Mao’s Last Dancer [33870] Released: 2009-10-01 Revenue: $23,914,731 Budget: $25,000,000 Profit: $-1,085,269 Runtime: 117 mins Popularity: 1.5891 Vote Average: 6.57 Vote Count: 114 Overview: At the age of 11, Li was plucked from a poor Chinese village by Madame Mao's cultural delegates and taken to Beijing to study ballet. In 1979, during a cultural exchange to Texas, he falls in love with an American woman. Two years later, he managed to defect and went on to perform as a principal dancer for the Houston Ballet and as a principal artist with the Australian Ballet. Cast [18] Chi CaoLi Cunxin - adul Chengwu GuoLi Cunxin - teen Wen Bin HuangLi Cunxin - boy Joan ChenNiang Bruce GreenwoodBen Stevenson Amanda SchullElizabeth Mackey Kyle MacLachlanCharles Foster Jack ThompsonUS Federal Judge Camilla VergotisMary McKendry Madeleine EastoeLori Steven HeathcoteBobby Cordner Aden YoungDilworth Wang Shuangbao Barbara BushHerself George H. W. BushHimself Mao ZedongHimself Bruce Greenwood Kip GamblinDavid Trailers Mao's Last Dancer - Official HD Trailer by Bruce Beresford