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HONG KONG — China’s staid cultural commissars are turning to the likes of Jackie Chan, below, and Jet Li, hoping that star power in a state-funded movie about the Communist revolution will attract young Chinese normally turned off by government propaganda. “Jian Guo Da Ye,” or “The Founding of a Republic,” which opens in two weeks, was commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the People’s Republic on Oct. 1. The movie’s cast reads like a “Who’s Who” of the Chinese film industry. Besides Chan and Li, there are Zhang Ziyi of “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” Stephen Chow of “Kung Fu Hustle” and director John Woo, among many others. The Associated Press
