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Dark matter / American Sterling Productions presents, in association with Saltmill LLC ; directed by Chen Shi-Zheng ; screenplay by Billy Shebar ; story by Chen Shi-Zheng and Billy Shebar ; produced by Janet Yang, Mary Salter, Andrea Miller

Chen, Shizheng, (film director,, author.). Shebar, Bill, (screenwriter.). Yang, Janet, (film producer.). Salter, Mary, (film producer.). Miller, Andrea, (film producer.). Liu, Ye, 1978- (actor.). Streep, Meryl, (actor.). Quinn, Aidan, (actor.). American Sterling Productions (Firm), (presenter.). Saltmill (Firm), (presenter.). Screen Media Films (Firm), (distributor.). Ye Liu, Meryl Streep, Aidan Quinn. (Cast).

Summary:

Elite local patron Joanna Silver welcomes Chinese student Liu Xing to Valley State University. He enters the university with dreams of fame and a Nobel Prize. Cultural differences and school politics threaten his ambitions and result in unimaginable violence.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: [United States] : Screen Media Films, [2009]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2007; originally released in 2008.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director of photography, Oliver Bokelberg ; editors, Michael Berenbaum, Pam Wise.
Participant or Performer Note:
Ye Liu, Meryl Streep, Aidan Quinn.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: R; for a scene of violence, brief sexual content and language.
System Details Note:
Blu-ray; anamorphic widescreen (1.78:1); Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
Language Note:
In English and Chinese with English subtitles; captioned.
Subject: Chinese students > United States > Drama.
Benefactors > United States > Drama.
Culture conflict > United States > Drama.
Universities and colleges > United States > Administration > Drama.
Genre: Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.


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