Big Shot's Funeral

Big Shot's Funeral
Traditional	大腕
Simplified	大腕
Mandarin	Dàwàn
Directed by	Feng Xiaogang
Produced by	Yang Buting Wang Zhongjun Tong Gang Wang Zhonglei He Ping
Written by	Li Xiaoming Shi Kang Feng Xiaogang
Starring	Donald Sutherland Ge You Rosamund Kwan
Music by	San Bao
Cinematography	Zhang Li
Editing by	Zhou Ying
Distributed by	Columbia Tristar
Release date(s)	China: 21 December 2001 United States: 17 January 2003
Running time	100 min.
Language	Mandarin, English

Big Shot's Funeral (Chinese: 大腕; pinyin: Dàwàn; literally "Big Wrist", Mandarin colloquialism for "big shot") is a 2001 Chinese comedy film directed by Feng Xiaogang.

The film stars Donald Sutherland, Ge You, and Rosamund Kwan.

Plot

World renowned American film director Rob Tyler (played by Donald Sutherland) is shooting a remake of The Last Emperor in Beijing, the Forbidden City. The director's assistant Lucy, a Chinese American (Rosamund Kwan), hires a Beijing cameraman named YoYo (Ge You) to shoot a "making of" documentary about Tyler's remake. The director soon discovers he has ailing health and is booted by the film's producer from the shoot. After witnessing a Chinese funeral for the elderly, Tyler tells YoYo he wants to have a similar "comedy funeral". Soon afterwards the American director falls into a coma. YoYo is officially allowed to plan Tyler's funeral and he soon enlists the help of a businessman friend to attract as many sponsors as the funeral process would allow.

External links

• Big Shot's Funeral at the Internet Movie Database
• Big Shot's Funeral at AllRovi
• Big Shot's Funeral at Rotten Tomatoes
• Big Shot's Funeral at Metacritic
• Big Shot's Funeral at Box Office Mojo