Feitian
- Shu Qi as Wan Yanying
- Zhou Yun
- Wen Zhang
- Wang Zhiwen
- Hung Huang
- Harrison Liu
- Na Ying
- Liu Sola
- Niu Ben
Box office
[edit]By January 9, 2015, the film had earned ¥511.14 million at the Chinese box office.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Gone With the Bullets set for 18 Dec release". filmbiz.asia. 2014-03-06. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 2014-03-07.
- ^ "Weekly box office". Archived from the original on 2015-01-06.
- ^ "一步之遥Gone With The Bullets (2014)". movie.mtime.com (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2014-02-24. Retrieved 2014-01-27.
- ^ "Jiang Wen's Gone with the Bullets Begins Principal Photography". comingsoon.net. 2013-11-11. Archived from the original on 2013-11-13. Retrieved 2014-01-27.
- ^ "Bullets opens after clearing China censorship". Film Business Asia. 2014-12-18. Archived from the original on 2014-12-18.
- ^ "Jafar Panahi's New Film in Competition". berlinale.de. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ^ Clifford Coonan (May 14, 2015). "Chinese Group Slams 'Gone With The Bullets' for Too Much Smoking". The Hollywood Reporter. (Prometheus Global Media). Retrieved May 14, 2015.
- ^ "一步之遥(2014)". cbooo.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved January 10, 2015.
External links
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