Chinese Box (US Version) DVD Region 1

Hong Kong-born American director Wayne Wang returned to the city in 1990 to make the gritty street-level thriller LIFE IS CHEAP...BUT TOILET PAPER IS EXPENSIVE. In 1997, with the city on the verge of the British handing the colony back to the Chinese, he returned for a different look. In CHINESE BOX, Jeremy Irons plays John, an English journalist moving among the Chinese business elite and British officials at expensive nightclubs. However, the politics of transition are seen through the prism of his personal relationships. He is in love with Vivian (Gong Li), a woman he meets in Beijing who's now working at a club owned by Chang (Michael Hui), the man she wants to marry. But Chang wants to become respectable and won't marry her because of her checkered past. After a personal crisis, John goes out with a camcorder to capture images of the last days of British rule. He becomes fascinated by Jean, a mysterious woman who hides half her face behind a scarf as she darts through the streets aggressively selling strange items. Played with a manic verve by martial arts star Maggie Cheung, Jean comes to represent everything that is strange and enigmatic about Hong Kong. Taken from a story by Paul Theroux and written by Jean-Claude Carrière, a frequent collaborator with Luis Buñuel, CHINESE BOX is a thoughtful, realistic blend of individual lives set against a large historical backdrop.

"...[A] poetically resonant movie....The film's lyrical sweep and refined performances ensure that its elegiac echoes linger long after the final credits have rolled..." - Stephen, Holden (New York Times Critic), New York Times, 04/17/1998

"...The film pays tremendous -- and redeeming -- attention to nuance and detail....Sophisticated, ironic and highly complex..." - Kevin, Thomas (Film critic), Los Angeles Times, 04/17/1998

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Product Title:	Chinese Box (US Version) Chinese Box (US Version) Chinese Box (US Version) Chinese Box (US Version) Chinese Box (US Version)
Artist Name(s):	Maggie Cheung Man Yuk (Actor) | Michael Hui (Actor) | Ruben Blades (Actor) | Jeremy Irons (Actor) | Barry Shabaka Henley (Actor) | Wayne Wang | Graeme Revell | David Urrutia | Jean-Louis Piel 張 曼玉 (Actor) | 許冠文 (Actor) | Ruben Blades (Actor) | Jeremy Irons (Actor) | Barry Shabaka Henley (Actor) | 王穎 | Graeme Revell | David Urrutia | Jean-Louis Piel 张 曼玉 (Actor) | 许冠文 (Actor) | Ruben Blades (Actor) | Jeremy Irons (Actor) | Barry Shabaka Henley (Actor) | 王颖 | Graeme Revell | David Urrutia | Jean-Louis Piel 張曼玉 （マギー・チャン） (Actor) | 許冠文（マイケル・ホイ） (Actor) | Ruben Blades (Actor) | Jeremy Irons (Actor) | Barry Shabaka Henley (Actor) | Wayne Wang | Graeme Revell | David Urrutia | Jean-Louis Piel 장만옥 (Actor) | Michael Hui (Actor) | Ruben Blades (Actor) | Jeremy Irons (Actor) | Barry Shabaka Henley (Actor) | Wayne Wang | Graeme Revell | David Urrutia | Jean-Louis Piel
Director:	Wayne Wang 王穎 王颖 Wayne Wang Wayne Wang
Producer:	Wayne Wang | Jean-Louis Piel 王穎 | Jean-Louis Piel 王颖 | Jean-Louis Piel Wayne Wang | Jean-Louis Piel Wayne Wang | Jean-Louis Piel
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Release Date:	1998-09-29
UPC Code:	031398685937
Language:	English
Subtitles:	Spanish, French
Country of Origin:	United States
Picture Format:	NTSC What is it?
Aspect Ratio:	Letterboxed
Color Information:	Color
Disc Format(s):	DVD
Region Code:	1 - USA, Canada, U.S. Territories What is it?
Rating:	R (MPAA)
Publisher:	Trimark Home Video
Package Weight:	150 (g)
Shipment Unit:	1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.:	1004454179

Director: Wayne Wang

DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Single Side - Single Layer
Letterbox - 1.85
Widescreen - 1.85
Additional Release Material:
Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer
Interactive Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Access
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