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Centro Digital Pictures
Centro Digital Pictures Limited was a visual special effects and animation company based in Hong Kong that provided visual effects for film, interactive media, and video games. History Centro Digital Pictures was founded by John Chu in 1985. Centro (先濤) began as a post-production house for Hong Kong commercials in the mid-1980s. In 1998, Centro decided to co-produce ''The Storm Riders,'' a film directed by Andrew Lau. Centro then co-produced, "A Man Called Hero" based on the manhua Chinese Hero. They also provided visual effects for ''Kill Bill,'' for which they received a BAFTA nomination. Centro also produced visual effects for ''Kung Fu Hustle''. The company also performed contract work for video game company Ubisoft on the titles 187 Ride or Die ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Privately Held Company
A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in the respective listed markets, but rather the company's stock is offered, owned, traded, exchanged privately, or Over-the-counter (finance), over-the-counter. In the case of a closed corporation, there are a relatively small number of shareholders or company members. Related terms are closely-held corporation, unquoted company, and unlisted company. Though less visible than their public company, publicly traded counterparts, private companies have major importance in the world's economy. In 2008, the 441 list of largest private non-governmental companies by revenue, largest private companies in the United States accounted for ($1.8 trillion) in revenues and employed 6.2 million people, according to ''Forbes''. In 2005, using a substantially smaller pool size (22.7%) for comparison, the 339 companies on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kung Fu Hustle
''Kung Fu Hustle'' ( zh, c=功夫, l=Kung Fu) is a 2004 Cantonese-language action comedy film directed, produced, co-written by, and starring Stephen Chow. The film tells the story of a murderous neighbourhood gang, a poor village with unlikely heroes, and an aspiring gangster's fierce journey to find his true self. Eva Huang, Yuen Wah, Yuen Qiu, Danny Chan Kwok-kwan and Leung Siu-lung co-starred in prominent roles. The martial arts choreography is supervised by Yuen Woo-ping. ''Kung Fu Hustle'' was a co-production between Hong Kong and Mainland Chinese companies, filmed in Shanghai. After the commercial success of ''Shaolin Soccer'', its production company, Star Overseas, began to develop the films with Columbia Pictures Asia in 2002. It features a number of retired actors famous for 1970s Hong Kong action cinema and has been compared to contemporary and influential wuxia films such as ''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'' and ''Hero''. The cartoon special effects in the fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Promise (2005 Film)
''The Promise'' is a 2005 Chinese epic fantasy film directed by Chen Kaige, starring Jang Dong-gun, Hiroyuki Sanada, Cecilia Cheung, and Nicholas Tse. It is loosely adapted from '' The Kunlun Slave'', a ''wuxia'' romance story written by Pei Xing in the ninth century during the Tang dynasty. Responses to the film were mainly mixed to negative. Plot Qingcheng, a starving girl, wanders around the land in search of food. She chances upon a boy, tricks him, steals a mantou from him, and runs away. She encounters the goddess Manshen and accepts an offer to enjoy a wealthy and luxurious life and become the most beautiful woman in the land. However, she has a price to pay: She will never find genuine everlasting love with any man. She becomes the King's concubine when she grows up. General Guangming defeats a large army of barbarians with only 1,000 soldiers and rushes back to save the King, who is besieged in the palace by the traitorous Duke Wuhuan. He meets Manshen, who tells him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhang Yimou
Zhang Yimou (; born 2 April 1950) is a Chinese film director, producer, writer, actor and former cinematographer.Tasker, Yvonne (2002). "Zhang Yimou" i''Fifty Contemporary Filmmakers'' Routledge Publishing, p. 412. . Google Book Search. Retrieved 21 August 2008. He is a part of the Cinema of China#Rise of the Fifth Generation, Fifth Generation of Chinese filmmakers, Honorary Doctorate of Boston University and Yale University, Distinguished Professor of Beijing Film Academy. He made his List of directorial debuts, directorial debut in 1988 with ''Red Sorghum (film), Red Sorghum''. Zhang has won numerous awards and recognitions, with three Academy Awards nominations for Best Foreign Language Film for ''Ju Dou'' in 1990, ''Raise the Red Lantern'' in 1991, and ''Hero (2002 film), Hero'' in 2003; a Silver Lion, two Golden Lion prizes and the Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award, Glory to the Filmmaker Award at the Venice Film Festival; Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival), Gran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curse Of The Golden Flower
''Curse of the Golden Flower'' () is a 2006 Chinese epic wuxia drama film written and directed by Zhang Yimou. The Mandarin Chinese title of the movie is taken from the last line of the Qi dynasty poem written by the rebel leader Huang Chao who had revolted against the Tang dynasty. With a budget of US$45 million, it was at the time of its release the most expensive Chinese film to date, surpassing Chen Kaige's '' The Promise''. It was chosen as China's entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for the year 2006, but did not receive the nomination. The film was nominated for Costume Design. In 2007 it received fourteen nominations at the 26th Hong Kong Film Awards and won ''Best Actress'' for Gong Li, ''Best Art Direction'', ''Best Costume and Make Up Design'' and ''Best Original Film Song'' for "菊花台" (Chrysanthemum Terrace) by Jay Chou. Hong Kong Film Awards official homepag26th Hong Kong Film Awards winner/nomination listRetrieved 2011-06-15 The plot is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Secret Of The Magic Gourd (2007 Film)
''The Secret of the Magic Gourd'' (), or ''The Magic Gourd'', is a live-action/CGI animation movie made in 2007 by Centro in co-operation with China Movie Co Ltd and Disney. It is the second film based on a 1958 novel by Zhang Tianyi after the 1963 Chinese film. The film is all about an 11-year-old lazy boy, Raymond, learns the meaning of work after a magic gourd, Bailey, grants him anything he wants. ''The Secret of the Magic Gourd'' is Disney's first CGI/animation full-length feature film produced for the Chinese mainland market. The film was released on January 27, 2009, on DVD in the United States. The English dubbed version of the film features Corbin Bleu as the voice of the Magic Gourd and Drake Johnston as the voice of Raymond, plus Megan Hilty as Ms. Lee. ''The Secret of the Magic Gourd'' is also available on Disney+. Plot The film begins with a space mission. Cast Filming The film was shot in China in October 2005. Reception Following its commercial release, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Run Papa Run
''Run Papa Run'' is a 2008 Hong Kong comedy-drama film directed and co-written by Sylvia Chang, and based on a novel by Benny Li. The film stars Louis Koo as Tiger Lee, a Triad boss who struggles to hide his criminal lifestyle when he is faced with raising his daughter. Cast * Louis Koo as Tiger Lee Tin-yun ** Chan Ka-wo as Young Tiger Lee * Rene Liu as Mabel Chan * Nora Miao as Auntie Ying * Liu Yihan as Lee Hei-yee ** Monica Lam as 1 year-old Lee Hoi-yee ** Wong Wai-lam as 5 year-old Lee Hoi-yee ** Wong Wai-ching as 10 year-old Lee Hoi-yee * Max Mok as Big Eyes * Lam Suet as Big Mouth * Derek Tsang as Chicken * Conroy Chan as Big Head * Guo Jingling as Officer Lau * Ti Lung as Mabel's father * Amy To as Mabel's mother * Shaun Tam as Ken/Peter Lau ** Au Wai-lun as Young Peter Lau * Michael Chan as Uncle Tak * Kent Cheng as Uncle Lone * Siu Yam-yam as Madam Si * Gladys Fung as Sue * Louis Wong as Uncle Kwai * Fruit Chan as Priest * Lau Shau-ching as Priest * Ken Lo as Kong * Lam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of Life And Death
''City of Life and Death'' is a 2009 Chinese drama film written and directed by Lu Chuan, marking his third feature film. The film deals with the Battle of Nanjing and the following massacre committed by the Japanese army during the Second World War. The film is also known as ''Nanking! Nanking!'' or ''Nanjing! Nanjing!''. The film was released in China on April 22, 2009, and became a major box office success in the country, earning CN¥150 million (approximately US$20 million) in its first two and a half weeks alone. Plot ''City of Life and Death'' is set in 1937, shortly before the Second World War. The Imperial Japanese Army has just captured Nanjing (or Nanking), capital of the Republic of China. What followed is historically known as the Nanking Massacre, a period of several weeks wherein massive numbers of Chinese prisoners-of-war and civilians were killed by the Japanese military. After some commanders of the National Revolutionary Army flee Nanking, a Chinese soldier Lieut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kung Fu Cyborg
''Kungfu Cyborg'' () is a 2009 Hong Kong science fiction action film directed by Jeffrey Lau. Plot In the near future, De Ming is one of China's top leading officers in the law enforcement. He is a cyborg designed to handle assignments too dangerous for traditional methods, and is the first in the TN Research Bureau's "K Series"—a revolutionary cybernetic organism programmed with a sophisticated social conscience. De Ming is sent to a remote town as part of a covert training operation, placed under the supervision of the local police captain, Xu Dachun. Xu's mission is to facilitate De Ming's undercover integration into the community while protecting the secret of his young protégé's true identity. De Ming's charm and compassion for justice are quick to win the hearts of the town residents—though none more completely than that of Su Mei, a fellow officer who also happens to be the object of the captain's secret affection. Eventually, one of De Ming's cybernetic sibl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deluxe Entertainment Services Group
Deluxe Media Inc., also known simply as Deluxe and formerly Deluxe Entertainment Services Group, Inc., is an American multinational multimedia and entertainment service provisions company owned by Platinum Equity, founded in 1915 by Hungarian-born American film producer William Fox and headquartered in Burbank, California. Servicing multiple clients in the film, television, digital content and advertising industries across the globe, the company has been recognized with 10 Academy Awards for scientific and technical achievements, including developments in CinemaScope pictures (as part of 20th Century Fox) and more recently for a process of creating archival separations from digital image data. History Deluxe began as a film processing laboratory established in 1915 by William Fox under the name De Luxe as part of his eponymous film conglomerate corporation in Fort Lee, New Jersey. In 1916, Fox Film Corporation opened its studio in Hollywood on 13 acres at Sunset and We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Splinter Cell
''Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell'' is a series of stealth action-adventure video games, the first of which was released in 2002, and their tie-in novels that were endorsed by Tom Clancy. The series follows Sam Fisher, a highly trained agent of a fictional black-ops sub-division within the NSA, dubbed "Third Echelon", as he overcomes his adversaries. Levels are created using Unreal Engine and emphasize light and darkness as gameplay elements. The series has been positively received, and was once considered to be one of Ubisoft's flagship franchises, selling more than 31 million copies by 2011. No further installments have been released since 2013, though a VR version and a remake of the first game have since been announced. Games ''Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell'' (2002) ''Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell'' was developed over a period of two years and developed by Ubisoft Montreal with original publishing by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox as an exclusive title. Later in 2003, Ubisoft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
