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Old 09-03-04, 07:52 PM
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Originally posted by mcharro3
Those dopes at Miramax have ruined so many Asian film releases here in North America, I was kind of hoping Hero would tank so they'd stop buying them up...

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Can you name some of those films, since I'm sure we'd all like to check out what we've been missing. I'm not denying it, I'm really just asking. Thanks.


All of the Jackie Chan and Jet Li films that Dimension/Miramax has released would fall in this catagory. Some have been cut to various degrees and all are only available with a (usually terrible) English dub track, with the original Cantonese audio nowhere to be seen.

Examples:

SUPERCOP (aka Police Story 3)
LEGEND OF DRUNKEN MASTER (aka Drunken Master II)
OPERATION CONDOR (aka Armour of God 2)
OPERATION CONDOR 2 (aka Armour of God 1, confusing, I know )
PROJECT A
THE LEGEND 1 & 2 (aka Fong Sai Yuk 1 & 2)
FIST OF LEGEND
THE MASTER
TWIN WARRIORS (aka Tai-Chi Master)
THE DEFENDER (aka Bodyguard from Bejing)
LEGEND OF THE SWORDSMAN (aka Swordsman II)

There are others, but this gives you an idea. Don't buy the Miramax DVDs of any of these films.
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Originally posted by scroll2b
Can you name some of those films, since I'm sure we'd all like to check out what we've been missing. I'm not denying it, I'm really just asking. Thanks.
Quite a hefty thread on it in International. Mangled Foreign Films
You should've called the cops, and had his gun taken away (if he had one ).
We only have security on weekends, and I'm sure as hell not going near an armed lunatic (under normal circumstances anyway). He probably wasn't armed. Just an idiot. He just left, cursing up a storm.
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Iron Monkey as well, right?
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First off, I think Jet Li movies are great; I'm glad to see this movie make good money and be #1 at the box office last week. Having said that, timing is everything. They released this after all the summer blockbusters had found their way to the screens and that helped its cause immensely.....Exit Wounds managed to have a great opening weekend some time back for the very same reason, that being, it's competition was lighter and it had a better chance to make an impact. No slight to either film- I plan on seeing Hero this weekend. What I wish is that some of the studios would look closer at release dates and bring out some of the bigger releases during a time period where competition is lighter .....seems to me there would be far fewer big budget bombs if they did so.
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Originally posted by Gil Jawetz
Iron Monkey as well, right?
Well, I'm willing to cut their disc of IRON MONKEY a little slack, as it did at least include a Cantonese track (hey, I made a rhyme!). But yeah, even that film suffered from a bit of pointless editing.
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I saw this at the Cinerama Dome here in Los Angeles last night. My ears were bleeding by the end, but I liked it a lot.
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The Hero DVD has not been announced yet, but Amazon has it available for pre-order with a release date of November 30, 2004.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...259160-6657432
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Originally posted by scroll2b
Can you name some of those films, since I'm sure we'd all like to check out what we've been missing. I'm not denying it, I'm really just asking. Thanks.
There's a book out by Peter Biskind called Down and Dirty Pictures. It's a pretty entertaining book. Some people says that Peter Biskind to the Weinstein Brothers as Michael Moore to George W. Bush. However, there's a lot of information in the book that you can verify as truthful. For example, Weinstein bros. is well known for their zeal in forcing directors to produce an edit that the bros. believe will make the most money in US - for better or for worse (I'm squarely in the "for worse" side). One example that sticks in my mind: Bernardo Bertolucci's Little Buddha.
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Finally announced for November 8, 2005.
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Where did you glean that info? I haven't seen mention of it anywhere.
Old 08-31-05, 04:09 PM
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http://videoeta.com/movie/23979
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let's hope it's widescreen. The story of Qiu Ju is full frame on the Sony release. I have the Hong Kong dvd and the 1.85:1 widescreen (which is even 16:9 enhanced) is actually widescreen compared to the VHS I had from Sony which I suspected might be open matte full frame.
Old 09-01-05, 12:17 AM
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Hmmm...I've never heard of that site before. It looks more like a rumor than a confirmed release. Has anyone else substantiated this release date?
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i have not been able to dig up any more dirt on this as of yet. I will vouch for VideoETA though. They are pretty accurate, most of the time. It should be in the trades next week if this is happening.
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i have not been able to dig up any more dirt on this as of yet. I will vouch for VideoETA though. They are pretty accurate, most of the time. It should be in the trades next week if this is happening.
If this is true this will be my third most anticipated film to be released on dvd this fall.
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If this is true, I'm glad I didn't break down and pick up a used LD or the HK DVD with the awful transfer.

I just hope it gets a good transfer and it's not P&S.
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Last weekend I bought a Taiwanese release of this film for less than $10. Decent picture quality, too.
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I still see no sign for this release anywhere. Looks like this latest rumor was just that.
Old 10-20-05, 03:34 PM
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Supposedly bumped until 1/17/06 now.
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According to Amazon, you can pre-order for release on December 31, 1969.
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Damn, but I won't be born yet...
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Originally Posted by Jippy
According to Amazon, you can pre-order for release on December 31, 1969.
That's awesome!

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