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Thousand Pieces of Gold is a 1991 Western film starring Rosalind Chao, Chris Cooper, Dennis Dun and Michael Paul Chan, and is directed by Nancy Kelly. The film is based on a novel of the same name.
Thousand Pieces of Gold is a 1981 historical novel by Ruthanne Lum McCunn and based on the life of Polly Bemis, a 19th-century Chinese immigrant woman in the American Old West. In 1991, the novel was adapted into a film of the same name.
- Ruthanne Lum McCunn
- 1981
Nov 1, 1991 · Thousand Pieces of Gold. In 1880s China, a girl is sold into marriage by her father. Rather than becoming a bride, Lalu ends up in a gold-mining town where she forges a path for her own freedom and, ultimately, true love.
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- Romance, Western
- Nancy Kelly
- 1991-11-01
May 21, 2020 · Set in Idaho and shot in Montana, Thousand Pieces of Gold features gorgeously photographed mountain vistas, old-time saloons, and horseback riding, but there’s a lot more going on under the surface.
Nov 8, 1991 · Thousand Pieces Of Gold. Roger Ebert November 08, 1991. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. For some measure of the progress of women, consider "1000 Pieces of Gold," set in the 19th century and telling the story of a Chinese woman sold from man to man as if she were property.
Jun 7, 2020 · Nancy Kelly's Thousand Pieces of Gold is a subtly brilliant revisionist western replete with period atmosphere and an original story.
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Apr 26, 1991 · In 1880s China, young Lalu is sold into marriage by her impoverished father. Rather than becoming a bride, Lalu ends up in an Idaho gold-mining town, the property of a saloon owner who renames her China Polly and plans to sell her as entertainment for the locals.
