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Raymond Wong (film Presenter)
Raymond Wong Pak-ming (; born 8 April 1948; sometimes Romanization of Chinese, transliterated as Raymond Wong Bak-ming) is a Hong Kong film producer, playwright, director and actor. He is one of the most successful producers in Cinema of Hong Kong, Hong Kong cinema, having been one of the comedians to establish Cinema City & Films Co., Cinema City Studios in 1980. Career Cinema City In 1980, Wong formed the renowned Cinema City Enterprises, Ltd. with Karl Maka and Dean Shek. The production company became an industry phenomenon, producing films such as ''A Better Tomorrow'', ''Aces Go Places'', ''Prison on Fire'' and ''All About Ah-Long''. Actors such as Chow Yun-fat, Leslie Cheung and Ti Lung along with filmmakers John Woo, Ringo Lam and Tsui Hark were some of the people who rose to fame under the Cinema City label. He played the actor in the comedy ghost series ''Happy Ghost'' (:zh:開心鬼, 開心鬼). In 1991, the trio broke up, with both Maka and Shek ending their int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Hong Kong
Hong Kong was under British Empire, British rule from 1841 to 1997, except for a Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, brief period of Japanese occupation during World War II from 1941 to 1945. It was a crown colony of the United Kingdom from 1841 to 1981, and a British Dependent Territory, dependent territory from 1981 to 1997. The colonial period began with the British occupation of Hong Kong Island under the Convention of Chuenpi in 1841 of the Victorian era, and ended with the handover of Hong Kong to the China, People's Republic of China in July 1997. In accordance with Art. III of the Treaty of Nanking of 1842, signed in the aftermath of the First Opium War, the island of Hong Kong was ceded in perpetuity to Great Britain. It was established as a Crown colony in 1843. In 1860, the British expanded the colony with the addition of the Kowloon Peninsula and was further extended in 1898 when the British obtained Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory, a 99-year lease ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Woo
John Woo Yu-sen ( zh, t= ; born 22 September 1946) is a Hongkongers, Hong Kong film director known as a highly influential figure in the action film genre. The recipient of various accolades, including a Hong Kong Film Awards, Hong Kong Film Award for Hong Kong Film Awards, Best Picture, Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director, Best Director, and Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film Editing, Best Editing, as well as a Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards, Golden Horse Award, an Asia Pacific Screen Awards, Asia Pacific Screen Award and a Saturn Awards, Saturn Award, he is regarded as a pioneer of heroic bloodshed films and the gun fu genre in Hong Kong action cinema. He is known for his highly chaotic "bullet ballet" action sequences, stylized imagery, Mexican standoffs, frequent use of slow motion and allusions to ''wuxia'', film noir and Western (genre), Western cinema. Considered one of the major figures of Cinema of Hong Kong, Hong Kong cinema, Woo has directed several notable Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All The Wrong Clues
''All the Wrong Clues for the Right Solution'' () is a 1981 Hong Kong comedy film directed and co-written by Tsui Hark. The film stars George Lam as Yoho, Karl Maka as Ah Capone and Teddy Robin Kwan as Inspector Robin. Yoho is a down on his luck detective who find himself in trouble with the ganger Ah Capone who is planning to cheat elderly millionaires out of their stocks. The film was Tsui's first commercial success and was the fourth highest grossing Hong Kong film of 1981. It was nominated for five ''Golden Horse Awards'' and won three (Best Director, Best Cinematography and Best Editing). The film was followed by a sequel in 1983 titled ''All the Wrong Spies'' directed by Teddy Robin Kwan. Plot Chief Inspector Robin (Teddy Robin) receives information about the release of a felon who is rumored to be interested in murdering someone. At first, he is unable to determine the identity of both the felon and the supposed victim. However, after some research, he concludes the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beware Of Pickpocket
Beware may refer to: * ''Beware'' (Bonnie Prince Billy album), a 2009 album * Beware! (Barry White album), a 1981 album * '' Beware (The Funk Is Everywhere)'', 1986 album by Afrika Bambaataa * ''Beware'' (EP), a 1980 EP by the Misfits * ''Beware'' (film), a 1946 American film directed by Bud Pollard * "Beware" (Big Sean song), 2013 * Beware (Louis Jordan song), 1946 * "Beware'", a 1998 song by Big Pun from the album ''Capital Punishment'' * "Beware'", a 2006 song by Deftones from the album '' Saturday Night Wrist'' * "Beware", a 2008 song by Sugababes from the album ''Catfights and Spotlights ''Catfights and Spotlights'' is the sixth studio album by British girl group Sugababes, released by Island Records on 17 October 2008. Produced primarily by Klas Åhlund, Steve Booker and Orson, the album also features additional contribution ...'' * "Beware", a 2011 song by Death Grips from the mixtape '' Exmilitary'' * "Beware", a 2020 song by Iz*One from the album '' Twelve' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laughing Times
''Laughing Times'' () is a 1980 Hong Kong adventure comedy film written and directed by John Woo. The film stars Dean Shek as the Chinese Charlie Chaplin. This is the first film produced by Cinema City, a film company established by Shek, Karl Maka and Raymond Wong. Plot In the post-war community, where the economy is falling and many businesses are bleak, a starving wanderer named the Chinese Charlie Chaplin meets an orphan (Wong Wai) who was used to do illegal things by bad guy Master Ting and the two become fast friends. Later Charlie also meets a poor singer, whom he develops a funny romance with, and a drunkard. Due to humiliation from Ting, the drunkard turned to drinking. Later, Ting abducts the kid and the singer, prompting Charlie and the drunkard to finally rise up with ambition and risk their lives to save the kid and the singer and eventually, Ting was unable to evade the law. Cast *Dean Shek as Chinese Charlie Chaplin *Wong Wai as the Kid * Karl Maka as Master ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strike Of The Thunderkick Tiger
Strike may refer to: People *Strike (surname) * Hobart Huson, author of several drug related books Physical confrontation or removal *Strike (attack), attack with an inanimate object or a part of the human body intended to cause harm *Airstrike, military strike by air forces on either a suspected or a confirmed enemy ground position *Bird strike, collision between an airborne animal and a man-made vehicle, especially aircraft *Bridge strike, collision of an over-height vehicle to a bridge. *Military strike, limited attack on a specified target *Striking the colors, to haul down a flag to indicate surrender *Strikethrough, typographical presentation of words with a horizontal line through the center of them *Utility strike, during an excavation accidentally hitting or damaging buried pipes or wires belonging to a public utility or other such services *YouTube copyright strike, a copyright policing practice used by YouTube Refusal to work or perform *Capital strike, refusal to inves ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
For Whom To Be Murdered
For or FOR may refer to: English language *For, a preposition *For, a complementizer *For, a grammatical conjunction Science and technology * Fornax, a constellation * for loop, a programming language statement * Frame of reference, in physics * Field of regard, in optoelectronics * Forced outage rate, in reliability engineering Other uses * Fellowship of Reconciliation, a number of religious nonviolent organizations * Fortaleza Airport (IATA airport code), an airport in Brazil * Revolutionary Workers Ferment (''Fomento Obrero Revolucionario''), a small left communist international * Fast oil recovery, systems to remove an oil spill from a wrecked ship * Field of Research, a component of the Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification * FOR, free on rail, a historic form of international commercial term or Incoterm * "For", a song by Dreamcatcher from '' Apocalypse: Save Us'', 2022 See also * 4 (other) 4 is a number, numeral, and digit. 4 or four ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flash Point (film)
''Flash Point'' () is a 2007 Hong Kong action film directed by Wilson Yip and written by Szeto Kam-Yuen and Nicholl Tang. It stars Donnie Yen, Shan Dong-bing, Nansun Shi and Zhang Zhao, alongside Louis Koo, Collin Chou, Lui Leung-wai, Fan Bingbing and Xing Yu. Yen plays Ma Jun, a police sergeant who plants his partner Wilson (Louis Koo) as a mole in a pursuit against a triad led by three Vietnamese brothers (played by Chou, Lui and Xing). ''Flash Point'' was repeatedly hailed as a prequel to the 2005 film '' SPL: Sha Po Lang'', which was Yip and Yen's first feature film collaboration as director and star respectively. Yen denied the ''SPL'' prequel reports, stating that ''Flash Point'' was a completely original film. Principal photography began in Hong Kong from November 2006 to March 2007. In choreographing ''Flash Points major fight scenes, Yen relied on the use of mixed martial arts, working alongside an international group of martial artists. His work as a choreogra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragon Tiger Gate
''Dragon Tiger Gate'' is a 2005 Hong Kong martial arts fantasy film directed by Wilson Yip and featuring fight choreography by Donnie Yen, who also starred in the lead role. The film co-stars Nicholas Tse, Shawn Yue, Dong Jie, Li Xiaoran, Yu Kang, Chen Kuan-tai, and Yuen Wah. The film is based on the manhua ''Oriental Heroes'', which bears the same Chinese title as the film. The film's release in all English-speaking territories is handled by The Weinstein Company. A punching bag constructed for the film, measuring about high, wide and weighing about 400 pounds, was certified as the world's largest by Guinness World Records. Plot Dragon Tiger Gate is an academy established by two powerful martial artists. It aims to train students in martial arts in order to uphold justice and combat the threat of the Triad. It is also a haven for children who had been orphaned by the Triad. While Luocha Cult is a Pan-Asia heretic cult/drug trafficking organization led by the dictating migh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bride With White Hair
''The Bride with White Hair'' is a 1993 Hong Kong wuxia film directed by Ronny Yu, starring Brigitte Lin and Leslie Cheung. The film's main character, Lian Nichang, is loosely based on the protagonist of Liang Yusheng's novel ''Baifa Monü Zhuan'', which served as source material for the 1982 film ''Wolf Devil Woman''. However, Yu saw the film as a Romeo and Juliet story and said that the lovers' struggle against fate and their heroic duty inspired him more than the familiar trappings of most wuxia films. As such, the film departs significantly from the original source. A sequel, ''The Bride with White Hair 2'', directed by David Wu, was released later in the same year. Plot Zhuo Yihang was raised by Taoist Ziyang of the Wudang School and groomed to be a chivalrous swordsman. He is tasked with leading a coalition force formed by the eight major orthodox martial arts schools to counter an evil gypsy cult. During a battle against the cult, Zhuo Yihang meets a young woman, Lian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mandarin Films Distribution Co
Mandarin or The Mandarin may refer to: Language * Mandarin Chinese, branch of Chinese originally spoken in northern parts of the country ** Standard Chinese or Modern Standard Mandarin, the official language of China ** Taiwanese Mandarin, Standard Chinese as spoken in Taiwan * Old Mandarin or Early Mandarin was the speech of northern China during the Jurchen-ruled Jin dynasty and the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty (12th to 14th centuries). * Mandarin (late imperial lingua franca), the spoken standard of the Ming and Qing dynasties of China Biological species * Mandarin orange (''Citrus reticulata''), a sweet, orange lookalike * Mandarin duck (''Aix galericulata''), a perching duck species found in East Asia * Mandarin dogfish, two species of small shark in the genus ''Cirrhigaleus'' off East Asian coast * Mandarinfish (other), various fishes * Mandarin vole (''Lasiopodomys mandarinus''), a species of vole found in China and the Korean Peninsula * Spotted mandarin (disambigu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
