September 12th, 2010 – Galaxy Cinema
REVIEWS:
Neil Minow, Common Sense Media: "Comes alive in the ballets, which convey not only the creative energy of their own story-telling but the ultimate expression of the performers' passion for their art."
Brett Michel, Boston Phoenix: "Beresford imagines a baldly inspiring tale of the exile's life, from poverty in China to fame and fortune in the US after a dramatic defection in the early '80s."
Susan Granger, Rotten Tomatoes: "Think "Billy Elliot" combined with "The Last Emperor" and a touch of "Rocky." Great movies transport the audience - and this left me enriched and exhilarated."
Official web site : www.maoslastdancermovie.com/
IMDB :http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1071812/
Coming soon...
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.. the newest and most significant in Canadian and International films right here in Sault Ste. Marie.
The Algoma International Film Association promotes the viewing and appreciation of films not usually available to the community commercial cinema. We are a member of the Film Circuit, a division of the Toronto International Film Festival. The Toronto International Film Festival Group is a charitable, cultural and educational organization devoted to celebrating excellence in film and the moving image.
Welcome to our 43rd season!
Greetings to our members and friends of film! We are very pleased to be returning to
Galaxy Cinema at our usual 7pm Sunday screening time for the fall half of our 2010/2011 season. With the bigger screen and sound comes bigger costs, of course, so please encourage everyone you know to join us for the best in current international cinema. We welcome your support! Our
membership fee is $20 & passes are $80.00. Ticket prices are $6 for members & $8 for non-members.
Discover...
Bruce Beresford's drama is based on the autobiography by Li Cunxin who, at the age of 11, was plucked from a poor Chinese village by Madame Mao's delegates during the Cultural Revolution and taken to Beijing to study ballet. On a visit to China, an American ballet director Ben Stevenson (Bruce Greenwood) is impressed by Li's talent and offers him a three-month stay in the US as an exchange student at his ballet school in Texas. Here Li falls in love with a fellow dancer, Elizabeth Mackey (Amanda Schull). As he continues to overcome great obstacles, Li defects to go on to perform as a principal dancer for the Houston Ballet and as a principal artist with the Australian Ballet.
