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Red Corner

Year:

1997

Duration:

122 min

Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

IMDB rate:

6.2

Director:

Jon Avnet

Awards:

4 wins

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1997-10-31

Filming Locations: California, USA

Earnings

Opening Weekend: $7,403,362 (USA) (2 November 1997)

Gross: $22,415,440 (USA) (19 January 1998)

Cast

Actor

Character

Bai Ling

Red Corner

Richard Gere

Jack Moore

Bradley Whitford

Bob Ghery

Byron Mann

Lin Dan

Peter Donat

David McAndrews

Robert Stanton

Ed Pratt

Tsai Chin

Chairman Xu

James Hong

Lin Shou

Tzi Ma

Li Cheng

Ulrich Matschoss

Gerhardt Hoffman

Richard Venture

Ambassador Reed

Jessey Meng

Hong Ling

Roger Yuan

Huan Minglu

Chi Yu Li

General Hong

Henry O

Procurator General Yang

Jia Yao Li

Director Liu

Yukun Lu

Director Liu's Associate

Robert Lin

Director Liu's Interpreter

Steve Mitchell Beebe

Disco D.J. (as Steve Beebe)

De Zhong Wei

Beijing Opera Performer

Grace Zhan

Beijing Opera Performer

Yvonne Wang

Disco Waitress

Qiang Gao

P.S.B. Captain

Xiao-Hua Gao

P.S.B. Arresting Officer

Hans Hanbo Cui

Prison Guard

Wang Yao

PSB Arresting Officer

Xiao Yang Gu

Prison Guard

Ping Zong

Captain Feng

Lei Yin

Feng's Assistant

Paul Chen

Visitor's Room Official

Jeffrey Dong

Prison Doctor

Rui Chao Jian

Yuelin's Aide

Daxing Zhang

Procurator Ma

Yi Wang Ding

Prosecutor Ma's Assistant

Lily L. Lin

People's Housewife Assessor

Mike Wu

People's Accountant Assessor

Yang Bing

Male Court Interpreter

Hua Wahrman

Female Court Interpreter

Ming Lo

Medical Examiner

Ken Leung

Peng

Baifang Liu

Chinese T.V. Reporter

Danny Wang

P.S.B. Escort

Kenny Ki

Guard at Hotel Door

Jack Huang

Guard at Phone Center (as Jack C. Huang)

Mei-Juin Chen

Phone Clerk

Hui Jin Zheng

Phone Center Supervisor

Kent Faulcon

Marine Guard

Pam Hayashida

Runway Model (uncredited)

Judy Ho

Girl in Village (uncredited)

Sheila Lussier

Girl in TV Show (uncredited)

Hien Nguyen

Guard (uncredited)

Eiko Nijo

Model (uncredited)

Dean Nolen

U.S. Photographer (uncredited)

Mary Ann Schmidt

Bikini Dream Scene (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Production Designer Richard Sylbert took two research trips to China, where he took over 1500 photographs to provide himself with references for his massive sets.

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For the scene in which Gere's character is intimidated with video of a government execution, the filmmakers used actual execution footage that had been smuggled out of China.

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In order to heighten the film's reality, director Jon Avnet, actress Bai Ling, and co-producer Martin Huberty traveled to Beijing for a week of "guerilla" shooting (without the knowledge or permission of the Chinese government!) to capture the first-ever 35mm film of the city to appear in a Hollywood film.

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Goofs

At the very beginning of the film, the little girl looks up at the sky and blocks out the sun with her hand. But it is totally obvious that she is blocking out nothing, for there is no shadow of her hand across her eyes.

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The closing scene of a Chinese airport reveals an American West 737. American West does not fly to China.

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Quotes

Jack Moore: Why did you risk your life for me if you didn't believe me?

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Jack Moore: What are you gonna do, you gonna shoot me twice?

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Jack Moore: All right? Put a nice drop cloth down here. You can put a bullet right in the back of my head, all right! Do it right here! Bang! Look, right in the back of my head! Right in the back of my head! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Come on, do it right here, right now! I don't want to wait!

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