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==Profile==<br />
* '''Movie:''' The Great Magician<br />
* '''Chinese:''' 大魔術師 (Daai Mo Seut Si)<br />
* '''Director:''' [[Tung-Shing Yee]]<br />
* '''Writer:''' [[Tin Nam Chun]], [[Ho Leung Lau]], [[Tung-Shing Yee]]<br />
* '''Producer:''' Henry Fong, Mandy Law-Huang, Peggy Lee, Albert Yeung<br />
* '''Cinematographer:''' Nobuyasu Kita <br />
* '''Release Date:''' January 12, 2012 (China/Hong Kong)<br />
* '''Runtime:''' 120 min.<br />
* '''Language:''' Mandarin<br />
* '''Country:''' China, Hong Kong<br />
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==Plot==<br />
Set in 1916, local warlord Lei Danju ([[Lau Ching-Wan]]) enlists the help of a magician named Zhang Xian to gain the affections of his 7th concubine Liu Yin ([[Zhou Xun]]). Lei Danju is unaware that his concubine Liu Yin was once the fiance of magician Zhang Xian ([[Tony Leung Chiu Wai]]), before he left her to study overseas. Now, magician Zhang Xian attempts to pull off his greatest trick yet ...<br />
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==Cast==<br />
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| [[Tony Leung Chiu Wai]] <br />
| [[Lau Ching-Wan]] <br />
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| Zhang Xian<br />
| Lei Daniu<br />
| Liu Yin<br />
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'''Additional Cast Members:'''<br />
* [[Paul Chun]] - Liu Wanyao<br />
* [[Gang Wu]] - Kunshan<br />
* [[Yan Ni]] - 3rd wife<br />
* [[Ziwen Wang]]<br />
* [[Lam Suet]]<br />
* [[Alex Fong]]<br />
* [[Berg Ng]]<br />
* [[Tsui Hark (director)|Tsui Hark]] - warlord (cameo)<br />
* [[Vincent Kok]] - warlord (cameo)<br />
* [[Daniel Wu]] - soldier (cameo)<br />
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==Trailers==<br />
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==Film Festivals==<br />
* [[2012 (14th) Udine Far East Film]] - April 20-April 28, 2012 *Italian Premiere<br />
* [[2012 (15th) Shanghai International Film Festival]] - June 16-24, 2012 - Most Focused Chines Films<br />
* [[2012 (11th) Asian Film Festival of Dallas]] - July 12-19, 2012 *North American Premiere<br />
* [[2012 (45th) Sitges Film Festival]] - October 4-14, 2012 - Casa Àsia<br />
* [[2013 (23rd) Focus on Asia-Fukuoka International Film Festival]] - September 13-23, 2013 - Special Program-Hong Kong Cinema<br />
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