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I Am Marbury
''My Other Home'', also known as ''Another Shot'', is a 2017 Chinese-American sports film, sports biographical film directed by Larry Yang and produced by Huang Jianxin, starring American basketball player Stephon Marbury as himself, focusing on his days in China playing in the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). The film is mainly based on Marbury's 2011–12 CBA season, 2011–12 CBA championship run, when he and the Beijing Ducks bested seven-time champion Guangdong Southern Tigers and brought the city of Beijing its first ever CBA title. Filming began on April 26, 2016 in Beijing's LeSports Center. The film was released in China on 4 August 2017. Marbury won Best New Actor at the 14th China Movie Channel Media Awards. The film is generally well-received by viewers but flopped at the Chinese box office, with a domestic gross total of only ¥8.9 million. Plot Stephon Marbury, after his fall from grace in the National Basketball Association and subsequent depression, rediscover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huang Jianxin
Huang Jianxin (born 14 June 1954) is a Chinese filmmaker. He also writes film scripts under the pen name Huang Xin. He is normally considered part of the fifth generation of Chinese filmmakers (a group that includes Chen Kaige, Zhang Yimou and Tian Zhuangzhuang),Pickowicz, Paul G. (1994). "Huang Jianxin and the Notion of Postsocialism" i''New Chinese Cinemas: Forms, Identities, and Politics'' Cambridge University Press, p. 54. . Google Book Search. Retrieved 2008-09-05. due to shared traits in his works, although he was not a strictly a member of the inaugural 1982 class of the Beijing Film Academy.Zhang, Yingjin & Xiao, Zhiwei (1998). "The Fifth Generation" i''Encyclopedia of Chinese Film'' Taylor & Francis, p. 164. . Additionally, Huang's films are distinguished from his contemporaries in that they focused on urban contemporary life, as contrasted to historical dramas, as well as for their satirical observations of the Chinese bureaucracy. Biography Huang was born in Xi'an, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |