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The Great Wall is a 2016 action, adventure, and science fiction film directed by Zhang Yimou. The cast includes Matt Damon, Andy Lau, Willem Dafoe, and Pedro Pascal. Tony Gilroy and Doug Miro served as screenwriters, while Ramin Djawadi composed the music. The film was produced by Jon Jashni and Charles Roven, with Universal Pictures handling production and distribution. It has a runtime of 103 minutes and is rated PG-13.
The movie originated in the United States and China, with English as its original language. It was released on December 16, 2016, and has a budget of 150,000,000. The film earned 334,933,831 at the box office. Audience reception varied, with an IMDb rating of 5.9 based on 159,725 votes, a Metascore of 42, and a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 35%. The film received 3 wins and 2 nominations.
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Film · TMDB
6.0European mercenaries searching for black powder become embroiled in the defense of the Great Wall of China against a horde of monstrous creatures.
Cast
- Matt Damon as William
- Jing Tian as Commander Lin Mae
- Willem Dafoe as Ballard
- Andy Lau as Strategist Wang
- Pedro Pascal as Tovar
- Zhang Hanyu as General Shao
Themes
- monster
- china
- archer
- female soldier
- historical fiction
- explosion
- period drama
- british soldier
- great wall of china
- 15th century
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Ratings
IMDb
5.9/10
157,801 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
35%
Metacritic
42/100
- Year
- 2016
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Fantasy
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 3 wins & 2 nominations total
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Key facts
- Simplified chinese
- 长城
- Traditional chinese
- 長城
- Hanyu pinyin
- Cháng Chéng
- Directed by
- Zhang Yimou
- Screenplay by
- Carlo Bernard Doug Miro Tony Gilroy
- Story by
- Max Brooks Edward Zwick Marshall Herskovitz
- Produced by
- Thomas Tull Charles Roven Jon Jashni Peter Loehr
- Starring
- Matt Damon Jing Tian Pedro Pascal Willem Dafoe Andy Lau
- Cinematography
- Stuart Dryburgh Zhao Xiaoding
- Edited by
- Mary Jo Markey Craig Wood
- Music by
- Ramin Djawadi
- Production companies
- Legendary Pictures Legendary East Atlas Entertainment China Film Group Le Vision Pictures Dentsu Inc. Fuji Television Network, Inc.
- Distributed by
- China Film Group (China) Universal Pictures (United States) Toho-Towa (Japan)
- Release dates
- December 6, 2016 ( 2016-12-06 ) ( Beijing ) December 16, 2016 ( 2016-12-16 ) (China) February 17, 2017 ( 2017-02-17 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 103 minutes
- Countries
- China United States Japan
- Languages
- English Mandarin
- Budget
- $150 million
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- fantasy film
- Country of origin
- China
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- Great Wall of China
- Director
- Zhang Yimou
- Screenwriter
- Doug Miro
- Composer
- Ramin Djawadi
- Producer
- Charles Roven
- Production company
- Universal Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Stuart Dryburgh
- Narrative location
- China
- Duration
- 103
- FilmAffinity ID
- 465064
- Distribution format
- DVD
- Official website
- www.uphe.com/movies/the-great-wall
- Image
- Great Wall at Mutianyu.jpg
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- publication date
- 2017-01-05
- title
- The Great Wall
- film editor
- Craig Wood
- production designer
- John Myhre
- capital cost
- 150000000
- Commons category
- The Great Wall (film)
- box office
- 334933831
- social media followers
- 4478
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 42/100
- has characteristic
- 3D film
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Encyclopedic overview
The Great Wall (simplified Chinese: 长城; traditional Chinese: 長城) is a 2016 monster film directed by Zhang Yimou, with a screenplay by Carlo Bernard, Doug Miro and Tony Gilroy, from a story by Max Brooks, Edward Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz. An American and Chinese co-production starring Matt Damon, Jing Tian, Pedro Pascal, Willem Dafoe, and Andy Lau, the plot centers on two European mercenary warriors (Damon and Pascal) imprisoned by imperial Chinese forces within the Great Wall of China after arriving in search of gunpowder, eventually joining forces with the Chinese to help combat an alien threat. The Great Wall is Zhang's first English-language film.
Principal photography for the film began on March 30, 2015, in Qingdao, China, and it premiered in Beijing on December 6, 2016. It was released by China Film Group in China on December 16, 2016, the United States on February 17, 2017, by Universal Pictures, and in Japan on April 14, 2017, by Toho-Towa. The film, which received mixed reviews from critics, grossed $334.9 million worldwide and was considered a box-office bomb for losing up to $75 million.
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