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[mongkok80]

Museum, die zweite:

"Jackie Chan Museum" Shows His Glory

Jackie Chan's legendary career will be archived in a new museum for which the star laid the foundation Tuesday in Shanghai. Chan handpicked the location for the museum, which will be named after him, in the Changfeng Ecology Commercial District in Shanghai's Putuo District, Sina.com.cn says.

The museum will largely be renovated from old factory buildings. When completed on October 1 next year, it will take up about 3,100 square meters. Visitors will be able to retrace Chan's footsteps from Hong Kong to Hollywood, and navigate through detailed showpieces of Chan from being a Chinese icon, a kung-fu megastar to a charity devotee, Sina says. Also on display will be some of Chan's film awards, as well as costumes and props he has used.

Besides the museum, more side projects have been put on the actor's agenda. According to Chan's Web site, he recently signed a contract in Yunnan Province for a Jackie Chan Peace Garden, which he will cooperate with the local government to promote "Environment, Friendship, and Charity." An earlier report also quoted Chan as saying that he was planning to build a kung-fu school.
Quelle: crienglish.com

[wolfman]

In The Mood For A Wedding



Tony Leung Chiu-wai und Langzeitlebensgefährtin Carina Lau haben sich am 20. Juli nach vielen Spekulationen und knapp 20 Jahren zusammen endlich das Ja-Wort gegeben. Zu den Gästen zählten neben Familie und Freunden unter anderem Ti Lung, Chang Chen, Brigitte Lin, Stanley Kwan und Faye Wong. Wong Kar Wai und William Chang waren für das visuelle Gesamtkonzept der Trauung verantwortlich, die in Bhutan stattfand.

[wolfman]

Berühmte Schauspielerin tot aufgefunden
Sie war eine der populärsten Schauspielerinnen in Südkorea: Choi Jin Sil wurde tot in ihrer Wohnung entdeckt. Die 39-jährige Aktrice und zweifache Mutter wurde erhängt im Badezimmer aufgefunden. mehr...

[wolfman]

Shaw Studios completes remastering centre

Hong Kong's Shaw Studios has completed the finishing touches to its Digital Imaging and Remastering Center at the studio's one million-square-foot Hong Kong movie complex.

The Centre boasts an experience 30-person team specialized in digital remastering, heading by Wendy Nam.

The team recently completed work on the six-year project to restore and remaster 760 Shaw Brothers titles from Celestial Films, the largest restoration project ever embarked upon not just in Hong Kong, but in Asia.

The team is also currently working on a project to restore 300 Chinese-language titles from the 70s and 80s from a Hong Kong studio. The name of the studio that owns the catalogue of films has not been disclosed.

The studio does not only focus on old films, however, with newer titles also occasionally requiring restoration work on damaged footage.

The announcement of the completion of the facilities was made at the recent Busan International Film Commission and Showcase as part of a series of seminars on digital restoration.

Quelle: HKfilmart

[Sir Khan]

Dann können die Blu-Rays ja kommen. Hoffentlich lassen die sich etwas bei den miesen Mixen einfallen, die so manche DVD verschandelte. Letztens habe ich LADY HERMIT gesehen, da waren stellenweise tatsächlich zwei verschiedene Musiken übereinandergelegt. Sowas habe ich noch nicht erlebt...

[wolfman]

It's a feature not a bug!

[wolfman]

Die Nominierungen für die 45th Golden Horse Awards wurden bekanntgegben!

[wolfman]

Kein "schwindeln" mehr auf der Bühne!

China zieht die Konsequenzen aus dem Olympia-Debakel. Bei der Eröffnungssequenz der olympischen Sommerspiele bewegte ein kleines Mädchen die Lippen zu dem Playback eines anderen Mädchens - welches für nicht hübsch genug für diese Aufgabe empfunden wurde.
Zukünftig sollen nun alle Künstler öffentlich angeprangert werden, die sich während ihrer Darbietungen derlei technischer Hilfsmittel bedienen und somit die Öffentlichkeit täuschen. Im Wiederholungsfall kann sogar die Erlaubnis entzogen werden, öffentlich aufzutreten!

[wolfman]

R.I.P. Lung Fong, Long-Live the Baddie



Being remembered as always playing the most hated Hong Kong on-screen bad guys, Lung Fong, died from lung cancer on November 14 at a hospital in Xi'an of northern China. Lung Fong, birth name Li Chien-Min, started his career by playing small roles in kung fu movies in the 1970s and unsuccessfully portrayed a baddie in a gang movie in 1979. Then in 1981 he disappeared from the big screen.

In 1989, producer/director Wong Jing need someone to play a baddie in Casino Raiders and someone recommended Lung Fong, a restaurant manager at that time. Playing the role turned out to be his biggest career break through and  baddies he played in Wong Jing's Crocodile Hunter (1989) and God of Gamblers (1989) made him more famous. He quitted his restaurant job and played dozens of bad guys in the following decade. In 1994, Lung Fong invited no less than half dozen well-known Hong Kong actors who are playing bad guys to star in a comedy called Hong Kong Adam's Family, in which they portrayed members of a baddie family, who in the end all turned good except Lung Fong's character. The movie failed miserably at the box-office.

He retired from acting again in 2000 and moved to the mainland China as a business man until his death.

Quelle: monkeypeaches

[mongkok80]

6 Korean Films to screen at Berlin Filmfestival

The film "Antique" by Min Gyoo-dong has been invited to this year's 59th Berlin International Film Festival.

Based on a bestselling manga of the same title, the film will be shown out of competition in a themed section named Culinary Cinema.

"My Dear Enemy" by Lee Yoon-ki, "Land of Scarecrows" by Noh Kyeong-tae, "Members of the Funeral" by Baek Seung-bin, "The Day After" by Lee Seok-gyeong and "Treeless Mountain" by Kim So-yong have been invited to the festival's Forum section.

"Antique", stars Joo Ji-hoon, Kim Jae-wook, Andy Gillet, Yoo Ah-in, and Choi Ji-ho.
Quelle: alivenotdead.com

[mongkok80]

Top 50 Hong Kong Movies of the Nineties - Voting now open!
Anyway, there’s a lot coming up for Hong Kong movies and LoveHKFilm.com this year, but we’ll start by partying like it’s 1999. Late last year, we completed a reader vote for the Top 50 Hong Kong Films of the Aughts. Even though it’s only February 2010, we’re going to be running yet another reader vote.
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[wolfman]

Angriff der Klonkrieger

Kung-Fu aus dem Jenseits: Mit Bruce Lee starb 1973 der größte Star des Hongkong-Kinos. Die Filmemacher drehten trotzdem munter weiter Bruce-Lee-Filme - mit recycelten Filmschnipseln, miesen Doppelgängern namens Li, Le oder Lei und sogar mit Pappfiguren des Toten. weiterlesen...

[Sir Khan]