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1911 (film)

April 08, 2024

1911 (Chinese: 辛亥革命, also known as Xinhai Revolution and The 1911 Revolution), is a 2011 Chinese historical drama film about the 1911 Revolution in China,[3] produced to commemorate the revolution's 100th anniversary. Directed by Jackie Chan and Zhang Li, the film stars Chan in his 100th film as an actor,[4] alongside an ensemble cast that includes Winston Chao, Li Bingbing, Joan Chen, Hu Ge, and Chan's son Jaycee Chan. It was released on 23 September 2011 in mainland China and on 29 September in Hong Kong; it also opened on the 24th Tokyo International Film Festival later in October.[5]

1911
Theatrical release poster
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese辛亥革命
Simplified Chinese辛亥革命
Literal meaningXinhai Revolution
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXīnhài gémìng
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingSan1 Hoi6 Gaap3 Ming6
Directed by
Written by
  • Wang Xingdong
  • Chen Baoguang
Produced by
  • Wang Zhebin
  • Wang Tinyun
  • Bi Shulin
Starring
CinematographyHuang Wei
Edited byYang Hongyu
Music byDing Wei
Production
companies
Distributed byMedia Asia Distributions (Hong Kong)
Huaxia Film Distribution
East Film & TV Distribution (China)
Release dates
  • 23 September 2011 (2011-09-23) (China)
  • 29 September 2011 (2011-09-29) (Hong Kong[1])
Running time
125 minutes
Countries
  • China
  • Hong Kong
  • Macau
LanguagesMandarin
English
BudgetUS$30 million[2]

1911 received mainly negative reviews from Western film critics, who criticized its unengaging propagandistic depiction of the revolution but commended its cinematography.

Plot edit

The story follows key events of the 1911 Revolution, with a focus on Huang Xing and Sun Yat-sen. It begins with the Wuchang Uprising of 1911 and follows through historical events such as the Second Guangzhou Uprising on 27 April 1911, the deaths of the 72 martyrs, the election of Sun Yat-sen as the provisional president of the new Provisional Republic of China, the abdication of the last Qing dynasty emperor Puyi on 12 February 1912, and Yuan Shikai becoming the new provisional president in Beijing on 10 March 1912.

Cast edit

Production edit

Production started on 29 September 2010 in Fuxin, Liaoning, where a camera rolling ceremony was held.[4] After half a year of intense production, it wrapped up on 20 March 2011 in Sanya, Hainan.[6] It is Taiwanese actor Winston Chao's fifth portrayal of Chinese nationalist Sun Yat-sen, after the films The Soong Sisters (1997) and Road to Dawn (2007), and the television series Sun Zhongshan (2001) and Tie jian dan daoyi (2009).[7]

Release edit

1911 was released on 23 September 2011 in China[citation needed] and on 29 September 2011 in Hong Kong.[1] It opened the 24th Tokyo International Film Festival on 22 October 2011.[5] It was released in its original version in North American theatres on 7 October 2011.[citation needed]

The film was unable to be released in Taiwan as it failed to meet the country's yearly 10-film quota on mainland China imports.[8]

Box office edit

The film earned RMB18.1 million on its opening weekend in China.[8] In Hong Kong, it earned only HK$1.0 million during its first six days in theaters.[8]

Critical response edit

1911 received generally negative reviews from Western film critics; it holds an 8% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[9] On Metacritic, which uses an average of critics' reviews, it holds 37 out of 100, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews,[10] e.g. on the Opionator.[11]

Maggie Lee of The Hollywood Reporter largely criticized the film's "insipid, poorly structured screenplay", and wrote: "A mainland Chinese propaganda vehicle through and through, the film postulates history in such a scrappy, inaccessible manner that either as entertainment or education, it's a lost cause."[12] Rachel Saltz of The New York Times described the film as "overly faithful" to being a commemorative work that honors the 1911 revolution, approaching the event "like a great, bloody historical pageant"; she concluded that despite its "excellent" cinematography and engaging early battle scenes, 1911 "remains a kind of lavishly illustrated history lesson."[13] Stephen Cole of The Globe and Mail gave the film two out of four stars, criticizing its dour propagandistic depiction of the revolution, stating that "[Jackie] Chan’s film may be about a war and revolution staged in 1911, but it should feel like it was made in 2011. [...] If all his work was as solemn as 1911, he would never have made 100 movies."[14]

Derek Elly of the now-defunct Film Business Asia gave 1911 a five out of ten, criticizing it overall as "routine" and "unengaging" with its actors' performances "lack[ing] any kind of spark", and unfavorably compared the film to The Founding of a Republic and The Founding of a Party. However, Elly considered the film's cinematography to be worthy of praise.[15]

The Economist noted that while the film was endorsed by the Chinese government officials, ticket sales have been poor. It also noted that the film avoided sensitive topics, such as the reforms which led to the revolution.[16]

See also edit

Other screen works about the 1911 Revolution:

References edit

  1. ^ a b "辛亥革命 1911".
  2. ^ "Jackie Chan's '1911' Added as Second Opening Film for Tokyo Fest". The Hollywood Reporter. 8 October 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  3. ^ Smith, Ian Hayden (2012). International Film Guide 2012. p. 131. ISBN 978-1908215017. Retrieved on 6 May 2012.
  4. ^ a b . Archived from the original on 3 October 2010. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
  5. ^ a b . Archived from the original on 8 November 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2011.
  6. ^ "HKSAR Film No Top 10 Box Office: (2011.03.21) JACKIE CHAN AT WAR HAS ADRENALIN PUMPING". 20 March 2011.
  7. ^ Liu, Wei (8 October 2011). "Star shines as Sun". China Daily. China Daily Group. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  8. ^ a b c Cremin, Stephen (6 October 2011). . FilmBiz Asia. Film Business Asia Limited. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011.
  9. ^ "1911". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  10. ^ 1911 at Metacritic  
  11. ^ "1911 Review". 29 September 2011. Retrieved on 31/7/13
  12. ^ Lee, Maggie (3 October 2011). "1911: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Hong Kong: MRC Media & Info. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  13. ^ Saltz, Rachel (6 October 2011). "Breaking the Chains of Chinese Feudalism". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  14. ^ Cole, Stephen (7 October 2011). . The Globe and Mail. The Globe and Mail Inc. Archived from the original on 8 November 2011.
  15. ^ Derek, Elly (26 September 2011). . Film Business Asia. Film Business Asia Limited. Archived from the original on 6 January 2012.
  16. ^ "Commemorating China's 1911 revolution: From Sun to Mao to now". The Economist. 8 October 2011. Retrieved 14 October 2011.

External links edit

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PinyinXinhai gemingYue CantoneseJyutpingSan1 Hoi6 Gaap3 Ming6Directed byJackie Chan Zhang LiWritten byWang Xingdong Chen BaoguangProduced byWang Zhebin Wang Tinyun Bi ShulinStarringJackie Chan Winston Chao Li BingbingCinematographyHuang WeiEdited byYang HongyuMusic byDing WeiProductioncompaniesJCE Movies Limited Chang Ying Film Group Corporation Shanghai Film Group Corporation Shanghai Film Studio Beijing Alnair Culture amp Media Jiangsu Broadcasting Corporation Jackie Chan International Cinema Culture Holdings Xiaoxiang Film Studio China City Construction Holding Group Hebei Film Studio Tainjin North Film Group Media Asia Films Huaxia Film Distribution Jackie and JJ ProductionsDistributed byMedia Asia Distributions Hong Kong Huaxia Film DistributionEast Film amp TV Distribution China Release dates23 September 2011 2011 09 23 China 29 September 2011 2011 09 29 Hong Kong 1 Running time125 minutesCountriesChina Hong Kong MacauLanguagesMandarinEnglishBudgetUS 30 million 2 1911 received mainly negative reviews from Western film critics who criticized its unengaging propagandistic depiction of the revolution but commended its cinematography Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Release 4 1 Box office 5 Critical response 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksPlot editThe story follows key events of the 1911 Revolution with a focus on Huang Xing and Sun Yat sen It begins with the Wuchang Uprising of 1911 and follows through historical events such as the Second Guangzhou Uprising on 27 April 1911 the deaths of the 72 martyrs the election of Sun Yat sen as the provisional president of the new Provisional Republic of China the abdication of the last Qing dynasty emperor Puyi on 12 February 1912 and Yuan Shikai becoming the new provisional president in Beijing on 10 March 1912 Cast editJackie Chan as revolutionary Huang Xing Winston Chao as Sun Yat sen Li Bingbing as Xu Zonghan Sun Chun as Yuan Shikai Jaycee Chan as Zhang Zhenwu wikidata Hu Ge as Lin Juemin Yu Shaoqun as Wang Jingwei Joan Chen as Empress Dowager Longyu Huang Zhizhong as Situ Meitang wikidata Jiang Wu as Li Yuanhong Ning Jing as Qiu Jin Jiang Wenli as Soong Ching ling Mei Ting as Chen Yiying Xing Jiadong as Song Jiaoren Wei Zongwan as Aisin Gioro Yikuang Hu Ming as Liao Zhongkai Iva Law as Consort Jin Huo Qing as Tan Renfeng wikidata Qi Dao as Wu Zhaolin wikidata Dennis To as Xiong Bingkun wikidata Tao Zeru as Tang Weiyong Wang Ziwen as Tang Manrou Ye Daying as Wu Tingfang Chen Yiheng as Xu Shichang Tobgyal Duobujie as Feng Guozhang Zhang Zhijian as Lin Sen Xie Gang as Tang Shaoyi Liu Zitian as Hu Hanmin Sun Jingji as Yu Peilun Michael Lacidonia as Homer Lea Gao Bin as Cai Yuanpei Wang Wang as Chen Qimei Zhao Yaodong as Zhang Taiyan Jia Hongwei as Jiang Yiwu wikidata Su Hanye as Aisin Gioro Puyi Nan Kai as Jin Zhaolong wikidata Tong Jun as Xiaodezhang zh Jiang Jing as Yuan Shikai s concubine Wang Weiwei as Yuan Shikai s concubine Wang Luyao as Yuan Shikai s concubine Simon Dutton as John Jordan He Xiang as Fang Shengdong Lan Haoyu as Lin Shishuang zh Xu Ning as Chen Gengxin Wei Xiaojun as Red Cross Society leader Qin Xuan as Red Cross Society vice leader He Qiang as Ju Zheng Ma Yan as Liu Cheng en zh Wang Ya nan as Yuan Keding Zhang Xiaolin as Tieliang Lu Yang as Aisin Gioro Liangbi wikidata Tan Zengwei as Puwei Jack as Yubei er Li Dongxue as Zaifeng Liu Guohua as Qing assassin Wang Kan as Borjigit Ruicheng wikidata Xu Wenguang as Zhang Mingqi Zuo Zhaohe as Zheng Kun Wang Jingfeng as Tao Qisheng wikidata James Lee Guy as the American representative Maxiu as British representative Canwu as the German representative Duluye as French representative Attarian as French representativeProduction editProduction started on 29 September 2010 in Fuxin Liaoning where a camera rolling ceremony was held 4 After half a year of intense production it wrapped up on 20 March 2011 in Sanya Hainan 6 It is Taiwanese actor Winston Chao s fifth portrayal of Chinese nationalist Sun Yat sen after the films The Soong Sisters 1997 and Road to Dawn 2007 and the television series Sun Zhongshan 2001 and Tie jian dan daoyi 2009 7 Release edit1911 was released on 23 September 2011 in China citation needed and on 29 September 2011 in Hong Kong 1 It opened the 24th Tokyo International Film Festival on 22 October 2011 5 It was released in its original version in North American theatres on 7 October 2011 citation needed The film was unable to be released in Taiwan as it failed to meet the country s yearly 10 film quota on mainland China imports 8 Box office edit The film earned RMB18 1 million on its opening weekend in China 8 In Hong Kong it earned only HK 1 0 million during its first six days in theaters 8 Critical response editThis section needs expansion with reviews from Chinese film critics You can help by adding to it December 2020 1911 received generally negative reviews from Western film critics it holds an 8 rating on Rotten Tomatoes 9 On Metacritic which uses an average of critics reviews it holds 37 out of 100 indicating generally unfavorable reviews 10 e g on the Opionator 11 Maggie Lee of The Hollywood Reporter largely criticized the film s insipid poorly structured screenplay and wrote A mainland Chinese propaganda vehicle through and through the film postulates history in such a scrappy inaccessible manner that either as entertainment or education it s a lost cause 12 Rachel Saltz of The New York Times described the film as overly faithful to being a commemorative work that honors the 1911 revolution approaching the event like a great bloody historical pageant she concluded that despite its excellent cinematography and engaging early battle scenes 1911 remains a kind of lavishly illustrated history lesson 13 Stephen Cole of The Globe and Mail gave the film two out of four stars criticizing its dour propagandistic depiction of the revolution stating that Jackie Chan s film may be about a war and revolution staged in 1911 but it should feel like it was made in 2011 If all his work was as solemn as 1911 he would never have made 100 movies 14 Derek Elly of the now defunct Film Business Asia gave 1911 a five out of ten criticizing it overall as routine and unengaging with its actors performances lack ing any kind of spark and unfavorably compared the film to The Founding of a Republic and The Founding of a Party However Elly considered the film s cinematography to be worthy of praise 15 The Economist noted that while the film was endorsed by the Chinese government officials ticket sales have been poor It also noted that the film avoided sensitive topics such as the reforms which led to the revolution 16 See also editOther screen works about the 1911 Revolution Towards the Republic a 2003 television series 1911 Revolution a 2011 television series 72 Heroes a 2011 filmReferences edit a b 辛亥革命 1911 Jackie Chan s 1911 Added as Second Opening Film for Tokyo Fest The Hollywood Reporter 8 October 2011 Retrieved 26 January 2013 Smith Ian Hayden 2012 International Film Guide 2012 p 131 ISBN 978 1908215017 Retrieved on 6 May 2012 a b The Xinhai Revolution Start of Filming Ceremony The Official Website of Jackie Chan Archived from the original on 3 October 2010 Retrieved 23 March 2011 a b 1911 Chosen as Opening Film of Tokyo International Film Festival Archived from the original on 8 November 2020 Retrieved 8 September 2011 HKSAR Film No Top 10 Box Office 2011 03 21 JACKIE CHAN AT WAR HAS ADRENALIN PUMPING 20 March 2011 Liu Wei 8 October 2011 Star shines as Sun China Daily China Daily Group Retrieved 27 December 2020 a b c Cremin Stephen 6 October 2011 Taiwan govt blocks release of 1911 FilmBiz Asia Film Business Asia Limited Archived from the original on 8 October 2011 1911 Rotten Tomatoes Fandango Retrieved 5 October 2021 1911 at Metacritic nbsp 1911 Review 29 September 2011 Retrieved on 31 7 13 Lee Maggie 3 October 2011 1911 Film Review The Hollywood Reporter Hong Kong MRC Media amp Info Retrieved 2 December 2020 Saltz Rachel 6 October 2011 Breaking the Chains of Chinese Feudalism The New York Times Retrieved 27 December 2020 Cole Stephen 7 October 2011 1911 Jackie Chan gets serious and it doesn t work The Globe and Mail The Globe and Mail Inc Archived from the original on 8 November 2011 Derek Elly 26 September 2011 1911 Film Business Asia Film Business Asia Limited Archived from the original on 6 January 2012 Commemorating China s 1911 revolution From Sun to Mao to now The Economist 8 October 2011 Retrieved 14 October 2011 External links editOfficial website Asia Official website English 1911 at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase 1911 at IMDb nbsp 1911 at AllMovie 1911 at Box Office Mojo 1911 at Rotten Tomatoes 1911 at Metacritic nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1911 film amp oldid 1187824342, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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