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Mr. Left (Anthony Wong) was a projectionist, who
lived at a cinema house with his wife (Teresa Mo) and son (Ronald
Cheng), who had a girlfriend (Karen Mok), sort of. Everyday Mr. Left
was in charge of showing movies from the mainland and local leftwing
studios. The Hong Kong leftwing studios were major players of Hong
Kong cinema during the 1950s and 1960s and provided opportunities
for many talents, like Jet Li and Johnnie To, to start their career.
Having a good faith in Communism, he followed closely on each
political movement launched on the mainland side and dreamed about
visiting Beijing’s The Gate of Heavenly Peace (Tian An Men), the
political centre point of his beloved country, but his little wish
had never been fulfilled. In the 1960s, along with other minority
“leftists”, he participated in a series protests against the
corrupted British rule and was subsequently alienized by other Hong
Kongers. In the 1970s, while Hong Kong economy started booming, Mr.
Left still enjoyed his own quasi-Cultural Revolution-like private
life in the Union. In the 1980s, the capitalist-reform began in the
mainland and Mr. Left’s family had also started to move. Left junior
became an entrepreneur and Mrs. Left threw her life saving into the
housing market. In the 1990s, Hong Kong was about to be returned to
China and Mr. Left’s cinema house started losing business…
This film is produced by Sil-Metropole Organisation
Ltd., a company created in 1982, by merging four Hong Kong
“leftwing” studios, Great Wall Movie Enterprises, Feng Huang Motion
Pictures Co., Sun Luen Film Co. and Chung Yuen Motion Picture Co.
Sil-Metropole is a Hong Kong-registered company and is also listed
as a mainland Chinese state-owned studio. Some latest projects it is
involved in include "Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon,"
"Confession of Pain," and “Initial D.”
Written by director Chiu Leung-Chun (McDull, the
Alumni / Golden Chicken 2 / Golden Chicken), Siu
Kwun-Hung (When I Fall in Love… with Both) and Sze Yeung-Ping
(DragonBlade / Tai Chi Boxer / Born to Defence),
Mr. Cinema will be released in Hong Kong and the mainland
side on June 14.
Click here for the trainer
(WMV)
Related Stories:
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(Sina.com)
May 12, 2007
Funny Posters of CALL ME LEFT
(Sina.com)
April 30, 2007
CALL ME LEFT to Recap Hong Kong
of the Past 30 Years
(MonkeyPeaches
Exclusive)
April 18, 2007 |
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Andy Lau
Finances BROTHERS of a Crime Family
(MonkeyPeaches
Exclusive) |
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May 31, 2007 |
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A very earlier shot of "The Five Tigers" (L to R):
Felix Wong, Andy Lau, Miu Kiu-wai, Ken Tong and
Leung Chiu-Wai. (Image:
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According to the Chinese press,
Xiong Di
(literal: "Brothers"), a new Hong Kong gang thriller based on an
idea came out by Andy Lau, will go into production with over US$260
million from Lau’s pocket. The story centers around two brothers,
sons of a powerful crime boss. The younger brother (Eason Chan) was
sent abroad when he was just a little kid and the older brother (Miu
Kiu-wai) stayed with their father and an adopted brother (Felix
Wong), because a fortuneteller prophesied that the brothers would
turn against each other someday. Years later, after the death of
their father, the younger brother returns to Hong Kong and finds out
the older brother, the chosen successor, wants to retire and hand
the power to him. He refuses because he hates what his family has
been doing. Meanwhile the leader of another gang (Ken Tong) seized
the opportunity and starts setting the brothers up. Andy Lau will
play a cop investigating the crime family and young mainland Chinese
actress will be the female lead.
Back in the 1980s, Andy Lau, Miu Kiu-wai, Felix
Wong, Ken Tong and Leung Chiu-Wai were five young rising stars of
Hong Kong’s TVB, called “The Five Tigers of TVB”. Later all of them
except Leung quit TVB. Cast of the movie got all “Tigers” except
Leung. The press has speculated that it was because Leung’s
friendship with the other four went cold. Director Chiu Sun-Kee (Love
Trilogy, Frugal Game, Time 4 Hope) said they had
never considered Leung as a must-have and he was too expensive
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Newer, Bigger and QuickTimer Trailer of BLOOD
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Twitch is hosting a new trailer and
a few stills (already featured on this site) of Blood Brothers
(Chinese title literally means: “Gate to Heaven”). Set in the 1930s
Shanghai and mainly shot inside Shanghai Film Studios, the story
features three best friends arriving at the city of opportunity.
While making fortune with the local gangs, they choose to go
different ways, and turn against each other in the end. This movie
is the result of a collaborations of multiple studios from the
Greater China Region – the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Click here for the trailer in glorious
QuickTime.
Update:
Two new stills.
Related Stories:
BLOOD BROTHERS Stills
(...) May 24, 2007
Fortissimo to Sell BLOOD BROTHERS
outside of Asia
(MonkeyPeaches
Exclusive)
February 2, 2007
Fortissimo bonds with 'Blood
Brothers'
(Variety) February 1, 2007
John Woo Produced BLOOD, BROTHERS
Meets the Press
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
November 13, 2006
BLOOD BROTHERS Poster
(Twitch)
November 15, 2006
John Returns Home to Produce GATE TO
HEAVEN
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
May 24, 2006 |
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Wilson Yip and Donnie Yen’s FLASHPOINT Got a New Trailer
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May 30, 2007 |
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Flashpoint
(Chinese literal title: “Fuse”; and in English it was formerly known
as “City without Mercy” and “Po Jun”) will satisfy people who can’t
have enough of Donnie Yen’s choreography. Set in Macao, right before
the little colony is scheduled for a return to China, a senior cop
(Yen) and a undercover cop (Louis Koo) are trying to bring down a
gang headed by three brothers (Ray Lui, Collin Chou, Xing Yu). The
brothers are no ordinary criminals and after a series violent and
dramatic events, the undercover cop is forced to abandon his duty
and leave the senior cop alone.
Click here for the trailer from the site of
Golden Screen Cinemas of Malaysia.
(Thanks to
Twitch.)
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(DonnieYen.net)
May 9, 2007
Two More Shots from Donnie Yen's
FLASHPOINT
(...)
May 8, 2007
A Few Shots from Donnie Yen's
FLASHPOINT
(...)
May 3, 2007
CITY WITHOUT MERCY Is Now FLASH
POINT
(...)
March 21, 2007
Wilson Yip and Donnie Yen's CITY
WITHOUT MERCY Wrapped Up
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
March 10, 2007
SHA PO LANG Follow-Up CITY WITHOUT
MERCY (aka. PO JUN) in Production (MonkeyPeaches
Exclusive)
November 17, 2006
SHA PO LANG II and PO JUN Are Two
Different Films
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
August
31, 2006
Donnie Yen and Louis Koo for SHA PO
LANG Sequel - PO JUN
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
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Tsui / Lam / To May Strike again after TRIANGLE
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Looks like making Triangle
(Chinese literal title: “The Iron Triangle”) is something fun for
Tsui Hark, Ringo Lam and Johnnie To. Three best among Hong Kong
directors have decided to work again in another project, according
to one of the leads of Triangle, Luis Koo, who just had a
little conversation with an unidentified reporter working for an
unidentified firm, according to Shanghai-based Oriental Morning
Post. No detail, absolutely nothing about the possible second
collaboration of the trio, has been given by Koo. Looks like he is
in a hurry.
Tsui, Lam and To wrote and
directed the story of Triangle in a relay. Premiered in
Cannes, Triangle has yet drawn some positive reviews.
However, this film is primarily made for Asian, especially the
Chinese, and they may think differently after watching it.
(Thanks
to
Twitch.)
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Puppet Live Action + 3D Animation =
MONKEY KING VS. ER LANG SHEN
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Wu Kong Da Zhan Er Lang Shen
(roughly means: “Monkey King vs. Er Lang Shen”) is not an ordinary
movie. Made by small private-owned Chinese company called “Yuan
Cheng”, this made-for-kids movie features puppet live action, about
30% of the movie, with animated 3D backgrounds and characters. Based
on a few early chapters of classic fantasy novel “Journey to the
West”, the story tells the Monkey King rises against the heaven and
has a horrific fight with Er Lang Shen, the nephew of Jade Emperor,
who rules the Heaven. Liang Hansen, director and the president of
Yuan Cheng, told a Chinese newspaper that they completed the project
with about US$1 million and two years.
A TV clip with shots from the film.
A few posters. |
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John Woo Will Do NINJA GOLD, and Might Adopt His
STRANGLEHOLD
(The Hollywood Reporter)
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May 29, 2007 |
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John Woo will be working on Red Cliff for rest of the
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According
to The Hollywood Reporter, John Woo will direct
Ninja Gold, based on an
idea of his. Woo’s partner producer Terrance Chang said it would
“center on a ninja warrior, part of a centuries-old legacy and
bloodline, forced to confront the reality of covert warfare in the
modern world.” The story is something about “the Yakuza and the
Russian mob are involved in tons of gold being stolen in South
Africa."
Game creator Warren Spector ("Deus Ex," "Thief: Deadly Shadows",
"System Shock.") will executive produce the project. Woo and Chang’s
Lion Rock Production will be in charge of the production and Fox
Atomic, the nascent genre arm of 20th Century Fox, will handle the
release. Chang has hoped to push the film, which “will be more
reality-based but still will have fantastic elements from the game,”
into production next year, but first they have to wait for the
completion of the script.
“Stranglehold”, a new game for PS3 and Xbox 360, and with a story
told as a sequel to Woo’s
Hard Boiled, will hit the
market by August. Chang has said they “would definitely bring
'Stranglehold' to the big screen." Despite the unfortunate incident
of Chow Yun-Fat’s sudden departure from Woo’s mega-budget war epic
Red Cliff
(aka.
The Battle of Red Cliff),
Woo has said his friendship with Chow was not affected. This would
pave the way for Chow reprising his role in both
Hard Boiled
and the game version of “Stranglehold.”
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WARRIOR Tries to
Bring Back the Glory of Shanghai Animation Film Studio
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May 29, 2007 |
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Warrior (Yong
Shi), directed by Wang Jiashi, is the sixth full-length animated
film of the 50 year old Shanghai Animation Film Studio (SAFS), now
part of Shanghai Film Group. It took the studio four years and US$2
million (very high by Chinese stand
ard) to make. About 30% of this 90 minute
(roughly) film was done in 3D animation and the rest was hand
painted. Based on a Mongolian folklore, the story begins with a
young warrior Barter coming to Balin Grassland. He rescues a young
girl from a herd of running horses and finds out she is the daughter
of the wrestling couch working for the grassland lord. Barter starts
learning wrestling while working for the grassland lord as a coolie.
Barter falls in love with the girl he saved. However, there is a
reason for his coming to the grassland – he is looking for the man
who killed his father. It is reportedly that Luc Besson has seen the
film and express interest of buying the rights for French speaking
countries.
SAFS was founded as the only state-run studio
making animation films. In 1964, after went into production for more
than four years,
Da Nao Tian Gong (Uproar in Heaven / The
Monkey King), the studio’s first full length animated
film is completed. The story tells the Monkey King rises against the
heaven.
In the past 50 years, SAFS made hundreds of films
and TV shows, including five full-length animated films (besides
Uproar in Heaven and Warrior) –
Ne Zha Nao Hai
(Prince
Nezha's Triumph Against Dragon King
/ 1979), Tian Shu Qi Tan
(The Book from Heaven / 1983), Jin Hou Xiang Yao (The
Golden Monkey Conquers the Evil / 1985) and
Bao Lian Deng
(Lotus Lantern / 1999).
SAFS is no longer the only organization making
animations in China. Competition now comes from hundreds of domestic
studios as well as foreign imports. Many talented people have left
the studio to do contract jobs for American and Japanese
productions. It is unknown weather Warrior, which will be
released in Chinese theaters July 12, is able to make an appeal and
the sales in foreign countries is still a big question mark.
Notes: Credit of Uproar in Heaven largely
goes to the Wan brothers (Wan Laiming, Wan Guchan and Wan Chaochen).
Along with the fourth brother, Wan Dihuan, they started making
animations in Shanghai in 1922. In 1941, after 16 months of labor,
they completed
Tie Shan Gong Zhu (Princess Iron Fan),
with a story about the Monkey King trying to borrow the Iron Fan
from the princess to extinguish the flame blocking his journey to
the west. This 80 minute black and white animation is actually
vaguely calling the Chinese people to rise against Japanese
occupation. Ironically, a cut version of the film, about 65 minute
long, was allowed to be released in Japan when the Second World War
was still on. It greatly influenced the career of
Osamu Tezuka, who is praised as the
god of Japanese manga and anima.
The official website (Chinese only)
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Mainland Studio
JA Media Backs Five Chinese Language Films
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May 28, 2007 |
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In Cannes: (L to R) Ann Hui, Tsui
Hark, Jacky Pang and Stanley Kwan.
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Mainland Chinese studio JA Media has recently
announced investing US$30 million into five movie projects to be
directed by five directors from Hong Kong and Taiwan, Tsui Hark, Ann
Hui, Staley Kwan, Stephen Fung and Cheng Hsiao-Zer. These projects
are only the first shots from JA Media. Li Cheng, an executive of JA
Media, told Sina.com that US$300 million will be pumped into
movies and TV production in the next few year. JA Media is a
relatively new but very financially strong studio, fully-owned by
Jilin Ji’an Group, a mainland Chinese private enterprise focusing on
new energy resources I bio-chemicals.
Tsui Hark will make a “hi-frequency comedy”,
She Ain’t Mean, about the life and career of three women in the
modern day Beijing. Tsui said he would cast three top actresses to
play the three leads, who were 30 something, 25 and just over 20.
The script is written by South Korean screenwriter and director Kwak
Jae-young (My Sassy Girl, Classic, Windstruck).
Tsui said this project was actually inspired by his 1986s classic
Peking Opera Blues. A Korean movie with the same story will also
be written and directed by Kwak.
Ann Hui’s (The Postmodern Life of My Aunt,
July Rhapsody, Love in a Fallen City) project,
Concubine’s Children, a US$12 million adaptation of the same
name novel by Denise Chong will tell a Chinese concubine’s bitter
life after moving to America with her husband in the 1920/30s. Chow
Yun-Fat, who has starred in several movies by Hui, has basically
agreed to play a role in the movie. Maggie Cheung is also talking
with Hui about joining the cast. The script is developed by Ann Hui
and Li Qiang (The Postmodern Life of My Aunt, Peacock).
Stanley Kwan (Everlasting Regret, Lan
Yu, Rouge) is ambitiously preparing for Bruce, a
US$12 million biopic of Bruce Lee, focusing on the relationship
between Bruce Lee and his son Brandon. Kwan said he would cast four
actors to play Bruce Lee of different ages and the second draft of
the script had been completed.
Stephen Fung will be the director of Jump,
about
a
naive farm girl in Shanghai, who by day works as a cleaner at a
dance school and by night perfects her own unique hip hop martial
arts dancing style. As previously reported, Stephen Chow’s The Star
Overseas and Columbia (Sony) Pictures are also involved in the
project. The idea of the story is from Stephen Chow and the script
is penned by Ann Hui and Li Qiang.
Taiwanese director Cheng Hsiao-Zer will do
Miao Miao, a drama about two schoolgirls in Taipei. This project
will be co-produced by Jacky Pang, from Wong Kar-wai’s Jet-Tone.
Related
Story:
CANNES '07 DAILY DISPATCH | Michael Moore
Unveils Kinder, Gentler "Sicko"; JA Media Announces Major Film
Funding Expansion,
by Eugene Hernandez and Peter Knegt, indieWIRE |
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Poster and Stills of CALL ME LEFT... Wait!
Just Call Me MR. CINEMA
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Anthony Wong plays an ordinary goodhearted Hong
Kong man, whose family name is Jo, which means "left." A
projectionist working at a movie theater, Left has good faith for
Communism. His top wish is to visit The Gate of Heavenly Peace in
Beijing, the political center point of his beloved country. Ronald
Cheng plays his son, a fan of Bruce Lee, who has rarely care much
about his father's dream and has seldom achieved anything noticeable
in his life. Teresa Mo plays Mrs. Left, a typical traditional good
wife and good mother. Karen Mok plays a girl next door, who spent
her teenage years with Left junior. After being separated for two
decades, they met again. Made by Hong Kong's Sil-Metropole,
Mr. Cinema,
formerly known as "Call Me Left",
will be released on June 21 in Hong Kong and the mainland side.
More stills of the movie.
More can be found here.
Related Stories:
More CALL ME LEFT Posters
(Sina.com)
May 12, 2007
Funny Posters of CALL ME LEFT
(Sina.com)
April 30, 2007
CALL ME LEFT to Recap Hong Kong
of the Past 30 Years
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April 18, 2007 |
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Stephen Chow Wants to Be a
Deserter in a Non-Comedy Anti-War Movie
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As reported a few days ago, Stephen Chow’s The
Star Overseas signed a deal with Columbia Pictures (Sony Pictures)
about making five movies together and the first project would be
Jump, about "a naive farm
girl who by day works as a cleaner at a dance school and by night
perfects her own unique hip hop martial arts dancing style." Today,
Hong Kong's Oriental Daily has reported that, possibly,
another project might be a non-comedy anti-war movie set in the
1940s/50s and Stephen Chow would play a deserter in it. Stephen Chow
has personally confirmed that he was interested in doing the
anti-war but he had not decided whether and when to do it. A third
project would be a martial-art comedy with characters from many
classic martial-art movies.
Title image: Stephen Chow plays a construction
worker and single parent in sci-fi comedy
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Opening
This Week: May 19 - 25
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Limitedly release the past Tuesday in a few Chinese cities, Suspicion
tells the story of a midage couple. Their simple and quiet life is
greatly disturbed after the husband suddenly gets a very well paid job.
The wife begins to suspect her husband is no longer faithful to her...
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ASSEMBLY's Teaser Posters
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On the
left, a version of international teaser poster revealed in Cannes,
and on the right, a horizontal banner designed to tease theater
lines in China.
The first
war movie by Chinese director Feng Xiaogang,
Assembly, formerly known
as "The Assembly",
tells in 1948, at the high point of the bloody Chinese civil war, a
company leader of the communist-led Liberation Army was ordered to
commend 47 men to defend a position four at least four hours. They
would be able to retreat once they heard the assembly call. The call
never came and everyone, except the, company leader died. A Few
years later, while fighting another war in Korea, he was still
searching for the reason he never heard the assembly call and trying
to prove all his men died like real heroes. Beijing-based H.
Brothers Films and Hong Kong-based Media Asia is selling it in
Cannes right now.
More about
Assembly.
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John Woo produced this crime drama, a remake of his
Bullet in the Head.
Directed Alexi Tan (Double
Blade),
it tells three best friends came to the 1930s Shanghai for a new
life. They made fortune with the gangs gradually lost their innocent
in the city of violence and betrayal.
Fortissimo Films has purchased the international rights (excluding
Asia). The cast includes Liu Ye, Daniel Wu, Tony Yang, Shu Qi, Chang
Chen, Li Xiaolu and Sun Honglei.
(Thanks to Christina Lee for most of the stills.)
Related Stories:
Fortissimo to Sell BLOOD BROTHERS
outside of Asia
(MonkeyPeaches
Exclusive)
February 2, 2007
Fortissimo bonds with 'Blood
Brothers'
(Variety) February 1, 2007
John Woo Produced BLOOD, BROTHERS
Meets the Press
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
November 13, 2006
BLOOD BROTHERS Poster
(Twitch)
November 15, 2006
John Returns Home to Produce GATE TO
HEAVEN
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
May 24, 2006 |
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Another THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM Photo - Liu Yifei
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This picture, acquired by Shanghai-based Oriental Morning Post,
shows Liu Yifei as Golden Sparrow in
The Forbidden Kingdom.
The scene was shot in the same bamboo forest featured in
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
In the story, Golden Sparrow, Sha Monk (Jackie Chan), Silent Monk
(Jet Li) and New York kid Jason Williams (Michael Angarano) set up a
journey to rescue the Monkey King and to find a way to send Jason
back to the future.
Related story:
THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM Spy Photos
(Sohu.com) May 9,
2007
The Jackie Chan / Jet Li Project
Is Called THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM Now
(...) April 11, 2007
Liu Yifei and Li Bingbing have
officially onboard of the Jackie Chan / Jet Li Project
(MonkeyPeaches
Exclusive)
April 5, 2007
Zhang Ziyi Is Interested in the
Jackie Chan / Jet Li Project
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
March 30, 2007
The Kid for Jackie Chan /
Jet Li Project Is Found
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
March 25, 2007
A Little Bit More about the
Jackie Chan / Jet Li Project
- Part 3
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
March 17, 2007
A Little Bit More about the
Jackie Chan / Jet Li Project
- Part 2
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
March 13, 2007
The Jackie Chan / Jet Li Project
Is Titled KING OF KUNG FU?
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
March 6, 2007
The Jackie Chan / Jet Li Project
Will Happen This Month
(MonkeyPeaches
Exclusive)
March 2, 2007 |
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Columbia to Back Stephen Chow's JUMP
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Both Variety and Screen Daily have reported Columbia
Pictures Film Production Asia (CPFPA) has signed a multi-picture
production deal with Stephen Chow's The Star Overseas. The first in
the deal, is
Jump, "a hip-hop dance
romantic comedy to be directed by Stephen Fung from an original
story by Chow". It will tell "the story of a naive farm girl who by
day works as a cleaner at a dance school and by night perfects her
own unique hip hop martial arts dancing style." Young mainland
Chinese actress Zhang Yuqi will play the lead. She was female lead
in Stephen Chow's sci-fi comedy
A Hope
(aka. "Long River Seven"),
of which the international rights (excluding China) has bee acquired
by Columbia.
Reports by
Variety Asia Online and
Screen Daily.
Related stories:
More Pictures of Stephen Chow's LONG
RIVER 7
(Sina.com.cn / CFP)
November 29, 2006
Stephen Chow's LONG RIVER 7 Wrapped
Up
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) November 17, 2006
The Alien Ship Stephen Chow Built
for LONG RIVER 7
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
November 8, 2006
The Alien Ship Stephen Chow Built
for LONG RIVER 7
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
November 8, 2006
Stephen Chow Gets High for LONG
RIVER 7 / A HOPE
(Sina.com.cn)
October
1 2, 2006
First Photos of Stephen Chow on
the Set of LONG RIVER 7
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) September 29,
2006
Stephen Chow's LONG RIVER 7 Now in
Production
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
August
28, 2006
Stephen Chow Announces LONG RIVER 7,
Officially
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
August 24, 2006
Stephen Chow to Launch LONG RIVER 7
This Month
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
August 20, 2006
Stephen Chow Postpones KUNG FU HUSTLE
2 for a Space Adventure
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
April 16, 2006
Stephen Chow to Start Making THE
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Bootlegged Clip of THE ASSEMBLY Promo Reel Shown in Cannes
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A 7 minute promotional video of Chinese director Feng Xiaogang's war
movie
The Assembly
has been screened in Cannes. The Movie
tells in 1948, at the high point of
the bloody Chinese civil war, a company leader of the communist-led
Liberation Army was ordered to command 47 men to defend a position
four at least four hours. They would be able to retreat once they
heard the assembly call. The call never came and everyone except the
company leader died. Then he spent many years to search for the
reason he never heard the assembly call and to prove all his men
died like real heroes. This bootlegged clip acquired
by Sina.com is only 37 second long.
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Sina.com has more
Call Me Left
poster designs and they are all for Karen Mok.
Anthony Wong plays an ordinary goodhearted Hong
Kong man, whose family name is Jo, which means "left." A
projectionist working at a movie theater, Left has good faith for
Communism. His top wish is to visit The Gate of Heavenly Peace in
Beijing, the political center point of his beloved country. Ronald
Cheng plays his son, a fan of Bruce Lee, who has rarely care much
about his father's dream and has seldom achieved anything noticeable
in his life. Teresa Mo plays Mrs. Left, a typical traditional good
wife and good mother. Karen Mok plays a girl next door, who spent
her teenage years with Left junior. After being separated for two
decades, they met again.
Click here for five more posters.
Related Stories:
More CALL ME LEFT Posters
(Sina.com)
May 12, 2007
Funny Posters of CALL ME LEFT
(Sina.com)
April 30, 2007
CALL ME LEFT to Recap Hong Kong
of the Past 30 Years
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
April 18, 2007 |
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THREE KINGDOMS: RESURRECTION OF THE DRAGON: Teaser
International Poster and a Few Stills
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Sina.com has acquired an international teaser poster and
several promotions stills released in Cannes. Led by Andy Lau,
Maggie Q and Sammo Hung, this movie is loosely based on parts of
classic historical novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". It tells
general Zhao Yun (Andy Lau), of the kingdom of Shu, recalling his
life while making a last stand against the invading force from the
kingdom of Wei. Maggie Q plays Cao Ying, granddaughter of Cao Cao,
whose eldest son was the first ruler of Wei. Sammo Hung plays a
friend of Zhao Yun. The armory looks cool but unfortunately not
historically accurate. Also, the musical instrument played by
Maggie Q, called "Pi Pa", is in much modern design. Production is
now underway in northern China.
Click here for several promotional stills.
(Thanks to
Twitch.)
Related stories:
THREE KINGDOMS: RESURRECTION OF
THE DRAGON Location Photos
(Sina.com)
May 10, 2007
THREE KINGDOMS: RESURRECTION OF THE
DRAGON Has Gone into Production
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
April 14, 2007
THREE KINGDOMS: RESURRECTION OF THE
DRAGON Pre-Production Photos
(MonkeyPeaches
Exclusive)
April 1, 2007
THREE KINGDOMS: RESURRECTION OF THE
DRAGON: Teaser Post and Character Design Sketches
(Xiao Pang's Blog)
February 7, 2007
Plot Update on Andy Lau's THREE
KINGDOMS: RESURRECTION OF THE DRAGON
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
October 18, 2006
THREE KINGDOMS: RESURRECTION OF
THE DRAGON in Pre-Production
(...)
October 15, 2006
Andy Lau to Star in Two Period
Films - STRATEGE and ZHAO ZILONG
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
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The 7th Chinese Film Media Awards
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Winners of the 7th Chinese Film Media Awards have been announced
last Thursday in Hong Kong. Mainland Chinese director Ning Hao's
fast-paced comedy
Crazy Stone
collected four awards. The winners were selected by a jury filled
mostly with press editors and film critics from the above three
regions. The awards were organized by Southern Metropolis Daily, a
relative outspoken Chinese newspaper controlled by the Chinese
Communist Party's branch in Guangdong Province, bordering Hong Kong
in the north. It is the only one which opens to all movies
made in the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan, without any
restriction and is the only one, in the mainland China, which does
not
nominate unreleased movies. This year, the organizer decided
to write the name of the awards in a mixture of Chinese and
Japanese, even though this is an event only for Chinese language
films. Don't know the reason behind the change.
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Best Film - Crazy Stone (Chinese mainland / Hong Kong) |
Best Director - NING Hao (Crazy Stone - Chinese mainland) |
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You and Me (Chinese mainland) |
JIA Zhangke (Still Life - Chinese mainland) |
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Election 2: Harmony Is a
Virtue (Hong Kong) |
Johnnie TO (lection 2: Harmony Is a Virtue - Hong Kong) |
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Best Screenplay - ZHANG Cheng, YUE Xiaojun and
NING Hao (Crazy Stone - Chinese mainland / Hong Kong) |
Best New Director - Daniel WU (The Heavenly Kings - Hong Kong) |
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Other nominees:
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Daniel WU (The Heavenly Kings - Hong Kong) |
NING Hao (Crazy Stone - Chinese mainland / Hong Kong) |
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YAU Nai-Hoi and YIP Tin-Shing (lection 2: Harmony
Is a Virtue - Hong Kong) |
Wanma Cedai (The Silent Holy Stone - Chinese mainland) |
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Best Actor in A Leading Role - FU Dalong
(The Forest Ranger - Chinese mainland) |
Best Actress in A Leading Role - JIN Yaqin (You and Me -
Chinese mainland) |
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GUO Tao (Crazy Stone - Chinese mainland / Hong Kong) |
GONG Li (Curse of the Golden Flower - Chinese mainland / Hong Kong) |
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Jet LI (Fearless - Hong Kong / Chinese mainland). |
Vivian HSU (The Shoe Fairy - Taiwan). |
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Best Actor in A Supporting Role - HUANG Bo
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Best Actress in A Supporting Role - LU Yi-Ching (Blue Cha Cha -
Taiwan) |
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LU Yulai (Courthouse on the Horseback - Chinese mainland) |
YANG Yaning (Courthouse on the Horseback - Chinese mainland) |
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LIAO Fan (Curiosity Kills A Cat - Chinese mainland) |
Joan CHEN (Jasmine Women) |
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Best New Performer - GONG Zhe (You and Me -
Chinese mainland) |
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CHANG Hsiao-chuan (Eternal Summer - Taiwan) |
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HUO Siyan (My Name Is Fame) |
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The Tribute from the Press (Outstanding Filmmaker
of the Year) - Andy LAU (Hong Kong) |
The Tribute from the Press (Outstanding Film of the Year) - Still
Life (Chinese mainland) |
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The Grand Jury Award - Johnnie TO |
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THE WARLORDS
Official English Language Site Launched
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May 20, 2007 |
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Click
here for a trailer (we
have seen), a plot outline, cast and character description, a
gallery and crew bios.
(Warning: the plot outline might be spoiling!)
(Thanks to Jet Liang.)
More about
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Cannes Update:
Reviews of Hou Hsiao-hsien's
FLIGHT OF THE RED BALLOON
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Review by Justin Chang,
Variety
Review by Dan Fainaru,
Screen Daily
Review by Boyd van Hoeij, European-Film.net
Report by Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Review by D'Angelo, ScreenGrab
Review by Duane Byrge, The
Hollywood Reporter
Review by Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com
(Thanks to
GreenCine Daily.)
Related stories:
Hou Hsiao-Hsien's LOOKING FOR THE
RED BALLOON Added to Cannes Schedule
(Cannes Film Festival)
April 26, 2007
In and not in the Cannes Line-Up,
the 60th
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
April 19, 2007
Trailer for Hou Hsiao-Hsien's
BALLON ROUGE (aka. ORSAY)
(...) February
18, 2007
Hou Hsiao-Hsien Does ORSAY in
Paris
(...)
August 7, 2006
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New York Asian Film Festival Lineup
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May 18, 2007 |
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Titles to be shown during the annual fest include:
Patrick Tam's, winner of Taiwanese Golden Horse and Hong Kong Film
Awards,
After This Our Exile
(Hong Kong), about the story of a trashy dada and his infant son;
Feng Xiaogang's Hamlet inspired
The Banquet
(China), starring Zhang Ziyi as a queen in the ancient China;
Cheang Pou-Soi's insanely intense hitman flick
Dog Bite Dog
(Hong Kong), with a killer and a cop trying to cancel each other out
in the most gruesome way;
Johnnie To's highly praised
Exiled
(Hong Kong), starts with two hitmen, assigned to kill a former
colleague of theirs, finds out their job being interrupted by
two other former colleagues;
Zhang Yang's true story-inspired black comedy
Getting Home
(China), tells an aging migrant worker carries the corpse of his
friend thousands of miles home, by buses, trucks, a hand-pulled
cart, a rubber tire and even his own back; and
John Woo's
Hard-Boiled
(Hong Kong), his last action packed classic before he joined the
Hollywood gold rush;
Aachi & Ssipk
(South Korea);
A Big Bang Love, Juvenile
(Japan);
The Bodyguard
1 & 2 (Thailand);
City of Violence
(South Korea);
Cruel Winter Blues
(South Korea);
Dasepo Naughty Girls
(South Korea);
Death Note
&
Death Note: The Last Name
(Japan);
Dynamite Warrior
(Thailand);
Freesia: Bullets over Tears
(Japan);
Gamera the Brave
(Japan);
Hell's Ground
(Pakistan);
Hula Girls
(Japan);
I筸 a Cyborg, But That's OK
(South Korea);
Memories of Matsuko
(Japan);
Never Belongs to Me
(South Korea);
Nightmare Detective
(Japan);
Retribution
(Japan);
The Show Must Go on
(South Korea); and
Traces of Love
(South Korea).
Twitch got the complete NYAFF press
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Opening
This Week: May 12 - 18
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Whispers and Moans |
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Two movies, by Hong Kong director Herman Yau, both are rated Category
III, have been released this weekend in Hong Kong.
Gong Tau
tells a young cop have to find a way to left a curse, which has
killed his son and threatening the life of his wife.
Whispers and Moans
shows a series stories of people who work in Hong Kong's sex
industry ?two pro girls who look after each other, a gigolo who lives
with a ladyboy, a night club lady who falls in love with a gay man, a
mainland girl who dreams about returning home with fortune, a college
girl who fights for the rights of sex workers.
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THE WARLORDS International Teaser Poster
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May 17, 2007 |
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Posted on Singapore-based MovieXclusive.com, this poorly
designed poster, appears to be made for international sales.
This website also got the official
synopsis.
(Thanks to Jet Liang.)
More about
The Warlords. |
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Cannes Update: Reviews Are in for Wong Kar-Wai's
MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS...
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May 16, 2007 |
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Xan Brooks' review,
The Guardian
Todd McCarthy's review,
Variety
Anne Thompson's review,
Blog on Variety
Gregg Kilday's review,
Risky Business Blog
Kirk Honeycutt's review,
The Hollywood Reporter
Charles Ealy's report,
Autin Movie Blog
Dave Calhoun's repot,
Time Out
Mike D'Angelo's review,
Screen Grab
James Rocchi's review,
Cinematical
Richard Corliss and Mary Corliss'
report, Time Magazine
Jeffrey Wells' review,
Hollywood Elsewhere
Gleen Kenny's report,
Premiere
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MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS Trailer
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May 15, 2007 |
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Thanks to,
Twitch, again. Now we know where to watch
the trailer of Wong Kar-Wai's English language debut.
Click
here for the trailer.
A few next stills are
available
here and
here.)
Related Stories:
In and not in the Cannes Line-Up,
the 60th
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
April 19, 2007
Memphis Location Repot on Wong
Kar-Wai's MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS
(AICN)
August 18, 2006
MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS Production Update
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
July 25, 2006
Shots from MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS' NYC
Location
(Sina.com)
June 25, 2006
MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS Filming Update
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
June 24, 2006
Clip: Wong Kar-Wai's MY BLUEBERRY
NIGHTS in Production
(Sina.com)
June 23, 2006
Ed Harris and Kevin Spacey May Join
Wong Kar-Wai's MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
June 5, 2006
Billboard of Wong Kar-Wai's MY
BLUEBERRY Nights on Display In Cannes
(Hollywood Elsewhere)
May 22, 2006
Wong Kar-Wai Gives Update on MY
BLUEBERRY NIGHT
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
March 22, 2006 |
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TRIANGLE's Cannes Press-Kit in PDF
(Le Public System
Cinema) |
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expected!
(Thanks to
Twitch
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More about Triangle.
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Update on FIVE DEADLY VENOMS
Remake
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May 15, 2007 |
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Poster of the
original Five Deadly Venoms (Celestial
Pictures)
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The original Five Deadly Venoms ( Wu
Du), made in the 1970s by master marital-art
director Chang Cheh , is about
a young protege being ordered by his dying master to
eliminate the evil ones among five of his previous protege , known as
the Five Deadly Venoms. Each of the Five Deadly Venoms has a lethal
skill learned from a toxic animal. Story of the remake,
by Hong Kong-based Celestial
Pictures, will be set in the present days in a fictional city.
Director Kirk Wong (The Big Hit, Jackie Chan's
Crime Story) says the cast will probably include Jay Chou (Curse of the Golden Flower,
Initial D) as the protege and t Edison Chen (The Grudge 2,
Dog Bite Dog,
Initial D), Maggie Q (Live Free or Die Hard,
Mission: Impossible III,
Naked Weapon), Huang Xiaoming (The Banquet), Wu Jing (Invisible Target,
Sha Po Lang,
Drunken Monkey) and Liu Chia-Hui (dozens of Show Bros. classics) as the
Five Deadly Venoms. Andy Lau has dropped out of the cast. Shooting
of the US15 million remake will start by September and locations will
include Shanghai, Harbin (northeastern China) and the States.
Related Story:
Celestial Pictures to Remake Shaw
Bros. FIVE DEADLY VENOMS and FLYING GUILLOTINE
(...) December 25, 2006 |
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MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS Cannes Poster
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May 14, 2007 |
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Got the one-sheet via
Twitch.
Related Stories:
In and not in the Cannes Line-Up,
the 60th
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
April 19, 2007
Memphis Location Repot on Wong
Kar-Wai's MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS
(AICN)
August 18, 2006
MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS Production Update
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
July 25, 2006
Shots from MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS' NYC
Location
(Sina.com)
June 25, 2006
MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS Filming Update
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
June 24, 2006
Clip: Wong Kar-Wai's MY BLUEBERRY
NIGHTS in Production
(Sina.com)
June 23, 2006
Ed Harris and Kevin Spacey May Join
Wong Kar-Wai's MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
June 5, 2006
Billboard of Wong Kar-Wai's MY
BLUEBERRY Nights on Display In Cannes
(Hollywood Elsewhere)
May 22, 2006
Wong Kar-Wai Gives Update on MY
BLUEBERRY NIGHT
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
March 22, 2006 |
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First Shots of RED CLIFF in Production
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These shots shows Zhuge Liang (Takeshi Kaneshiro, left) and Lu Su
(Hong Yong) discussing a plan to persuading their masters to set up
an alliance against the invading army of warlord Cao Cao. The scene
was shot at a set built in the 1980s for a TV adaptation of Romance
of Three Kingdoms.
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Chow Yun-Fat to Cameo in John Woo's RED CLIFF?
(MonkeyPeaches
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According to today's print of Hong Kong's Oriental Daily,
Chow Yun-Fat, dropped out of John Woo's
Red Cliff
last month, has orally agreed to play a small role in the project.
Reportedly, he will play General Huang Gai, who suggested to his
superior, Zhou Yu (Chow's previous role now played by Leung
Chiu-Wai) that he would pretend to surrender to warlord Cao Cao and
create an opportunity for a surprise attack on Cao's fleet. On the
night of the "surrender", Huang's ships, loaded with firewood, hays
and grease, approached Cao's fleet and set everything on fire. In
Roman of the Three Kingdom,
the classic historical novel this movie is partially based on, Huang
openly called for a surrender and Zhou ordered Huang to be
beaten in front of everyone, just to make the phony surrender real.
Chow's role will be very small and all his scenes will be done in
just three days.
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TRIANGLE's Official Cannes Poster
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May 13, 2007 |
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Twitch
has got it - the official Cannes poster of Tsui Hark, Ringle Lam and
Johnnie To's
Triangle. This
poster displays the headshots of three leads - Simon Yam (bottom),
Louis Koo (top-left) and Sun Honglei (top-right).
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More CALL ME LEFT Posters
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Anthony Wong
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Sina.com has put up four more
Call Me Left
posters, with heads of actors' photoshopped on posters from the
Cultural Revolution era. The Chinese title has also been changed
from "Tale of Left" to "Tale of Kong (i.e., "Hong Kong").
Anthony Wong plays an ordinary goodhearted Hong
Kong man, whose family name is Jo, which means "left." A
projectionist working at a movie theater, Left has good faith for
Communism. His top wish is to visit The Gate of Heavenly Peace in
Beijing, the political center point of his beloved country. Ronald
Cheng plays his son, a fan of Bruce Lee, who has rarely care much
about his father's dream and has seldom achieved anything noticeable
in his life. Teresa Mo plays Mrs. Left, a typical traditional good
wife and good mother. Karen Mok plays a girl next door, who spent
her teenage years with Left junior. After being separated for two
decades, they met again.
More posters with Ronald Cheng, Karen Mok and
Teresa Mo.
Related Stories:
Funny Posters of CALL ME LEFT
(Sina.com)
April 30, 2007
CALL ME LEFT to Recap Hong Kong of the Past 30
Years
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
April 18, 2007 |
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May 11, 2007 |
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A promotional video by Focus Features has featured the first clips
from Ang Lee's latest project
Lust, Caution. Based on the Eileen Chang's same title short
story, which was inspired by a true event, the story of
Lust, Caution is set in the Japanese occupied Shanghai in
the early 1940s. It tells a young woman Wang Jiazhi is assigned to
approach Mr. Yee, a high-ranking official worked for the puppet
government, and tricks him to an assassination trap. Then she
realizes their relationship has dangerously grown out of control.
The cast includes newcomer Tang Wei as Wang Jiazhi, Leung Chiu-Wai
as Mr. Yee, Wang Lee-Hom as Kuang Yu-Min, Wang's comrade and lover,
and Joan Chen as Mrs. Yee. Focus Features scheduled a limited
release in North America starting September 28 this year. More are
available on Focus Features'
official site. Other
titles shown in the video include
Evening,
Talk to Me,
Eastern Promises,
Reservation Road and
Atonement,
Click here for the clips.
(Thanks to "Sean" for the link and the screen captures.)
More about Lust, Caution.
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CHILDREN OF HUANG SHI Promotional Photos from Sony
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May 11, 2007 |
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Sony Pictures Classics has released
nine stills on the site. Based on a true story,
Children of Huang Shi
tells British journalist, George Hogg, who is caught in the middle
of Japanese invasion of China in 1973, leads sixty war orphanages
crossing a thousand miles of deserts and snowy mountains to safety.
During the journey, Hogg learns the true meaning of courage and
sacrifice. Jonathan Rhys Meyers plays George Hogg, Chow Yun-Fat
plays Chen, an officer of the communist-led New 4th Army, Radha
Mitchell plays Lee, a nurse Hogg has fallen in love with, and
Michelle Yeoh plays Mrs. Wang, a wealthy widow has supported Hogg.
The script was written by Jane Hawksley and James MacManus. The
director was Roger Spottiswoode (The 6th Day,
Tomorrow Never Dies,
Hiroshima). This pictures
were taken at several locations in Gansu Province of northwestern
China.
Click here for more stills. (Thanks
to "Mighty Ganesha".)
Related Stories:
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Conference Plus a Behind-the-Scene Clip
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CHILDREN OF HUANG SHI Production
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December 17, 2006
More Pictures from THE CHILDREN OF
HUANG SHI
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November 29, 2006
A Few Singapore Kids for THE BITTER
SEA (MonkeyPeaches
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Brendan Fraser to Rescue CHILDREN OF
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Johnnie To Is Finishing His Part of
TRIANGLE... Wait! He Is Making THE SPARROW Instead
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May 11, 2007 |
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We all know it is not easy for Johnnie To for
finishing a story started by Tsui Hark and continued by Ringo Lam.
But To was quite relaxed while shooting a night scene Wednesday in
Hong Kong, which shows Kelly Lin driving an antique convertible to
intercept Simon Yam on bike.
This thriller is due to be showcased during the
coming Cannes Film Festival as an Out of Competition feature.
Celluloid Dreams has released quite lot materials on its
official website - synopsis,
poster, stills. (Thanks to
Twitch.)
Related story:
Cannes adds 'Triangle' to lineup,
by Alison James, Variety (Thanks to "Mary".)
Click here for more location photos.
Update: "Mary" has pointed out that these photos show Johnnie To
shooting a night scene for
The Sparrow, not Triangle.
The Sparrow, (aka.
Cultured Bird, Man Jeuk, Wen Que), about a story of pickpockets,
went into production long before Triangle was launched. Click
here for a trailer and a synopsis.
More about Triangle.
More about
The Sparrow:
Johnnie To's WEN QUE Filmed in
Hong Kong
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
March 29, 2005
Johnnie To Will Make WEN QUE, Another
Stylish Piece With Simon Yam
(MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
September 25, 2003 |
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Opening
This Week: May 4 - 11
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May 11, 2007 |
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Da-Yu:
The Touch of Fate |
Exit No. 6 |
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