Product Details

• Actors: Robert A. Duncan, Bo Guan Jun, Christopher Plummer, Sun Wei
• Directors: Liu Hao Xue, Tony Ianzelo
• Writers: Robert A. Duncan, Liu Yun Hui, Wang Ji Cheng
• Producers: Barrie Howells, Colin Neale, Margaret Wong, Pan Han Ci, Wong Guo Ren
• Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
• Language: Korean (Dolby Digital 5.1), Mandarin Chinese (Dolby Digital 5.1), Unknown (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 5.1), Japanese (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Subtitles: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Sling Shot
• DVD Release Date: March 2, 1999
• Run Time: 42 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 630521199X
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #225,751 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The First Emperor of China" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Customer Reviews

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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Very disappointing., January 14, 2001

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Jeffrey S. Burk (Houston, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The First Emperor of China (DVD)

This is not a documentary. It is a poorly made docudrama of the story of the first emperor of China. Only a couple of minutes of archival footage of the Terra Cotta Army at Xian are shown. The audio and video are of poor quality. The film was produced by the National Film Board of Canada and China Xi'an Film Studio. The dialogue is in Chinese with English subtitles and narration.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Poor use of the format, October 5, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The First Emperor of China (DVD)

This is a poor IMAX production. Although informative regarding an early period in China's history, it is without doubt the worst directed and photographed IMAX film I have seen. The color is bland, the camera never moves and the production suffers from the lack of any real vision. The costumed production showed promise but the lack of effort by the production staff is disgraceful. It should have been shot in 16mm. Do not waste your time or money.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars First Emperor of Chine not IMAX's best, December 3, 2000

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Madricucho (Spain) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The First Emperor of China (DVD)

I was dissapointed with IMAX's First Emperor of China documentary, it's a very light approach to this great passage in history. Terrible sound where background sounds get confused with actors scripts. Colors and photography are terrible, this is not IMAX's best, neither from the technical nor artistic point of view. Very short documentary I do not recommend it at all.