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Mood:
- SincereTouchingUpliftingFeel Good
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- Athlete's LifeUnderdogContests and CompetitionsFollow Your DreamRising To StardomHuman SpiritIdealismAthlete and Trainer more...
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- SportDocumentary
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Time/Period:
- Contemporary
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- AsiaChina
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The Year of the Yao, 2004
English, Mandarin
USA
Profile of The Year of the Yao
The mood of The Year of the Yao is uplifting, sincere, and touching. The plot centers around teaching the ways of the world, an athlete and trainer, and idealism. It is a documentary and sports movie. In approach, The Year of the Yao is serious and realistic. The setting is China. It happens in contemporary times. The Year of the Yao is drawn from a biography.
Summary of The Year of the Yao
This documentary tells a unique story of Eastern and Western cultures merging within the world of professional basketball. Yao Ming, the seven-feet-six-inches-tall athlete who is a star in his native China, was the first pick of the Houston Rockets for the 2002-2003 NBA draft. Feeling pressure from his Chinese audience to succeed in the US, while simultaneously facing the scrutiny of the American basketball establishment, Yao meets significant challenges during his first year in the NBA. Narrated by Yao's 28-year-old interpreter, Colin Pine, the film shows how Yao and Colin navigate the turbulent ups and downs of American-style celebrity. Meanwhile, Colin also struggles with the complexity of translating NBA terminology into Mandarin Chinese. Despite frustrating setbacks and missteps, both Yao and Colin handle their new environments with aplomb and humor. Learning as they go, both become highly competent at what they do, finding ways to help each other. As a result, The Year of the Yao is not only about basketball, it is also about the strong friendship that develops between these two strangers from totally different corners of the world.
Details
| Language: | English, Mandarin |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 15 April 2005 |
| Runtime: | 88 min |
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Chicago Tribune
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- by: Michael Wilmington
The Hollywood Reporter
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- by: Andrew Sun
