Bill Hayes, Maria Bello, Paul Pape, Xander Berkeley, Yu Xia

In this visually striking tale of adventure, Ruth (Maria Bello) is an American widow who during the 1930s travels to China in hopes of making her late husband's dream a reality by bringing Chinese pan...( read more  read more... )das to the United States. Ruth is awed by the striking beauty of China and discovers several of the rare pandas as well as a number of other unusual animals; however, Ruth learns that the Chinese government is lax in their protection of wildlife, and that hunters are making short work of the pandas. China: The Panda Adventure was shot and originally released in the high-definition IMAX film process.~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

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Unrated, 48 min.

Directed by: Robert M. Young

Release Date: June 9, 2001

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DVD Release Date: February 1, 2005

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  • April 3, 2009
    Its based on autobiography "The Lady & the Panda", by Ruth Harkness inspired true story about a widowed New York socialite a fiercely independent woman Ruth Harkness (Maria Bello) is a fiercely independent woman takes up her late husband Bill Harkness' (Paul Pape) expedition on...( read more) the journey into the mysterious forests in China by following his passion to study the Giant Panda.
  • May 4, 2007
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September 13, 2001
A.O. Scott, The New York Times

So much care has been lavished on the lush, vivid cinematography that very little seems to have been left over for such picayune matters as script continuity, plausible dialogue, coherent editing and ... full review

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  • DanHatcher
    December 21, 2006
    no thanks... looks like one of those really sad american kiddie movies

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