The Turandot Project
In 1997, Oscar-winning documentarian Allan Miller embarked on a film project with renowned conductor Zubin Mehta and celebrated Chinese film director Zhang Yimou as they joined forces in a production of Puccini's opera Turandot in Florence. Before the year was out, an extraordinary opportunity arose: to stage Turandot in its original setting in the Forbidden City of Beijing. The outdoor production was an undertaking on an epic scale. A fascinating chronicle of an unprecedented cross-cultural collaboration, THE TURANDOT PROJECT combines the pageantry of this opulent opera production with a spectacular cinematic portrait of the struggles and triumphs of Zubin Mehta and Zhang Yimou to mount their production in this most historic venue of China. (Source: Amazon.com)
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Cast
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Allan Miller Director
Worldwide gross $34K · United States release September 14, 2001 · Produced in China
Box office
Worldwide gross
$33,504
Production
Alternate Current
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Four Oaks Foundation
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EuroArts
Production
EuroArts Entertainment
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China
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Original language
English
Release dates
Canada · September 11, 2000
Theatrical
United States · September 14, 2001
Los Angeles, California
Argentina
March 11, 2001 · Mar del Plata Film Festival
Australia
September 4, 2003
Belgium
October 11, 2001 · Flanders International Film Festival
Czechia
October 16, 2004 · Film on Music Festival
Greece
March 5, 2001 · Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
Japan
March 30, 2002 · Tokyo
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