"Outside of Asia, a single 2½ hour film will be released in January 2009"
is this true?
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http://www.campusist.com/video/red-c...ie-english-sub
There you go. Watch it online. There're also torrents somewhere.
thats illegal dude. we're trying to get people to go see this film in the theaters so hollywood ould make more of these types of films, and here you are catering to illegal downloads which btw make ticket prices more expensive. please erase your post. thank you and go see the movie when it comes out in theaters like everyone else.
Good lord. You act like you can't already get this flick in Chinatowns all over the country or something.
FYI, I'll go see it in the theater just like I went to see Hero and House of Flying Daggers in the theater even though I'd already gotten copies of the DVDs in Chinatown.
It's a matter of wanting to see the film ASAP, I'm betting alot of people who like these sorts of movies WILL go to theaters to see it because it's worth going to the theater to see even if you've already seen it via some other means. Either scoring the DVD in Chinatown video shops or streaming it online.
yea your right. idk i was just ****ed off about something, a friend of mines just put sold his indie film and we saw it up on an illegal downloaidng site and we're like WTF. i mean big hollywood films that can afford the hit is one thing but going after small time producers is where i get ****ed off. cause in six months when he gets his little check in the mail its going to be ten times smaller then what it could've been. so i was just p.o'd at the whole thing sorry man didn't mean to get at you or that. and your right about what u said up there. but trust me it was so much cooler seeing this in a theater.
I bought a copy of dvd (china edition/copyright) in a bookstore in east LA.
I paid my due.
much enjoyed the movie.
it is the most costly movie to make ever in china and east asia.
all the costumes, horses, setup for the scenes like building the palace, fortress etc.
and the salaries for zhao wei (zhou yu's sis), lin zi ling (xiao qiao), liang jia hui(zhou yu), jin cheng wu (zhu ge liang)----
com'on man, buy the ticket or dvd (copyrighted in china or north america)
:)
Doug, no harm no foul. I feel you. I have a friend that owns a record label and it ****es me off to see his releases on file sharing stuff. It's taking food out of his family's mouths. Like I said before, having watched this online isn't going to stop me from hitting up the theater whenever it's released and paying the ticket price. Chances are the subtitle translation will be a bit different like it was for Hero(which I have two copies of, the Chinatown one I got and the US release). I'll probably buy it when it hits DVD in the states too because I'm sure they'll have special features that I want to watch.
Also, I thought the movie was GREAT. It was bittersweet to leave it on a cliffhanger though. Can't wait til the next part comes out!
If I come across a DVD of Red Cliff I'll buy it, having previewed it by download. It was an excellent movie and I have no problem with "showing my support" for the wealthy executives who put the money together to make the film (as the lions share of dvd monies goes to them) however, to date, I haven't seen any DVD edition of the film available in the city in which I live.
Can't wait for part 2...
I adored the characterization of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. Picture perfect actors; picture perfect portrayals. Even the scene where Guan Yu (as opposed to Zhang Fei) single-handedly holds off the Cao Wei army - despite the non-cannonical nature of the scene felt like it fit just right because it managed to summarize the complex relationship between Cao Cao and Guan Yu so succinctly.
I am also waiting for part II
which is about the battles on the water, althou most would be images computer generated or cgi.
still think guan yu would be a lot taller and buffier.
zhang fei with a bigger or wider body
and zhu ge liang needs to be older and more experienced look.
no complaints about xiao qiao and zhou yu sis. they are very well played or acted.
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:)
Guan Yu and Zhang Fei have had their dimensions elevated to the point where portraying them as they are described would probably have required a lot of CGI. The men are described as near giants!
I thought that the actors were perfect for displaying the humanity of these two historical figures as one of the things that I enjoy most about Sanguo Yanyi is the fundamental humanity of all the characters in it.
Also wasn't chibi during Zhuge's (relative) youth? Certainly it was early in his career with Liu Bei as it predates the capture of Sichuan, the foundation of the Shu Han dynasty and the extended Zhuge Liang regency.
As for Xiao Qiao and Sun Xiangshang I agree, no complaints.
In fact the only complaint I have about casting is Liu Bei himself who feels just a little bit too venerable.
I loved the coreography of the zilong spear fight at the beginning, when he rescues Ah Dou.
Aren't there already some Three Kingdom operas?
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'Red Cliff' Adapted to Peking Opera
2008-11-13 15:34:17 CRIENGLISH.com
Imagine a Peking opera performance telling the story of John Woo's "Red Cliff" while reminding you of the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony.
Zhang Jigang, assistant director of the August 8 spectacular, will make his Peking opera directorial debut when his version of "Red Cliff" premieres at the end of the year, the director announced on Wednesday.
The battle of Red Cliff, a well-known historical event in China, tells the story of a magnificent water battle which occurred around 208 AD. In John Woo's smash-hit film, the biggest scenes involved more than 2,000 cast members.
Such scale leaves a doubt as to whether Zhang will be able to tell the story on the limited theatrical stage.
Yet the director, who seemed to want to keep details under wraps, declined to elaborate on what the audience can expect from this show.
However, Zhang did say he would create more opportunities for the beauty Xiao Qiao, a role previously downplayed by male-dominant operatic adaptations.
In John Woo's star-studded film, Xiao Qiao is played by Taiwan model-turned actress Lin Chiling.
Like Woo's film, Zhang's opera will also feature well-known stars. The director says the cast will include Yu Kuizhi and more than a dozen first-class Peking opera masters.
The play is set to premiere at Beijing's National Center for the Performing Arts on December 22.
Zhang Jigang, whose works also include the well-received "Thousand-Hand Guanyin" dance, confessed that he was not a Peking opera fan. The upcoming show is partly for his 92-year-old mother, who the director says has shown him the necessity of promoting traditional Chinese art.
Yeah,
a few....
If by few you mean so many you'd have trouble counting them all. :p
Like I said before, I can hardly wait...
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Part Two of "Red Cliff" to Premiere in Jan.
2008-11-15 18:13:32 Xinhua
Related: Sneak View of 2nd Half of 'Red Cliff'
The second installment of "Red Cliff", reportedly Asia's most expensive film, will premiere in cinemas on Jan. 15, ten days ahead of China's annual Spring Festival holiday.
The trailer for Taiwan and Hong Kong was available on-line on Friday, while the trailer for the mainland is to be released in December, according to the Beijing-based Legal Evening News on Friday.
Taiwan supermodel Lin Chi-ling, who said only a few words in the first part, will take the spotlight in the second episode, the paper said.
The first instalment of the two-part epic, adapted from the Chinese classic Romance of the Three Kingdoms, debuted in Asia on July 10.
On its first day, the movie took 17 million New Taiwan dollars and 2 million Hong Kong dollars.
Directed by Hollywood-based Hong Kong director John Woo, the cast features leading Asian stars, including award-winning Hong Kong actor Tony Leung, Taiwanese-Japanese heartthrob Takeshi Kaneshiro and mainland actor Zhang Fengyi.
It attracted public attention for the 80-million-U.S.-dollar investment, said to be the most expensive Asian movie of all time.
The story revolves around the epic Battle of Red Cliffs in 208 AD in China's Three Kingdoms period. It was a famous military case of an underdog victory, when the 50,000-strong allied forces of southern warlords Liu Bei and Sun Quan defeated the 800,000 troops of the northern warlord Cao Cao.
The biggest scenes involved 2,000 actors and crew, and a wide range of special effects.
I'll have to be sure to watch the part one again before Jan 14th.
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"Red Cliff 2" makes battle plans for Asia
Written by Marcus Lim
Wednesday, 19 November 2008
HONG KONG – The second installment of John Woo's $80 million period epic "Red Cliff" will premiere in China on January 15, 2009 and mark the first step in a tightly coordinated release campaign across the Asian region.
The film's finalized release date is more than a week ahead of the main Chinese New Year holiday, which in 2009 falls on Jan 26, and is intended to maximize its B.O. potential with holiday auds.
Pic will also open in Taiwan and Hong Kong on Jan 15, with three territories, South Korea, Thailand and Singapore getting a Jan 22 release. Malaysian audiences will see the Tony Leung-starrer a day later, on Jan 23.
"Red Cliff" was financed by a pan-Asian consortium of companies from Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, South Korea and Japan.
The first part of "Red Cliff" was released in July this year grossing a cumulative $62.7 million in the same six key Asian territories. Part one was released in Japan earlier this month and has taken $26 million to date from 2 million admissions. Japanese release of second part is now set for mid-April 2009.
Competition for audience share during the Chinese New Year season is robust and it is unlikely that "Red Cliff" will get the holiday period all to itself.
In Singapore, local crowd-pleaser Jack Neo is prepping his latest Chinese-language comedy "Love Matters" to open wide on Jan 22, while in Hong Kong "Red Cliff" will battle it out with the latest star-studded entry to the comedy franchise "All's Well End's Well." "All's Well" production company, Mandarin Films is targeting a Jan 22 release in Hong Kong.
"We don't see any problems [with competition] because the films target different subject matter," Christy Choi, assistant distribution manager of Mandarin Films, said.
"Red Cliff" is distributed in Hong Kong by Mei Ah, in collaboration with Edko Films.
January is here... I gotta watch part 1 again soon...
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'Red Cliff' Sequel Premieres
2009-01-05 11:31:09 CRIENGLISH.com
The fervor over the war epic "Red Cliff" is building to a crescendo with director John Woo set to present a sequel to the most bankable Chinese film in history.
Woo on Sunday led cast members of "Red Cliff II" at its premiere in Beijing.
The sequel will open in theaters on Wednesday, roughly five months after the previous film bagged over 300 million yuan (US$43.97 million) to set a new record for Chinese-language films.
A survey conducted earlier by Sina.com.cn shows that 93 percent of the respondents expected the sequel.
John Woo shot the two films as a whole with a hefty investment of US$80 million. However, he decided to release the production in two segments, saying that by doing so it allows enough space for character development.
The "Red Cliff" series revolves around a well-known water battle in 208 A.D., and the biggest scenes involve at least 2,000 actors and crew members.
The first segment focuses on the eve of the battle and the sequel reprises the actual battle in which thousands of ships are burnt. Movie-goers can expect to see magnificent battle scenes in the upcoming film.