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Big Shot's Funeral (2003)

Year of U.S. Release: 2003

Starring: Donald Sutherland, Paul Mazursky, Ge You, Rosamund Kwan, Ying Da.
Director: Feng Xiaogang
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Genre(s): Comedy
U.S. Release Date: January 17, 2003
Rated Parental Guidance Suggested for thematic elements, language, and brief partial nudity.
arrowPlot Summary:
This is the story of what happens when a famous director (Sutherland) travels to China to film a historical epic about the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty. As the title suggests, there's also something about the director's planned funeral. Specifically, as he's about to die, his crew discover that he doesn't the money to pay for it, so they concoct a scheme to use "product endorsements" of the funeral by major companies.
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