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The Year of the Yao to debut in Houston
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-04-08 12:55


A woman walks past a publicity poster on the film "The Year of the Yao" in Los Angeles April 7, 2005. The 89-minute documentary gives a behind-the-scenes look at Chinese centre Yao Ming's first NBA season and is set to make a US debut in Houston on April 15 and to be shown in the US on April 29. The film includes sound bites from retired NBA stars Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley, current NBA stars Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant, Yao's first-year coach Rudy Tomjanovich, NBA Commissioner David Stern and former US President Bill Clinton.[Xinhua]

The director of the film "The Year of the Yao" is interviewed by journalists at the media preview of the documentary in Los Angeles April 7. The 89-minute documentary gives a behind-the-scenes look at Chinese centre Yao Ming's first NBA season and is set to make a US debut in Houston on April 15 and to be shown in the US on April 29. [Xinhua]

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