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Heroes Shed No Tears. by Woo, John,film director.; Lam, Ching-Ying,actor.; Ko, Eddy,actor.; Film Movement (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Ching-Ying Lam, Eddy KoOriginally produced by Film Movement in 1986.In this explosive precursor to his breakout film A BETTER TOMORROW, director John Woo demonstrates the genesis of his trademark style of hyperkinetic action and violence. Eddy Ko stars as Chan Chung, the leader of an elite Chinese commando force enlisted by the Thai government to capture General Samton, a powerful drug lord from the Golden Triangle. After a successful raid on the general's headquarters, the mercenaries cross into Vietnam and encounter a barbaric colonel (Lam Ching Ying), who is determined to stop them at any cost. Now pursued by both Samton's henchmen and the colonel's troops, the heroes flee for the border of Thailand, outmanned and outgunned by their enemies.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; War films.; Action and adventure films.; War.; Motion pictures--Asia.; Action films.; Motion pictures--China--Hong Kong.;
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Love at First Sight. by Davies, Michael,film director.; Hurt, John,actor.; Law, Phyllida,actor.; Network Ireland Television (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
John Hurt, Phyllida LawOriginally produced by Network Ireland Television in 2010.Retirement home resident Arthur sets out to woo the beautiful new girl.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Romance.; Motion pictures.; Short films.;
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The forbidden kingdom [videorecording] / by Angarano, Michael,actor.; Cheng, Long,1954-actor.; Chou, Collin,1967-actor.; DeLaurentiis, Raffaella,film producer.; Feltheimer, Jon,1951-film producer.; Fusco, John,screenwriter.; Kavanaugh, Ryan,film producer.; Li, Bingbing,1976-actor.; Li, Jet,1963-actor.; Liu, Yifei,1987-actor.; Minkoff, Rob,film director.; Pau, Peter,1952-director of photography,film director.; Silver, Casey,film producer.; Wang, Zhongjun,1960-film producer.; Casey Silver Productions (Firm),production company.; Lions Gate Films (Santa Monica, Calif.),film distributor.; Relativity Media,production company.; Weinstein Company,production company.;
Music by David Buckley ; score produced by Harry Gregson-Williams ; music supervisor, Adam Smalley ; costumes by Shirley Chan ; senior visual effects supervisor, Ron Simonson ; editor, Eric Strand ; production designer, Bill Brzeski ; action choreographer, Woo-Ping Yuen ; associate producers, Philip Lee, Mathew Tang ; line producer, Hester Hargett-Aupetit.Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Collin Chou, Liu Yifei, Li Bing Bing, Michael Angarano.Jason is an American teenager who is obsessed with Hong Kong cinema and kung-fu classics. He makes an extraordinary discovery in a Chinatown pawnshop: the legendary stick weapon of the Chinese sage and warrior, the Monkey King. With the lost relic in hand, Jason unexpectedly finds himself traveling back to ancient China. He meets the drunken kungfu master, Lu Yan; an enigmatic and skillful Silent Monk; and the vengeance-bent Golden Sparrow. Jason is lead on a quest to return the staff to its rightful owner, the Monkey King, who has been imprisoned in stone by the evil Jade Warlord for five hundred years. Along the way, while attempting to outmaneuver scores of killers, Jason learns about honor, loyalty and friendship and the true meaning of kungfu.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13; for sequences of martial arts action and some violence.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.DVD; NTSC, region 1; full screen (1.33:1) and wide screen (2.35:1) presentations; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Martial arts films.; Friendship; Kung fu; Quests (Expeditions); Weapons, Ancient;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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