MonkeyPeaches' Monthly Recap - Movies Released In August (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)

August 31, 2004

China (mainland)  

 

2046

A documentary about the life of Deng Xiaoping, the late Chinese leader who toke China onto the track of modernization.

 

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Other Releases:

A One (Hong Kong)

Les Amants Du Nil (France)

Automatic (USA)

Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban (USA)

Lovers Of The Nile (France)

New Police Story (Hong Kong)

The Prince & Me (USA)

Six Strong Guys (Hong Kong)

 

 

 

 

The Huadu Chronicles: Blade Of The Rose (Hong Kong)

Michel Vaillant (France)

Shrek 2 (USA)

Spider-Man 2 (USA)

   

Zhang Si De / Zhang Side

Late autumn of 1928, the Nationalist government continued the bloody crackdown on the communist, a 24 year old revolutionist arrived at Shanghai. He was Deng Xiaoping who had been assigned with a near impossible task - to evacuate the party's central committee. The mission accomplished with the price of losing many close comrades, among them, the woman he was in love with.

 

Directed by Li Xiepu, starring Rong Ansheng, Qin Lan, Shawn Yue, Wang Luoyong.

 

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Wu Fa Jian Jiao / Cannot Cry / aka. Bloodstained Kite

192, 16 year old Deng Xiaoping started his life in Paris. By day he was a student and by night he worked hard to earn tuition. He met a group of Chinese revolutionists and later joined the Chinese Communist Party. January 1926, Deng Xiaoping was deported by the French government and in 1973, he revisited France as the Vice-Premier of China.

 

Directed by Zahi Junjie; starring Zhong Qiu, Lu Qi, Zhou Lang, Huang Haibo, Xi Meijuan, Shaofeng, Ge Cunzhuang, Xia Yu.

 

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Shao Nian Chen Zhen (lit.: Young Chen Zhen) / Hero . Youngster

192, 16 year old Deng Xiaoping started his life in Paris. By day he was a student and by night he worked hard to earn tuition. He met a group of Chinese revolutionists and later joined the Chinese Communist Party. January 1926, Deng Xiaoping was deported by the French government and in 1973, he revisited France as the Vice-Premier of China.

 

Directed by Zahi Junjie; starring Zhong Qiu, Lu Qi, Zhou Lang, Huang Haibo, Xi Meijuan, Shaofeng, Ge Cunzhuang, Xia Yu.

 

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Hong Kong  

 

Jiao Zi San Jing 2 Zhi Yi (Dumpling - Three O'clock 2, Part Of) / Dumpling - Three Extreme

An aging actress, to preserve her beauty and keep the heart of her husband, eats a dumpling with some unusual ingredient...

 

Directed by Peter Chan; starring Miriam Yeung, Bai Ling, Leung Ka-Fai.

 

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Other Releases:

Anacondas: The Hunt For The Blood Orchid (USA)

Bourne Supremacy (USA)

Catwoman (USA)

Collateral (USA)

Face (South Korea)

Formula 17 (Taiwan)

Garfield (USA)

Hana And Alice (Japan)

Home On The Range (USA)

Man On Fire (USA)

Mies Vailla Menneisyyttä (Finland / France / Germany)

My Girl (Thailand)

The Notebook (USA)

Quill (Japan)

   

Zhui Ji Ba Yue Shi Wu (lit.: Chasing August 15) / Hidden Heroes

A police officer meets a beautiful young girl, who is actually a robot from the future. She is carrying a mission to make sure the officer's elder brother, a microchip researcher, die on August 15 in 50 years...

 

Directed by Joe Ma and Cheang Pou-Soi, starring Ronald Cheng, Charlene Choi, Qin Hailu, Wong Ho-Yin.

 

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Qian Ji Bian / The Huadu Chronicles: Blade Of The Rose

A prince must find a sword to overthrow the women-dominated empire ruled by a ruthless empress...

 

Directed by Corey Yuen and Cheang Pou-Soi, starring Jaycee Chan, Charlene Choi, Gillian Chung, Leung Ka Fai, Chen Bo-Lin, Qü Ying, Fan Bingbing, Daniel Wu, Donnie Yen, Jackie Chan, Edison Chen.

 

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Taiwan  

 

Other Releases:

13 Going On 30 (USA)

100 Days with Mr. Arrogant (South Korea)

Alien Vs. Predator (USA)

Bourne Supremacy (USA)

Catwoman (USA)

A Cinderella Story (USA)

Collateral (USA)

Face (South Korea)

The Huadu Chronicles: Blade Of The Rose (Hong Kong)

Law Of Attraction (USA)

Ondskan (Sweden)

Ong Bak (Thailand)

My Boss, My Hero (South Korea)

Politiki kouzina (Greece)

Red Moon (Japan)

Super Size Me (USA)

Tokyo Godfathers (Japan)

Les Triplets de Belleville (France / Belgium / Canada / UK)

Three Extreme (Hong Kong / South Korea / Japan)

Vaniglia E Cioccolato (Italy)

Windstruck (South Korea)

The Village (USA)

Photos: G-film.com, Mov3.com, KingNet.tw