{"id":10821,"date":"2011-10-20T04:10:39","date_gmt":"2011-10-20T04:10:39","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-10-21T03:10:43","modified_gmt":"2011-10-21T03:10:43","slug":"Christian-Bale-stars-in-Zhang-Yimou-s-The-Flowers-of-War-","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=10821","title":{"rendered":"Christian Bale stars in Zhang Yimou\u2019s &#8216;The Flowers of War&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>OMG OMG! &#8220;Flowers of War&#8221;, starring Christian Bale will be China\u2019s submission for the best foreign-language film at this year&#8217;s upcoming Academy Awards.<\/strong> The film is adapted by screenwriter Liu Heng from Yan Geling\u2019s historical novel &#8220;13 Flowers of Nanjing&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Flowers of War&#8221;<\/strong> is set in Nanking in 1937 as the Japanese Imperial Army overruns China\u2019s capital city. Bale plays John Haufman, an American missionary who helped protect a group of schoolgirls and prostitutes from the invading army.<\/p>\n<p>In the movie, Bale takes on the category_ide of a priest as he looks to escape the soldiers. The trailer features a lot of gunfire and action.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FilmNation Entertainment, which is handling international sales, previewed footage during the recent Toronto International Film Festival, and several U.S. buyers are currently circling the project.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The film, with dialogue in both Mandarin and English, will be released in China in December, perfect time for Oscar consideration.<\/strong> No U.S. release date is set.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"500\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jhTEovryIt4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Omg China + Zhang Yimou + Christian Bale = Academy Award!!!<\/strong>  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asiancemagazine.com\/jan_2007\/director_zhang_yimou_breaks_records_with_curse_of_the_golden_flower\">Zhang Yimou creates<\/a> the most beautiful films!!!<br \/>\n<!--break--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OMG OMG! &#8220;Flowers of War&#8221;, starring Christian Bale will be China\u2019s submission for the best foreign-language film at this year&#8217;s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":72448,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u-113x150.jpg","medium":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","medium_large":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","large":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","1536x1536":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","2048x2048":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-highlighted-post":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-featured-post-medium":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-featured-post-small":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u-113x90.jpg","colormag-featured-image":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-default-news":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u-113x150.jpg","colormag-featured-image-large":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-elementor-block-extra-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-elementor-grid-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-elementor-grid-small-thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-elementor-grid-medium-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"njaiyo","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/255e26fc52858afad234c2c1d44c946e16c565fd0ef5615b0c1caa793897759d?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":"2","magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"OMG OMG! 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