Wham! in China: Foreign Skies (1986)

Directed by

Lindsay Anderson

Genre

documentary film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 02m

Rating

8.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A British documentary follows pop duo Wham! during their 1985 visit to China. They were the first Western pop act to perform in the country. The film captures their shows, travel, and interactions.

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What happens

Wham! in China: Foreign Skies is a 1986 British documentary film about the English pop duo Wham! consisting of George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley. It follows Wham! on their historic 10-day visit to China during the 1985 world tour when they became the first Western pop act to visit the country. The film is a British venture produced by Big Boys Overseas Limited and CBS Records, with CBS/Fox Video serving as distributor. The film was directed by Lindsay Anderson and produced by Jazz Summers, Martin Lewis and Simon Napier-Bell. Anderson originally made a film of the tour titled If You Were There; however, this version was never released and Anderson was fired from the project while the film was remade into Wham! in China: Foreign Skies. Wham! in China: Foreign Skies had its world premiere at the farewell concert held at London's Wembley Stadium on 28 June 1986. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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