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Audio Format: DD 5.1, DTS
Video Format: Widescreen 1.78:1 (Anamorphic)
Languages: Mandarin
Subtitles: English, Chinese (T/S)
Region Code: ALL
Year Made: 2008
Running Time: 142
Release Date: 03/30/2009
Red Cliff , also known as The Battle of Red Cliff, is a Chinese epic film based on the Battle of Red Cliffs and events during the end of the Han Dynasty and immediately prior to the period of the Three Kingdoms in ancient China. The film is expected to be released in two versions. Within Asia, Red Cliff was released in two parts, totaling over four hours in length. The first part was released in July 2008 and the second in January 2009. Outside of Asia, a single 2½ hour film will be released in 2009.
The film was directed by John Woo, and stars Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Zhang Fengyi, Chang Chen, Hu Jun, Lin Chi-ling and Zhao Wei. With an estimated budget of US$80 million, Red Cliff is the most expensive Asian-financed film to date. The first part of the movie alone grossed out $124 million in Asia and broke the box office record previously held by Titanic in mainland China.
Sun Shangxiang has infiltrated Cao Cao's camp and she has been secretly noting details and sending them via a pigeon to Zhuge Liang. She is nearly caught one time by a man releasing her pigeon, but he does not suspect her and they become friends. Meanwhile, Cao Cao's army is seized with a plague of typhoid fever which kills a number of his troops. Cao Cao cunningly orders the corpses to be sent to the allies' camp, hoping to pass the plague on to his enemies. The unsuspecting soldiers of allied camp draw in the bodies, and by the time Zhuge Liang has realized the cause of death and ordered them away from the bodies, it is too late and many people contract the disease. The allied army's morale is affected, and eventually a disheartened Liu Bei leaves with his forces while Zhuge Liang stays behind to assist the Eastern Wu forces. Cao Cao hears that the alliance had collapsed and is overjoyed. At the same time, his naval commanders Cai Mao and Zhang Yun propose a new tactic of interlocking the battleships together with chains to minimise rocking when sailing on the river and reduce the chances of the troops falling seasick.
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