We have two DVDs of The Flowers of War to give away. Details of how to enter the competition are included below.
Revolver Entertainment recently announced they would be releasing the $90 million movie starring Christian Bale (The Dark Knight Rises) and brought to the screen by acclaimed director Zhang Yimou (House of Flying Daggers).
Action-packed and yet deeply poignant, The Flowers of War is set during the Rape of Nanking in 1937, following a Japanese invasion of the city.
As the most extensive film production ever undertaken in China, its release by Revolver commemorates the 75th anniversary year of this bitter war and tells the tale of a terrified group of refugees brought together amid the chaos.
Zhang Yimou is known for his breathtaking films, and for masterminding the opening ceremony to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. It was here that he began to envisage The Flowers of War - and several years later, shooting finally began on the largest domestic production ever mounted in the country.
Snagging Christian Bale as the lead role was a major coup for this sweeping epic; the first real collaboration with a major Hollywood star in over 100 years of Chinese film history.
The movie's release has not been without controversy. While back in China to promote his passion project, Bale was arrested by Chinese authorities after an attempt to visit well-known human rights activist Chen Guangcheng - a blind human rights lawyer under house arrest - and threats of censorship ensued.
In another revelation, the script seemed to bring out Bale's softer side.
"I found it a very human and very moving story," said the actor. "The trickiest thing for me was watching all those poor girls bawling their eyes out the first few days... It would almost make me cry. I'm looking at them... and I'm...
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[Source: Coventry Telegraph - The Geek Files]
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