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July Rhapsody. by Hui, Ann,film director.; Mui, Anita,actor.; Cheung, Jacky,actor.; Ka-Yan, Karena,actor.; Cheng Cheng Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;

Anita Mui, Jacky Cheung, Karena Ka-Yan LamOriginally produced by Cheng Cheng Films in 2002.Brimming with unspeakable serene beauty, JULY RHAPSODY by Hong Kong's director Ann Hui (A Simple Life) and scriptwriter Ivy Ho (Comrades: Almost a Love Story) is a profound and soothing tale about how one paddles through life’s chaos as many seemingly eternal inspiration sources of times, like the Yangtze river, quietly fade away. In appearance, Lam prides himself on teaching classic Chinese literature at an elite school and a family of a caring wife and two sons. Deep down, the man of forty tastes unfulfilled ambitions in affluent old classmates' belittlements and unsatisfied desires in seductions from a free-spirited student. The sudden return of his teenage years mentor finally wrecks this vulnerable balance. Lam must unearth the long-hidden truth about who he is and gain a new perspective on how to live the rest of his life.Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Motion pictures--Asia.; Motion pictures--China--Hong Kong.;

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July Rhapsody. by Hui, Ann,film director.; Mui, Anita,actor.; Cheung, Jacky,actor.; Ka-Yan, Karena,actor.; Cheng Cheng Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;

Anita Mui, Jacky Cheung, Karena Ka-Yan LamOriginally produced by Cheng Cheng Films in 2002.Brimming with unspeakable serene beauty, JULY RHAPSODY by Hong Kong's director Ann Hui (A Simple Life) and scriptwriter Ivy Ho (Comrades: Almost a Love Story) is a profound and soothing tale about how one paddles through life’s chaos as many seemingly eternal inspiration sources of times, like the Yangtze river, quietly fade away. In appearance, Lam prides himself on teaching classic Chinese literature at an elite school and a family of a caring wife and two sons. Deep down, the man of forty tastes unfulfilled ambitions in affluent old classmates' belittlements and unsatisfied desires in seductions from a free-spirited student. The sudden return of his teenage years mentor finally wrecks this vulnerable balance. Lam must unearth the long-hidden truth about who he is and gain a new perspective on how to live the rest of his life.Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Motion pictures--Asia.; Motion pictures--China--Hong Kong.;

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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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Skiptrace [videorecording] / by Cheng, Long,1954-film producer,actor.; Coker, Charlie,film producer.; Fan, Bingbing,1981-actor.; Grabinsky, Ben David,screenwriter.; Harlin, Renny,film director.; Knoxville, Johnny,1971-actor.; Longino, Jay,screenwriter.; Mongrel Media,film distributor.; Saban Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;

Music, Chan Kwong Wing ; editor, Derek Hui ; director of photography, Chan Chiying.Jackie Chan, Johnny Knoxville, Bingbing Fan.Follow detective Benny Chan, in this action-packed comedy, as he tries to avenge the death of his late partner. Freewheeling American gambler Connor has the evidence Benny needs in order to get justice. Benny and Connor must survive the fight of their lives!MPAA rating: PG-13; for action/violence, some suggestive content, language, brief nudity and drug material.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.

Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Comedy films.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Americans; Combat; Criminal investigation; Gamblers; Murder; Revenge;

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Crouching tiger, hidden dragon [videorecording (DVD)] by Chow, Yun-fa; Chang, Chen,actor; Zhang, Ziyi,1979; Yeoh, Michelle,1963; Lee, Ang,1954; Wang, Dulu.Wo hu cang long;

Chow Yun Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Ahang Ziyi, Chang Chen, Lung Sihung, Cheng Pei Pei.Two master warriors are faced with their greatest challenge when the treasured Green Destiny sword is stolen. A young aristocrat prepares for an arranged marriage, but soon reveals her superior fighting talents and her deeply romatic past. As each warrior battles for justice, they come face to face with their worst enemy--and the inescapable, enduring power of loveCHV rating: PGMPAA rating: PG-13, Parents strongly cautioned. Martial arts violence and some sexualityNTSC 1. [NOTE: OR, Region 1.

Subjects: Martial arts; Feature film; Motion pictures, Chines; Video recordings for the hearing impaire;

© c2001., Sony Pictures Classics,

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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;

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Blue Island [videorecording] / by Chen, Zihuan,1987-film director.; Icarus Films Home Video,film distributor.;

The large-scale 2019 pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong and the subsequent crackdown on freedoms provide the urgent anchoring point for this remarkable vision from HK filmmaker Chan Tze Woon, a genre-defying plunge into the political morass that has been ever-widening between the former colony and the controlling Chinese state. Taking a panoramic view of these fractures, and covering acts of resistance from 1967 to today, Chan mixes documentary footage and fictional recreations of the past starring contemporary student protestors.E.DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.

Subjects: Documentary films.; Foreign films.; Historical films.; Motion pictures, Chinese.; Political films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Students;

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Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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