Press release
THE FLOWERS OF WAR
DIRECTED BY ZHANG YIMOU
STARRING CHRISTIAN BALE and introducing NI NI
***Opening December in New York, LA and San Francisco for a one-week Oscar qualifying run ONLY, followed by a nationwide release late winter 2012***
Internationally acclaimed filmmaker Zhang Yimou (Raise the Red Lantern, Ju Dou, Hero, House of the Flying Daggers) tells an epic story of love and sacrifice in THE FLOWERS OF WAR, starring Christian Bale and introducing Ni Ni.
The film, set during Japan’s 1937 invasion of China, is told from a young girl’s point of view, not as a history lesson, but as an intimate, elemental and paradoxically universal celebration of the human spirit.
Bale stars as a dissolute Westerner who seeks refuge in a Catholic church. There he meets a beautiful Chinese courtesan who helps him rescue a group of schoolgirls from a terrible fate at the hands of the Japanese.
The film represents one of China's most ambitious productions, involving the recreation of 1937 Nanking built from scratch over a one-year period and the collaboration of one of Hollywood's most sought after leading men (Christian Bale).
THE FLOWERS OF WAR was adapted by screenwriter Liu Heng from the novel by Geling Yan. The film is produced by Zhang Weiping (marking his tenth collaboration with Zhang Yimou) under his New Pictures Film banner.
The executive producers are Chao Ying Deng, David Linde, and Bill Kong. Key crew members include Director of Photography Zhao Xiaoding, Production Designer Yohei Taneda, Costume Designer William Chang Suk-Ping, Composer Chen Qigang, and Make-up Designer William Chang Suk-Ping.
U.S. Distributor: Wrekin Hill Entertainment
Trailer debut on DEADLINE:
http://www.deadline.com/2011/12/hot-trailer-the-flowers-of-war-2/
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Release dates:
December 21st, 2011 in New York (One-Week Qualifying Run)
December 23rd, 2011 in Los Angeles and San Francisco (One-Week Qualifying Run)
Late winter, 2012 (National Wide Release)
MOVIE website-http://www.theflowersofwarmovie.com/
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THE FLOWERS OF WAR
DIRECTED BY ZHANG YIMOU
STARRING CHRISTIAN BALE and introducing NI NI
***Opening December in New York, LA and San Francisco for a one-week Oscar qualifying run ONLY, followed by a nationwide release late winter 2012***
Internationally acclaimed filmmaker Zhang Yimou (Raise the Red Lantern, Ju Dou, Hero, House of the Flying Daggers) tells an epic story of love and sacrifice in THE FLOWERS OF WAR, starring Christian Bale and introducing Ni Ni.
The film, set during Japan’s 1937 invasion of China, is told from a young girl’s point of view, not as a history lesson, but as an intimate, elemental and paradoxically universal celebration of the human spirit.
Bale stars as a dissolute Westerner who seeks refuge in a Catholic church. There he meets a beautiful Chinese courtesan who helps him rescue a group of schoolgirls from a terrible fate at the hands of the Japanese.
The film represents one of China's most ambitious productions, involving the recreation of 1937 Nanking built from scratch over a one-year period and the collaboration of one of Hollywood's most sought after leading men (Christian Bale).
THE FLOWERS OF WAR was adapted by screenwriter Liu Heng from the novel by Geling Yan. The film is produced by Zhang Weiping (marking his tenth collaboration with Zhang Yimou) under his New Pictures Film banner.
The executive producers are Chao Ying Deng, David Linde, and Bill Kong. Key crew members include Director of Photography Zhao Xiaoding, Production Designer Yohei Taneda, Costume Designer William Chang Suk-Ping, Composer Chen Qigang, and Make-up Designer William Chang Suk-Ping.
U.S. Distributor: Wrekin Hill Entertainment
Trailer debut on DEADLINE:
http://www.deadline.com/2011/12/hot-trailer-the-flowers-of-war-2/
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Release dates:
December 21st, 2011 in New York (One-Week Qualifying Run)
December 23rd, 2011 in Los Angeles and San Francisco (One-Week Qualifying Run)
Late winter, 2012 (National Wide Release)
MOVIE website-http://www.theflowersofwarmovie.com/
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