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Tony Ka Fai Leung turned down the lead role, because he felt his English wasn't strong enough.	D
Bernardo Bertolucci talked at length with Sean Connery about the role of Reginald Johnston. Connery [...]	D
Most of the exterior and interior scenes of Puyi's mansion during his years as a puppet emperor for [...]	D
During filming of the immense coronation scene in the Forbidden City, Queen Elizabeth II was in Beij [...]	D
The Last Emperor is the first feature film granted permission by the Chinese government to be filmed [...]	D
Two thousand soldiers had the front of their heads shaved in order to play Qing banner men. They wer [...]	D
The only Best Picture Oscar nominee that year to be also nominated for Best Original Score, Best Sou [...]	D
During his interrogation by the Communists, Puyi references that, while living in Tianjin, there was [...]	D
Italian censorship visa # 83026 delivered on 22 October 1987.	D
Over 1,000 schoolchildren were brought in to play Red Guards in the 1967 Cultural Revolution march. [...]	D
This film is part of the Criterion Collection, spine #422.	D
The Buddhist lamas who appear in the film could not be touched by women, so extra male wardrobe help [...]	D
As of 2022, the most recent film released by Columbia Pictures to win a Best Picture Oscar. They mer [...]	D
This was the first Western film made in and about the country to be produced with full Chinese gover [...]	D
Bernardo Bertolucci proposed the film to the Chinese government as one of two possible projects - th [...]	D
The production tracked down several people from Puyi's life, including the prison governor and his m [...]	D
Empress Wan Jung's tutor, who is not depicted in the film, was Isabel Ingram. Ingram and Reginald Fl [...]	D
Ying Ruocheng, who played the governor of the prison in the movie, is a Manchurian himself. His gran [...]	D
The real Reginald Johnston spoke fluent Chinese and was extremely well versed in the history of Chin [...]	D
Included among the American Film Institute's 1998 list of the 400 movies nominated for the Top 100 G [...]	D
The film was nominated for nine Academy Awards, and won all of them.	D
Marlon Brando, Sean Connery and William Hurt were considered for the role of Reginald Johnson.	D
When Johnston is having lunch with the emperor, one of the eunuchs informs Johnston that he has been [...]	D
The China Film Co-Production Corporation provided their studios and unlimited extras in exchange for [...]	D
Victor Wong, Lisa Lu, and Vivian Wu would appear together again, in the cinematic adaptation of Amy [...]	D
The producers were give unlimited access to the forbidden city for 6 months. When Shanghai Noon film [...]	D
Puyi's younger brother, Pu Chieh, and Li Wenda, who helped Pu Yi write his autobiography, were broug [...]	D
John Lone and Joan Chen would later co-star in The Hunted (1995).	D
An Italian chef was brought in to cook for the international cast. He brought with him 22,000 bottle [...]	D
Ruocheng Ying, playing the Governor in the film, was at that time, the vice president of Department [...]	D
This film was going to be released by Hemdale Releasing, but Hemdale's distribution branch placed th [...]	D
In real life, when Puyi met Empress Cixi, he screamed in terror. He later described seeing an eerie [...]	D
Yuan Jin: the real-life Chinese prison governor who was responsible for the real Puyi's rehabilitati [...]	D
The 250-acre Forbidden City, built in the early 15th century with high walls up to 50 feet thick, pr [...]	D
19,000 extras were needed over the course of the film.	D
Jeremy Thomas managed to raise the $25 million budget for his independent production single-handedly [...]	D
According to director of photography Vittorio Storaro in Visions of Light (1992), he used the phases [...]	D
The character of Eastern Jewel is based on Yoshiko Kawashima, a Manchurian princess who was raised i [...]	D
The scene depicting the buildings containing imperial treasures that were burned down refers to the [...]	D
Because no private automobiles were permitted, even Peter O'Toole was limited to the use of a bicycl [...]	D
Security was so tight around the shoot that when Peter O'Toole forgot his pass one day, he was denie [...]	D
The first film in Bernardo Bertolucci's "oriental trilogy", followed by Il tÃ¨ nel deserto (1990) [...]	D
Hairdresser Giancarlo De Leonardis imported 2,200 pounds of human hair to make the elaborate wigs ne [...]	D
This is the first MPAA-rated PG-13 film to win the Academy Award for "Best Picture" (not counting su [...]	D

When Johnston and Pu Yi say "farewell" to each other and as the musicians appear and follow Johnston [...]	D
In the Director's Cut, just before Pu Yi cuts his hair in 1924, the consorts are dancing to a violin [...]	D
The tour guide at the end of the film says that Pu Yi was 3 years old at his coronation. Puyi was bo [...]	D
At the time when he next sees his mother, Pu Yi says, "My mother has not seen me for seven years." T [...]	D
When Pu Yi walks out on the terrace during his inauguration the counting of the "kowtow" starts. At [...]	D
At the young emperor's coronation, at one point he ducks under a yellow sheet and proceeds to walk d [...]	D
When Johnston is about to board a ship to England in 1931, a ticket office window is seen in the bac [...]	D
When the Empress Dowager dies, a eunuch covers her face with a cloth. Just before the cloth touches [...]	D
When Pu Yi's wife arrives at the marriage ceremony a woman can be seen in the background clutching t [...]	D
The emperor was not in the Forbidden City to witness the expulsion of the eunuchs. This action was c [...]	D
Mr. Johnston enters the Emperor's service during the 4 May 1919 student movement. Thus, Pu Yi is 13 [...]	D
In numerous scenes taking place before the establishment of the People's Republic of China writings [...]	D
The Emperor sings "Am I Blue" in 1927, but the song wasn't written until 1929.	D
When the princess gives birth, you can hear the baby crying, yet when the camera moves across, the b [...]	D
While all Japanese characters speak Japanese, all Chinese characters speak English instead of Chines [...]	D
When the puppet Emperor of Manchukuo is speaking and gives a list of the countries that have recogni [...]	D

Wan Jung: You're brave. Are you not frightened? E [...]	D
Reginald Fleming 'R.J.' Johnston: The Emperor has [...]	D
The Governor: Your salvation will lie entirely in [...]	D
Wan Jung: If Your Majesty thinks it is old-fashion [...]	D
Pu Yi, at 15: Are you a gentleman? Reginald Flemi [...]	D
Pu Yi, at 15: Our official taster's a brave man. M [...]	D
Wan Jung: I also had a tutor like Mr. Johnston. Mi [...]	D
American: Who's that couple? Wen Hsiu: Oh, Henry [...]	D
Eastern Jewel: Of course, I'd love to be the Emper [...]	D
Interrogator: Now than, there are two types of con [...]	D
Reginald Fleming 'R.J.' Johnston: It would be conv [...]	D
Pu Yi, at 15: [in heavily accented English] I know [...]	D
Wan Jung: Do you not see? The Japanese are using y [...]	D
Reginald Fleming 'R.J.' Johnston: Words are import [...]	D
Tzu Hsui: How small you are. Are you afraid of me? [...]	D
Eastern Jewel: Oh, I know everything! I know Chian [...]	D
Oculist: Well, it's perfectly simple, Johnston. Th [...]	D
Pu Yi (3 years): Cricket! Cricket! Where's the Cri [...]	D
Pu Yi - 8 Years: Drink it. Go on, Bigfoot, drink a [...]	D
Emperor Pu Yi: Anything Western was good. Especial [...]	D
Tzu Hsui: Men, you know, are not allowed in the Fo [...]	D
The Governor: The Americans believe everyone is bo [...]	D
Wan Jung: What is His Majesty thinking? Pu Yi, at [...]	D
Reginald Fleming 'R.J.' Johnston: Your Majesty, in [...]	D
Pu Chieh - 7 Years: Is it true that you can do wha [...]	D
Emperor Pu Yi: How should we say goodbye? Reginal [...]	D
Pu Yi (3 years): Is it true I can do anything I wa [...]	D
Emperor Pu Yi: After a few years, the tiny republi [...]	D
Wan Jung: You say California. I say French Riviera [...]	D
Wan Jung: I told you. I hate you. Eastern Jewel: [...]	D
Pu Yi, at 15: I want a modern wife, Johnston, who [...]	D
Emperor Pu Yi: [singing] Am I blue? Am I blue? Ain [...]	D
Emperor Pu Yi: This isn't a school; it's a prison. [...]	D
Captain of Imperial Guard: By the command of Her I [...]	D
Wan Jung: Is the Emperor against arranged marriage [...]	D
Pu Yi, at 15: Who is this George Washington? Regi [...]	D
Pu Yi - 8 Years: I do not understand. I do not und [...]	D
Emperor Pu Yi: The Forbidden City had become a the [...]	D
Chang: [to Reginald] The Emperor awards you with t [...]	D
Tzu Hsui: These other men, they're not real men. T [...]	D
Wen Hsiu: I want a divorce! Emperor Pu Yi: No one [...]	D
Amakasu: When an Englishman robs someone, Your Maj [...]	D
Pu Yi, at 15: Is it true, Mr. Johnston, that many [...]	D
Chen Pao Shen: [as Puyi is heading off to become t [...]	D
The Governor: [bidding farewell to Pu Yi as he is [...]	D
Pu Yi, at 15: Where are your ancestors buried? Re [...]	D
Reginald Fleming 'R.J.' Johnston: I think your mou [...]	D
The Governor: [setting a recurring theme of impris [...]	D
Pu Chieh - 7 Years: They're turning away! Pu Yi - [...]	D
Scribe: Three months later, Japanese armies were b [...]	D
Wen Hsiu: I do not want to be your mistress any lo [...]	D
Pu Yi, at 15: I know that you know that I know tha [...]	D
The Governor: [Confronting Puyi in the prison gard [...]	D

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