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The authorship of the film is in dispute; Borsos and Sutherland claim that Dennis Clark rewrote Allan's script, which was "pretentious and two-dimensional and unplayable", according to Sutherland.
The film opens on the battlefields of the Spanish Civil War, where a young Bethune (Donald Sutherland) is tending to the Republican wounded. When militarist Japan invades impoverished China, Bethune ensures that he is attached to the ragtag forces of Mao’s peasant 8th Route Army.
Sep 17, 1993 · Bethune: The Making of a Hero: Directed by Phillip Borsos. With Donald Sutherland, Helen Mirren, Helen Shaver, Colm Feore. Canadian doctor Norman Bethune joins Mao's army in China, setting up field hospitals and training medics.
The authorship of the film is in dispute; Borsos and Sutherland claim that Dennis Clark rewrote Allan's script, which was "pretentious and two-dimensional and unplayable", according to Sutherland.
Synopsis. Canadian surgeon Dr. Norman Bethune (Donald Sutherland) journeys 1,500 miles into China to reach Mao Zedong's eighth route Army in the Wu Tai mountains where he will build hospitals, provide care, and train medics. Flashbacks narrate the earlier events of his life: a bout with tuberculosis at the Trudeau sanatorium; the ...
Jul 28, 2010 · Allan was involved in the creation of many other screenplays, including that of the 1990 film Bethune: The Making of a Hero, starring Donald SUTHERLAND. Ted Allan is the subject of the 2002 NATIONAL FILM BOARD documentary Ted Allan: Minstrel Boy of the Twentieth Century.
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Synopsis. Canadian surgeon Norman Bethune, 1890-1939, (Donald Sutherland) journeys 1500 miles into China to reach Mao Zedong's eighth route army in the Wu Tai mountains where he will build hospitals, provide care, and train medics.
