The Eight Hundred
2020 Chinese historical war drama film by Guan Hu / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Eight Hundred (Chinese: 八佰) is a 2020 Chinese historical war drama film directed by and co-written by Guan Hu, and starring Huang Zhizhong, Oho Ou, Wang Qianyuan, Jiang Wu, Zhang Yi, Du Chun, Vision Wei, Li Chen, and Yu Haoming. The film is based on real life events: the defense of Sihang Warehouse in 1937 Shanghai by Chinese NRA troops during the Battle of Shanghai and the Second Sino-Japanese War.
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Chinese | 八佰 |
Hanyu Pinyin | Bābǎi |
Directed by | Guan Hu |
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Cinematography | Cao Yu |
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Music by | Andrew Kawczynski |
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Distributed by | Huayi Brothers CMC Pictures Holdings (international) |
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Running time | 147 minutes |
Country | China |
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Budget | $80 million[1] |
Box office | $461.4 million |
Originally scheduled for release in July 2019, the premiere and the release was moved to August 21, 2020, nationwide release.[2][3] The film was a critical and commercial success, grossing $461 million worldwide, making it the second highest-grossing film of 2020.[4][5]