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China | Death Penalty
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Democracy | 1998
1997 | Jon
Breakthrough Performance Female | 1997 | Bai
Best Actress | 1997 | Bai
Budget 48,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 22,420,000 USD
In order to heighten the film's sense of 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.
Most of the film's exterior scenes were shot on a seven-acre reproduction of a Beijing neighborhood, constructed near Los Angeles International Airport. The set was decorated with 300 bicycles, 15 cars, and thousands of miscellaneous props - from stoves to manhole covers - which had actually been imported from China.
For the scene in which Jack is intimidated with video of a government execution, the filmmakers used actual execution footage which had been smuggled out of China.
Production designer Richard Sylbert took two research trips to China, where he took over 1,500 photographs in order to provide himself with real-life references for the film's massive sets.
Red Corner (1997) was heavily edited in the People's Republic of China due to it's depiction of the Chinese legal system and the courtroom scenes. Also any mention of Tibet was cut out completely from the film.
"Shen Yuelin: If you plead not guilty, you will be sentenced to death. And, unlike in your country, Mr. Moore, sentences are carried out within a week. You will be shot, and the cost of the bullet will be billed to your family."
"[last lines] Shen Yuelin: [to Jack] Remember, everything is different now. Now you have someone on the other side of the world who is family. You will always have a family."
