880-01 Gu jin da zhan qin yong qing = Fight and love with a terracotta warrior / Zhongguo dian ying he zuo zhi pian gong si, Xianggang jia min yu le you xian gong si lian he she zhi, Zhongguo dian ying fa xing fang ying gong si xie zhu pai she ; bian ju Li Bihua ; dao yan Cheng Xiaodong.
Publisher:
Beijing Bei ying lu yin lu xiang gong si,
Copyright Date:
2001?
Description:
2 laser discs (145 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Zhang Yimou, Gong Li, Yu Rongguang. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1989. A foreign film (China). Letterboxed.
Summary:
China 3000 years ago. It's the time of the Qin dynasty. The emperor seeks immortality by busily letting his alchemists search for a formula and building the famous terracotta army from the bodies of outlaws and the condemned. This is the time Mong Tiang Fong and court lady Twon fall deeply in love. Such a thing is not tolerated at the court and when their relationship is discovered both are sentenced to death. In the meantime the alchemists have discovered the formula of immortality, but decide to destroy their work. However Twon gets possession of one immortality pill which she manages to give to Tiang Fong before he's made a terracotta warrior too. China 1930. While on location a film crew discovers parts of the grave of emperor Qin guarded by the terracotta warriors. Tiang Fong, being immortal, awakes...
Series:
880-03 Zhang Yimou jing dian ying pian
OCLC:
(OCoLC)52227379
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
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