Big Shot's Funeral
Yankie director Don Tyler faces mounting insecurity and declining health while on location in Beijing, so his assistant hires down-and-out camerman YoYo to take the reins. Scrambling, studio boss sells the sagging picture to a Japanese media company. But YoYo is determined to upstage the whole production by granting the director's wish to have a grand "comedy funeral". To raise the money for it, he auctions off advertising and sponsorships for the funeral to companies around the world. But wait...is Don getting better?
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Big Shot's Funeral
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
- Recommendations
Status
Released
Release Date
Dec 21, 2001
Runtime
1h 40m
Genres
Comedy, Drama
User Score
64%
Original Title
大腕
Production Companies
China Film Group Corporation, Columbia Pictures, Huayi Brothers & Taihe Film Investment, Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia
Director
Feng Xiaogang
Description
Yankie director Don Tyler faces mounting insecurity and declining health while on location in Beijing, so his assistant hires down-and-out camerman YoYo to take the reins. Scrambling, studio boss sells the sagging picture to a Japanese media company. But YoYo is determined to upstage the whole production by granting the director's wish to have a grand "comedy funeral". To raise the money for it, he auctions off advertising and sponsorships for the funeral to companies around the world. But wait...is Don getting better?
