Posted on 06/05/2007 12:49:29 AM PDT by dbehsman
A man who is believed to have killed up to 100 million people in his life is to be the subject of a positive $60 million biographical film portrait, if a Hollywood producer gets his way.
"Challenging Heaven" by Steven North will tell the story of the founding of Communist China with Mao Zedong in the role of George Washington.
North is currently trying to romance Beijing into offering support for the project.
"This is a very positive portrayal of Mao, and we are hoping that once the script clears the approval process, China will come forward with services and support," he said.
North is hoping to begin shooting after next year's Beijing Olympics.
Among the kinds of support North seeks from the Chinese government are thousands of extras.
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Good opportunity for us to educate young Americans about this Chinese “Hitler,” and his useful idiot followers in the rat party.
The brainless Hollywood liberals are always stepping in cr*p. No reason we can’t shovel more manure on top.
Ed Asner, flaming Leftist commie and virulent anti-gunner (though he admitted to carrying one because he needs one), has stated that he would love to perform the starring role on a film about Stalin.
"I need an army," says Steven North ("Vukovar"), who is producing "Challenging Heaven," a birth-of-a-nation picture focused on the rise of former Chinese premier Mao Zedong. Mixing Asian and American leads, pic is being put together with a $40 million-$60 million budget.
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Pic interweaves the stories of poet-cum-revolutionary Mao, who between 1911 and 1949 achieved supreme power, and Sidney Rittenberg, a soldier who was twice incarcerated by him. Screenplay by John Goldsmith is an adaptation of two books: "Mao," by BBC journo Philip Short and Rittenberg's "The Man Who Stayed Behind."
"Heaven" is being set-up as an assisted co-production and North is negotiating with Chinese authorities concerning use of extras needed for military shorts.
"This is a very positive portrayal of Mao, and we are hoping that one the script clears the approval process, China will come up with services and support," North said.
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This is a grab for production dollars, pure and simple. In the movie business, at any level, producers push what can get funded as the first criteria.
This project does not have any visible studio backing and, in my semi-insider's opinion, may not get the help it needs from Beijing. The movie money pool there is looking to co-produce films that highlight any positive US-China relationships. They might not be as anxious to revisit the Great Walk as this guy thinks. I'm betting that this project will either not get made or if it does will never get theatrical distribution.
The comparison's to the various Che projects are not valid, imo. Mao was a pudgy, greasy little creep. Che, factually or not, is a 'romantic' figure.
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Two words....spray paint.
Well at the rate the antisemitic are taking over the media...it won’t be long before we see a “positive portrayal” of Hitler.
Springtime for Mao and China
China is happy, and gay....
I think this particular breed is so far to the left that they don’t even care any more. If they can make Mao a hero, Stalin is nothing. I wouldn’t be surprised if someone like Asner or Danny Glover or Belafonte would come out and praise the purges and mass starvations at this point. There actually was some “esteemed” college professor and historian who did so a few years back, but I don’t remember the name.
As much as the elites have come to despise Israel, it wouldn’t surprise me.
"Springtime for China and Mao-Tse-Tung"
I wrote a paper in college in my ‘Politics in China’. The professor was a liberal that loved Mao. I titled my paper ‘The Butcher of Beijing’. I documented 100 million deaths during Mao’s reign. Both from killing and starvation policies. She hated the topic and gave me a C minus.
It’s odd when college phd professors hold Mao or Stalin with such great regard as folk heros. They each killed twice as many people as Hitler, yet somehow think Mao and Stalin were wonderful people. Stalin even gets the nickname Uncle Joe. Mao, Stalin and Hitler were socialist dicators and whether some political spectrum determines they are on the right or left makes no difference.
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