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M. Butterfly
Year:
Duration:
101 min
Genres:
Drama | Romance
IMDB rate:
6.8
Director:
David Cronenberg
Awards:
1 win
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1993-10-01
Filming Locations: Balassagyarmat, Hungary
Earnings
Gross: $1,499,795 (USA) Filming Dates August 1992 -  December 1992 Related Links
Cast
Actor
Character
John Lone
John Lone
M. Butterfly
Jeremy Irons
René Gallimard
Barbara Sukowa
Jeanne Gallimard
Ian Richardson
Ambassador Toulon
Annabel Leventon
Frau Baden
Shizuko Hoshi
Comrade Chin
Richard McMillan
Embassy Colleague
Vernon Dobtcheff
Agent Etancelin
David Hemblen
Intelligence Officer #1
Damir Andrei
Intelligence Officer #2
Antony Parr
Intelligence Officer #3
Margaret Ma
Song's Maid
Tristram Jellinek
Defense Attorney
Philip McGough
Prosecution Attorney
David Neal
Judge
Sean Hewitt
Ambassador's Aide
Peter Messaline
Diplomat at Party
Michael Mehlmann
Drunk in Paris Bar
Barbara Chilcott
Critic at Garden Party
George Jonas
Mall Trustee
Carl Zvonkin
Surveillance Technician
Viktor Fülöp
Marshal (as Viktor Fulop)
Cadman Chui
Accordian Player
The Beijing Opera Troupe
Beijing Opera Performers
María Teresa Uribe
Paris Opera Madama Butterfly
Harriet Chung
Red Guard Dancer
Monica Gan
Red Guard Dancer
Ayumi Komoda
Red Guard Dancer
Tammy Lok
Red Guard Dancer
Tracey Oh
Red Guard Dancer
Carly Wong
Red Guard Dancer (as Tung-Fa Wong)
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Trivia
When asked about the decision not only to cast the known actor John Lone for the role of Song, but also giving him second-billed star and how that may have ruined the revelation about his character, David Cronenberg has said that not only was Lone the best actor for the role, but also was because the ambiguity of whether the character of René was actually conscious he was dating a man, but just refused to acknowledge this to himself.
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The original Broadway production of "M. Butterfly" by David Henry Hwang opened on March 20, 1988 at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, ran for 777 performances, won the 1988 Tony Award for Best Play and was nominated for the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
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Antony Parr's final film.
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Goofs
The word accordion is misspelled "accordian" in the closing credits.
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Quotes
Rene Gallimard: The Oriental woman: when she's good, she's very very very good. But when she's bad, she's Christian!
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Song Liling: Well, education has always been undervalued in the West, hasn't it?
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Drunk in Paris bar: [Hearing pro-Communist students parading outside] God damn it! Must be those fucking students again! Talk about China? I'll be you if go out that door you'll think you're back in Beijing! Every damn leftist student in Paris has Mao's little red book in his hand, and a red firecracker up his ass!
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John Lone
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