Red Cliff(Movie, 2008)

Name: Red Cliff
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Released: 2008
Duration: T02:30:00
Rating: 3.6

Original title: "赤壁" (Chinese (Mandarin)/ZH)

| 2h 30min | Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War

Rating: 3.6/5 (with 348 votes)

Red Cliff or Chibi (Chinese: 赤壁) is a 2008–2009 internationally co-produced epic war film, based on the Battle of Red Cliffs (208–209 AD) and the events at the end of the Han dynasty and immediately prior to the Three Kingdoms period in Imperial China. The film was directed by John Woo, and stars Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Zhang Fengyi, Chang Chen, Zhao Wei, Hu Jun, and Lin Chi-ling. It was Woo's first major film since 2003's Paycheck and his first Chinese-language feature since 1992's Hard Boiled, also starring Leung. In China and much of Asia, Red Cliff was released in two parts, totaling over four hours in length (288 minutes). The first part (146 minutes) premiered in Beijing on 2 July 2008 and... ()

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Available languages: English
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Duration: 2h 28min

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Available languages: English
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Duration: 2h 28min

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Also available at Amazon.com on: DVD Blu-ray

About Red Cliff

In 208 A.D., in the final days of the Han Dynasty, shrewd Prime Minster Cao convinced the fickle Emperor Han the only way to unite all of China was to declare war on the kingdoms of Xu in the west and East Wu in the south. Thus began a military campaign of unprecedented scale. Left with no other hope for survival, the kingdoms of Xu and East Wu formed an unlikely alliance.

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Trailer for Red Cliff + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Red Cliff (2008) | Trailer (German)(Trailer, 1:46)

Red Cliff (2008) | Trailer (German) (Trailer, DE) | Red Cliff - Trailer (Trailer, DE)

Additional Information

Official websites:

www.redclifffilm.com

Production countries: People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, United States of America (USA)

Plays in: China

Based on: "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" (find it on Amazon)

Made by: Summit Entertainment, Shanghai Film Group, China Movie Channel, Lion Rock Productions, Emperor Multimedia Group (EMG), Showbox, Avex Entertainment, CMC Entertainment, Beijing Film Studio, China Film Group Corporation

Original language: Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Spoken languages: Italian (IT), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Translated into 31 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Croatian (HR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Norwegian (NO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Serbian (SR), Swedish (SV), Thai (TH), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 11/20/2008 (World premiere: 07/10/2008)

Cast: Tony Leung, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Zhang Fengyi, Chang Chen, Lin Chi-ling, Zhao Wei, Hu Jun, Nakamura Shidō II, Basen Zhabu, You Yong, Hou Yong, Tong Dawei, Zang Jinsheng, Song Jia

Director: John Woo

Producer: Terence Chang, Han Sanping

Screenwriter: John Woo, Zou Jingzhi

Director of Photography: Lü Yue

Composer: Taro Iwashiro

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Chi bi"

"赤壁"

"赤壁1"

"Acantilado rojo (versión internacional)"

"Les 3 royaumes - Partie 1"

"Les Trois Royaumes, 1ère Partie"

"Les Trois Royaumes, 1re partie"

"Red Cliff 1"

"O porfyros lofos"

"La Battaglia Dei Tre Regni"

"La battaglia dei tre regni - Parte Prima"

"La battaglia dei tre regni - Parte Seconda"

"レッドクリフ PartI"

"적벽대전 1부-거대한 전쟁의 시작"

"적벽대전:거대한 전쟁의 시작"

"Red Cliff ภาค 1"

"Red Cliff Part I"

"Red Cliff: Part 1"

Keywords: chinese painting, casualty of war, flaming arrow, carrier pigeon, china, martial arts, broken arrow, wall of fire, 3rd century, white dove, strategy

Budget: 80,341,000 USD

Revenue: 250,100,000 USD (= 311%)

2 movies in the Red Cliff Collection

2008 Red Cliff

2009 Red Cliff Part II ("赤壁2：決戰天下")

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Red Cliff(Movie, 2008)

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