1911 (film)

2011 Chinese film by Jackie Chan October 2022 1911 1911_filmposter.jpg Theatrical release poster yes 辛亥革命 辛亥革命 Xīnhài gémìng Xinhai Revolution San1 Hoi6 Gaap3 Ming6 Jackie Chan Zhang Li Wang Zhebin Wang Tinyun Bi Shulin Wang Xingdong Chen Baoguang Jackie Chan Winston Chao Li Bingbing Ding Wei Huang Wei Yang Hongyu JCE Movies Limited Chang Ying Film Group Corporation Shanghai Film Group Corporation Shanghai Film Studio Beijing Alnair Culture & 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 Productions Media Asia Distributions (Hong Kong)Huaxia Film DistributionEast Film & TV Distribution (China) y 2011 09 23 China 2011 09 29 Hong Kong 125 minutes China Hong Kong Macau CantoneseEnglishMandarin US$30 millionhttp://m.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jackie-chans-1911-added-as-221418 Jackie Chan's '1911' Added as Second Opening Film for Tokyo Fest The Hollywood Reporter 8 October 2011 26 January 2013 1911 (辛亥革命, also known as Xinhai Revolution and The 1911 Revolution in the worldwide), is a 2011 Chinese historical drama film starring and directed by Jackie Chan in his 100th film as an actor, and co-directed by Zhang Li. The film is about the 1911 Revolution in China,International Film Guide 2012 Ian Hayden Smith 2012 978-1908215017 131 Retrieved on 6 May 2012. produced to commemorate the revolution's 100th anniversary. The film co-stars, Winston Chao, Li Bingbing, Joan Chen, Hu Ge, and Chan's real life son Jaycee Chan. The film 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. 1911 received mainly negative reviews from Western film critics, who criticized its unengaging propagandistic depiction of the revolution but commended its cinematography. Plot 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 30em Jackie 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 Q11067129 Hu Ge as Lin Juemin Yu Shaoqun as Wang Jingwei Joan Chen as Empress Dowager Longyu Huang Zhizhong as Situ Meitang wikidata Q10813946 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 Yikuang Hu Ming as Liao Zhongkai Iva Law as Consort Jin Huo Qing as Tan Renfeng wikidata Q11632265 Qi Dao as Wu Zhaolin wikidata Q10919302 Dennis To as Xiong Bingkun wikidata Q12025216 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 Q15925932 Su Hanye as Puyi Nan Kai as Jin Zhaolong wikidata Q15930419 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 Lü Yang as Liangbi wikidata Q10922982 Tan Zengwei as Puwei Jack as Yubei'er Li Dongxue as Zaifeng Liu Guohua as Qing assassin Wang Kan as Borjigit Ruicheng wikidata Q12147904 Xu Wenguang as Zhang Mingqi Zuo Zhaohe as Zheng Kun Wang Jingfeng as Tao Qisheng wikidata Q19825856 James Lee Guy as the American representative Maxiu as British representative Canwu as the German representative Duluye as French representative Attarian as French representative Production Production started on 29 September 2010 in Fuxin, Liaoning, where a camera rolling ceremony was held. After half a year of intense production, it wrapped up on 20 March 2011 in Sanya, Hainan. 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).Liu Wei Star shines as Sun http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/entertainment/2011-10/08/content_13848474.htm December 27, 2020 China Daily China Daily Group 8 October 2011 Release 1911 was released on 23 September 2011 in ChinaOctober 2020 and on 29 September 2011 in Hong Kong. It opened the 24th Tokyo International Film Festival on 22 October 2011. It was released in its original version in North American theatres on 7 October 2011.October 2022 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.Cremin Stephen Taiwan govt blocks release of 1911 http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/taiwan-govt-blocks-release-of-1911 FilmBiz Asia Film Business Asia Limited 6 October 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111008100543/http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/taiwan-govt-blocks-release-of-1911 8 October 2011 dead Box office The film earned RMB18.1 million on its opening weekend in China. In Hong Kong, it earned only HK$1.0 million during its first six days in theaters. Critical response 1911 received generally negative reviews from Western film critics; it holds score rating on Rotten Tomatoes. On Metacritic, which uses an average of critics' reviews, it holds 37 out of 100, based on 13 reviews, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews, e.g. on the Opionator. "1911 Review". 29 September 2011. Retrieved on 31/7/13 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."Lee Maggie 1911: Film Review https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/1911-film-review-243142 2 December 2020 The Hollywood Reporter MRC Media & Info 3 October 2011 Hong Kong 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."Saltz Rachel Breaking the Chains of Chinese Feudalism https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/07/movies/jackie-chan-stars-in-1911-a-chinese-epic-review.html 27 December 2020 The New York Times 6 October 2011 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."Cole Stephen 1911: Jackie Chan gets serious, and it doesn't work https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/movies/1911-jackie-chan-gets-serious-and-it-doesnt-work/article2193095/ The Globe and Mail The Globe and Mail Inc. 7 October 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111108015420/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/movies/1911-jackie-chan-gets-serious-and-it-doesnt-work/article2193095/ 8 November 2011 dead 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.Derek Elly 1911 http://www.filmbiz.asia/reviews/1911 Film Business Asia Film Business Asia Limited 26 September 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120106063835/http://www.filmbiz.asia/reviews/1911 6 January 2012 dead 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. See also Other screen works about the 1911 Revolution: Towards the Republic, a 2003 television series 1911 Revolution, a 2011 television series 72 Heroes, a 2011 film References http://www.hkheadline.com/ent/movie_info.asp?srctype=m&contid=1575 辛亥革命 1911 https://hktopten.blogspot.com/2011/03/20110321-jackie-chan-at-war-has.html HKSAR Film No Top 10 Box Office: (2011.03.21) JACKIE CHAN AT WAR HAS ADRENALIN PUMPING 20 March 2011 https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1911 1911 Rotten Tomatoes Fandango access date movie 1911 April 26, 2025 https://www.economist.com/asia/2011/10/08/from-sun-to-mao-to-now Commemorating China's 1911 revolution: From Sun to Mao to now The Economist 8 October 2011 14 October 2011 http://www.chinesefilms.cn/1/2011/08/16/101s4426.htm "1911" Chosen as Opening Film of Tokyo International Film Festival 8 September 2011 8 November 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201108024428/http://www.chinesefilms.cn/1/2011/08/16/101s4426.htm dead http://jackiechan.com/news/1082881--The-Xinhai-Revolution-Start-of-Filming-Ceremony The Xinhai Revolution Start of Filming Ceremony – The Official Website of Jackie Chan 23 March 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20101003152134/http://jackiechan.com/news/1082881--The-Xinhai-Revolution-Start-of-Filming-Ceremony 3 October 2010 dead External links http://www.mediaasia.com/1911/ (Asia) Official website (English) 14567 1911 1772230 1911 1911 1911 1911 1911 1911 Category:2011 films Category:2011 Cantonese-language films Category:2011 historical drama films Category:2011 Hong Kong films Category:2011 Mandarin-language films Category:2011 Chinese films Category:2011 war drama films Category:Chinese historical drama films Category:Chinese war drama films Category:Cultural depictions of Puyi Category:Cultural depictions of Sun Yat-sen Category:Films about violence Category:Films directed by Jackie Chan Category:Films set in 1911 Category:Films set in the 20th-century Qing dynasty Category:Films shot in China Category:Hong Kong historical drama films Category:Hong Kong war drama films Category:Variance Films films Category:Films about revolutions Category:Works about the 1911 Revolution Category:Films set in the Republic of China (1912–1949)