Red Cliff

Director John Woo made changes to the story in the film to appeal to a global audience, focusing on emotions rather than historical accuracy, and it follows the events of the Battle of Red Cliff in the Eastern Han dynasty where Chancellor Cao Cao leads his army against warlords Liu Bei and Sun Quan, with Liu Beis followers showcasing their combat skills, Zhuge Liang forming an alliance between Liu Bei and Sun Quan, and the allied forces successfully countering Cao Caos army at Red Cliff, ultimately sparing his life. Red Cliff is a 2008 Mandarin-language Action Adventure film starring Tony Leung, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Zhang Fengyi, Chang Chen, Zhao Wei, Hu Jun and Cheng Shun Zhao. The movie is based on Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong. Red Cliff was Produced by John Woo, Terence Chang and Han Sanping. Red Cliff is written by John Woo, Kuo Cheng, Sheng Heyu and Chan Khan and it is directed by John Woo. Chengtian Entertainment acquired the distribution rights for the motion picture. Red Cliff was released on 11th July 2008 and takes a screen time of 146-142 minutes, total: 288-148 minutes. and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released and became successful at box office. Red Cliff was made on a budget of $80 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $250 million. Cinematography was done by Zhang Li and L Yue and editing by Yang Hongyu, Angie Lam, Robert A. Ferretti and David Wu. The music was composed by Tar Iwashiro.