Shanghai fest stumbles at start

June 14, 2008 [...] the event around them began in disarray as the press screening of the opening film, Chinese documentary "Olympic Dreamers," was canceled when its print failed to arrive. At a later press gathering, Zhang ("Memoirs of a Geisha") said she had helped raise more than $1 million in quake relief at the Festival de Cannes but did not plan a campaign of similar scope in Shanghai, citing the lack of a "proper environment." Chinese movie tickets typically cost 50-80 yuan ($7-$11), or 10 times more than the cost of the pirated DVDs Chan fights publicly.

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