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Yankie director Don Tyler (Sutherland) faces mounting insecurity and declining health while on location in Beijing... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Epic
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Funeral
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2 wins & 1 nomination moreUser Comments:
Big Shot's Funeral is commercialism run amok. moreCast
(Credited cast) | You Ge | ... | YoYo |
| Rosamund Kwan | ... | Lucy |
 | Donald Sutherland | ... | Tyler |
| Da Ying | ... | Louie Wang |
| Paul Mazursky | ... | Studio boss |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Christopher Barden | ... | Peter |
| Ada Shen | ... | Lucy (voice) |
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Also Known As:
Big Shot's FuneralDai yuen (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)
Happy Funeral
The Funeral of the Famous Star
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Rated PG for thematic elements, language and brief partial nudity.Parents Guide:
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100 minColor:
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1.85 : 1 moreCertification:
Malaysia:U | Argentina:13 | Germany:6 | Norway:11 | Spain:13 | UK:PG | USA:PG | Singapore:PG | Iceland:LFilming Locations:
Beijing, ChinaMOVIEmeter: 
8% since last week
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Years ago my high school economics teacher held up a tin toy car with wooden wheels. It was the typical Japanese product of its day. "Beware of people who can do this," he told us. The class did not understand his words until he turned the car over to reveal that it had been made from a Schlitz beer can. The rest of Japanese ingenuity and production is history.
The movie Da wan (Big Shot's Funeral) carries a similar message. Though they may be behind, the Chinese can catch on quickly, particularly to the world of Madison Avenue as illustrated by this hilarious movie where hype and commercialism run amok. This movie reminds me of the 50's si/fi novel "Space Merchants" (Gravy Planet) by Pohl and Kornbluth in which an ad agency gets the exclusive rights to advertise products on the planet Venus. The unconscionable excess on both Venus and in China say much about us as consumers who would rather be entertained than informed.
Sutherland, always good, is excellent here. I am confident the low rating for this film is because of its subtitles, but they are not a bother and are part of the humor.