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Lawrence Ah Mon
Lawrence Ah Mon or Lawrence Lau Kwok Cheong (劉國昌) (born 1949) is a Hong Kong film director. His films are notable for their lurid exploration of the problems of the poor in modern Hong Kong, such as ''Gangs'' (1986), ''Spacked Out'' (2000), ''Gimme Gimme'' (2001) and ''City Without Baseball'' (2008). He has also made several films about colonial and postcolonial subaltern history in Hong Kong, such as the ''Lee Rock'' series (starring Andy Lau) and ''Queen of Temple Street'' (1990). He was born in Pretoria, South Africa. He has been nominated for Best Director in the Hong Kong Film Awards twice. Filmography as director * '' Dealer/Healer'' (2017) * ''Tales from the Dark 2'' (2013) * '' Tactical Unit - No Way Out'' (2009) * '' Besieged City'' (2008) * '' City Without Baseball'' (2008) * '' My Name is Fame'' (2006) * ''Gimme Gimme'' (2001) * ''Spacked Out'' (2000) * '' One and a Half'' (1995) * ''Even Mountains Meet'' (1993) * ''Three Summers'' (1992) * '' Arrest the Restless ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Of South Africa
The Union of South Africa ( nl, Unie van Zuid-Afrika; af, Unie van Suid-Afrika; ) was the historical predecessor to the present-day Republic of South Africa. It came into existence on 31 May 1910 with the unification of the Cape, Natal, Transvaal, and Orange River colonies. It included the territories that were formerly a part of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State. Following World War I, the Union of South Africa was a signatory of the Treaty of Versailles and became one of the founding members of the League of Nations. It was conferred the administration of South West Africa (now known as Namibia) as a League of Nations mandate. It became treated in most respects as another province of the Union, but it never was formally annexed. Like Canada, Australia and New Zealand, the Union of South Africa was a self-governing dominion of the British Empire. Its full sovereignty was confirmed with the Balfour Declaration of 1926 and the Statute of Westminster 1931. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Even Mountains Meet
Even may refer to: General * Even (given name), a Norwegian male personal name * Even (surname) * Even (people), an ethnic group from Siberia and Russian Far East **Even language, a language spoken by the Evens * Odd and Even, a solitaire game which is played with two decks of playing cards Science and technology *In mathematics, the term ''even'' is used in several senses related to ''odd'': ** even and odd numbers, an integer is even if dividing by two yields an integer ** even and odd functions, a function is even if ''f''(−''x'') = ''f''(''x'') for all ''x'' ** even and odd permutations, a permutation of a finite set is even if it is composed of an even number of transpositions **Singly even number, an integer divisible by 2 but not divisible by 4 * Even code, if the Hamming weight of all of a binary code's codewords is even Entertainment *Even (band) Even are an Australian indie rock three-piece fronted by singer-songwriter-guitarist, Ashley Naylor with Matt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1949 Births
Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2022. * January 2 – Luis Muñoz Marín becomes the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico. * January 11 – The first "networked" television broadcasts take place, as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania goes on the air, connecting east coast and mid-west programming in the United States. * January 16 – Şemsettin Günaltay forms the new government of Turkey. It is the 18th government, last One-party state, single party government of the Republican People's Party. * January 17 – The first Volkswagen Beetle, VW Type 1 to arrive in the United States, a 1948 model, is brought to New York City, New York by Dutch businessman Ben Pon Sr., Ben Pon. Unable to interest dealers or importers in the Volkswagen, Pon sells the sample car to pay his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong Film Directors
Hong may refer to: Places *Høng, a town in Denmark *Hong Kong, a city and a special administrative region in China *Hong, Nigeria *Hong River in China and Vietnam *Lake Hong in China Surnames *Hong (Chinese name) *Hong (Korean name) Organizations *Hong (business), general term for a 19th–20th century trading company based in Hong Kong, Macau or Canton *Hongmen (洪門), a Chinese fraternal organization Creatures *Hamsa (bird), a mythical bird also known was hong *Hong (rainbow-dragon), a two-headed dragon in Chinese mythology *Hong (genus), ''Hong'' (genus), a genus of ladybird {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gangs (film)
''Gangs'' is a 1988 Hong Kong film directed by Lawrence Ah Mon. It was Lawrence Ah Mon's debut feature film. Cast and roles * Ricky Ho Pui Tung * Eleven Leung Sap Yat * Ma Hin Ting * Tse Wai Kit * Karel Wong Chi Yeung * Lee Ho Ban * Chan Tsung Reception Film critic Paul Fonoroff wrote, "Gangs asa milestone in Hong Kong cinematic neorealism and one of the more affecting probes into the city's adolescent gang culture" and that the 2008 film '' Besieged City'' by Lawrence Ah Mon was its "21st-century sequel". Awards and nominations ''Gangs'' was nominated four times at the 8th Hong Kong Film Awards in 1989: * Best Film * Best Director - Lawrence Ah Mon * Best New Performer - Ho Pui Tung * Best Editing - Fo San, Kwok Keung and Lau Kwok Cheung References External links * * *Gangs' at Hong Kong Cinemagic Hong Kong Cinemagic, sometimes referred to as HKCinemagic, is a bilingual ( French and English) website providing a repository for information about Chinese language films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen Of Temple Street
''Queen of Temple Street'' () is a 1990 Hong Kong film directed by Lawrence Ah Mon. It has a Category III rating in Hong Kong. Cast and roles * Sylvia Chang – Big Sis Wah * Ha Ping – Older Woman * Josephine Koo – Venus * Kwan Hoi-Shan – Luke * Alice Lau – Swallow * Rain Lau – Yan * Law Koon-Lan – Streetwalker * Lo Lieh – Elvis * Yuen King-Tan – Candy Reception The film was described by Paul Fonoroff in 1990 as "the best Cantonese movie to be produced in a long time". 10th Hong Kong Film Awards (1991) * Best Screenplay: Chan Man Keung – won * Best Actress: Sylvia Chang – nominated * Best Supporting Actress: Rain Lau – won * Best New Performer: Rain Lau – won * Best Original Film Score: Tats Lau – nominated See also * Temple Street, Hong Kong Temple Street is a street located in the areas of Jordan and Yau Ma Tei in Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is known for its night market and as one of the busiest flea markets at night in the territory. The night ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Rock
''Lee Rock'' () is a 1991 Hong Kong crime film directed by Lawrence Ah Mon, and starring Andy Lau as the title character. The film chronicles the rise and fall of a corrupt police force that Lee Rock becomes a part of. The film was followed by a sequel ''Lee Rock II'' released later in the same year. Cast and roles * Andy Lau as Lee Rock * Sharla Cheung as Grace Pak * Chingmy Yau as Ha / Rose * Ng Man-tat as Piggy * Paul Chun as Sergeant Ngan Tung * Kwan Hoi-san as Sergeant Chan * Michael Chan as King Crab * William Ho as Triad Boss * Lee Siu-kei as Drill Officer * Eddy Ko as Police instructor * Chun Wong as Big Brother Ma * Jamie Luk as Little Brother Ma * Lung Fong as Master Snake * James Tien as Pak / Silverfish * Wong Yat-fei Wong Yat-fei (born August 19, 1946) is a Hong Kong cinema actor who has acted in numerous Cantonese films. Wong is best known for his role as Iron Head in ''Shaolin Soccer'' for which he won popular awards. He has appeared in more than 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Rock II
''Lee Rock II'' is a 1991 Hong Kong crime drama film directed by Lawrence Ah Mon and starring Andy Lau, Sharla Cheung, Aaron Kwok and Chingmy Yau. The film is a direct sequel to ''Lee Rock'' released earlier in the same year, which is inspired by a true story of real life corrupt police officer Lui Lok, who is portrayed in the film as Lee Rock by Lau. Plot The film continues directly from ''Lee Rock'', with a brief recap of the main details of its predecessor. In 1959, Yau Ma Tei foreign detective Reeve retires, which leads to a competition between Lee Rock and Ngan Tung for the position as Yau Ma Tei's chief detective. Ngan Tung does not hesitate to collude with many of Hong Kong's businessmen and drug dealers in hopes of taking the throne. Lee Rock also refuses to back down and pleases to Commissioner's wife, while the Commissioner also highly regards Lee. Although ultimately Ngan Tung gets the position as the chief detective of Yau Ma Tei, Lee Rock was also promoted as the Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Boxer's Story
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version can be written in two forms: the double-storey a and single-storey ɑ. The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English grammar, " a", and its variant " an", are indefinite articles. History The earliest certain ancestor of "A" is aleph (also written 'aleph), the first letter of the Phoenician alphabet, which consisted entirely of consonants (for that reason, it is also called an abjad to distinguish it fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Rock III
Lee may refer to: Name Given name * Lee (given name), a given name in English Surname * Chinese surnames romanized as Li or Lee: ** Li (surname 李) or Lee (Hanzi ), a common Chinese surname ** Li (surname 利) or Lee (Hanzi ), a Chinese surname *Lý (Vietnamese surname) or Lí (李), a common Vietnamese surname * Lee (Korean surname) or Rhee or Yi (Hanja , Hangul or ), a common Korean surname * Lee (English surname), a common English surname * List of people with surname Lee **List of people with surname Li ** List of people with the Korean family name Lee Geography United Kingdom * Lee, Devon * Lee, Hampshire * Lee, London * Lee, Mull, a location in Argyll and Bute * Lee, Northumberland, a location * Lee, Shropshire, a location * Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire * Lee District (Metropolis) * The Lee, Buckinghamshire, parish and village name, formally known as Lee * River Lee - alternative name for River Lea United States * Lee, California * Lee, Florida * Lee, Illinoi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gangs '92
''Gangs '92'' is a 1992 Hong Kong action film directed by Dick Cho and starring Aaron Kwok as a rich heir who befriends a group of junior delinquents and helps them turn their lives around go straight. The film was released on 7 March 1992 by Newport Entertainment, however, Golden Sun Films Distribution currently owns the film's worldwide distribution rights. Plot Lone (Leung Sap-yat), Tung (Ricky Ho), Pig Kidney (Tse Wai-kit) and May (Winnie Lau) are a group of delinquents from Kam Tin, New Territories. Lone, Tung and Pig Kidney spend their days in a gambling den in their village while May works at her father's bar where she cons patrons in poker. One day, they con a cellphone from an insurance agent from a parking lot. Later that night, they hang out in an arcade where May plays ''Street Fighter'' with Sam (Aaron Kwok), who is a rich heir. Pig Kidney notices Sam's LV wallet and Lone pickpockets it from Sam. As the gang leave the arcade, they are stopped outside by two police o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
