| HERO NEWS ACHIEVES |
| October - December 2003 |
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HERO News 289 - Remastered, Remixed and Retransferred, HERO Extended DVD Comes Out Today, Supposedly (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) |
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December 21, 2003 |
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Guang Dong Face, one of two companies purchased the video distribution rights of Hero for the mainland China, has announced the DVD contains the extended edition of the film, around two hour long, was ready today. However, Face intends to make the DVD exclusively for buyers of a few specific brands of DVD players in China. Should the marketing strategy take off, people who are not interested in a second DVD player will have to wait another one or two months for the DVD to hit the shelf. DVD and VCD of the theatrical version of the film were released in February and the release of the extended version has been pushed back several times ever since. It turns out that the delay was not due to any interfering from that Hollywood studio, but rather due to the disc distributors' pursuit for better quality. The original films were sent to Australia for being re-mastered, re-mixed (for sound) and re-transferred (from film to DVD). The extended version is actually the original director's cut. Pressured by that Hollywood studio, director Zhang Yimou made a 98 minute cut, so far the only version has been and will be shown in movie theaters around the globe. |
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| HERO News 288 - HERO The Comic Book Coming To America, And Possibly Canada (Comic Book Resources) | ||||||||||||||||
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November 24, 2003 |
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| HERO News 287 - China's 23rd Golden Rooster Film Awards Winners (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| November 5, 2003 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Winners of the 23nd Golden Rooster Film Awards have been announced tonight at a grand ceremony. The awards are only available for mainland Chinese productions and mainland Chinese citizens. Hero and Zhou Yu's Train are excluded from Best Picture category because they are co-productions between the mainland and Hong Kong. However, a Best Co-Production category is created just for them. Hero won four awards: Best Director, Best Art Directory, Best Sound, and Best Co-Production; Jing Tao Hai Lang (literal Raging Water) also won four awards: Best Picture, Best Cinematography, Best Set Decoration and Best Special Effect. Nuan, a little know film shares Best Picture award with Jing Tao Hai Lang and won the Best Screenplay.
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HERO News 286 - North American Schedule For SHAOLIN SOCCER, HERO And INFERNAL AFFAIRS (Variety) |
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October 16, 2003 |
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According to Variety, here are the schedules: Shaolin Soccer March 26 2004 Hero April 16 2004 Infernal Affairs Aug. 20 2004 Believe it or not to believe it, you decide. Thanks to "Paul" |
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HERO News 285 - Hundreds Flowers Film Awards Of China (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive) |
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October 10, 2003 |
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Chinese magazine Popular Films has announced the winners of the 26th Hundreds Flowers Awards, which were voted by readers of the magazine.
Best Pictures: Hero, Charging Out Amazon, Deng Xiaoping Best Actor: Lu Qi (Deng Xiaoping) Best Actress: Xu Jinglei (Spring Subway) Best Supporting Actor: Wang Zhiwen (Together) Best Actress: Yuan Quan (Pretty Big Feet) |
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