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Picture 8/10. The second disc in Criterion’s box set Once Upon a Time in China: The Complete Films presents, as one would expect, the second film in the series, Tsui Hark’s Once Upon a Time in China II. The film is presented in the aspect ratio of 2.39:1 on a dual-layer disc, the 1080p/24hz high-definition encode sourced from a 4K restoration.
One of the pinnacles of Hong Kong cinema’s 1990s golden age, the Once Upon a Time in China series set a new standard for martial-arts spectacle and launched action star Jet Li to international fame. It brings to vivid life the colorful world of China in the late nineteenth century, an era of immense cultural and technological change, as ...
For the first time in North America all of the Once Upon a Time in China films have been gathered together in Criterion’s box set Once Upon a Time in China: The Complete Films. The six-disc set presents all five of the films on their own individual dual-layer discs, each presented in the aspect ratio of around 2.39:1. All five have also ...
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Jul 7, 2008 · ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA III – Wong Fei-hung travels to Peking and is forced to enter a martial-arts contest in order to prevent an assassination attempt against a prominent Chinese diplomat who wants to showcase traditional Chinese martial-arts, and restore national pride. With action sequences choreographed by the legendary Yuen Woo-ping ...
Alternate stereo Cantonese soundtracks for Once Upon a Time in China and Once Upon a Time in China II, featuring the original theatrical sound effects, and monaural Cantonese soundtrack for Once Upon a Time in China III Once Upon a Time in China and America (1997) in a 2K digital transfer, featuring 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio and monaural Cantonese soundtracks, along with a stereo ...
Dec 7, 2020 · Starring Jet Li as the real life Cantonese folk hero, Wong Fei-hung, a physical embodiment of traditional Chinese values and moral incorruptibility, the Once Upon a Time in China series is a martial arts epic that charts China’s transition into the modern-world as it gradually abandons its old traditions and begins to accept the inevitable encroach of Western cultures.
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Aug 17, 2021 · Once Upon a Time in China III. Jet Li's third outing as the storied martial-arts hero Wong Fei-hung in the Once Upon a Time in China films is an exhilarating celebration of Chinese culture peppered with a dash of international espionage. This time around, Wong travels to Beijing, where he finds himself drawn into the intrigue surrounding an ...
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Nov 3, 2004 · 33 Drunken Master 1978 Hong Kong YUEN Wo-Ping. 34 The Butterfly Murders 1979 Hong Kong TSUI Hark. 35 Ashes of Time 1994 Hong Kong Wong Kar-Wai. 36 Made in Hong Kong 1997 Hong Kong Fruit CHAN. 37 Sorrows of the Forbidden City 1948 China ZHU Shilin. 38 Liang Shan-po and Chu Ying-t'ai 1963 Hong Kong LI Han-Hsiang.
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Sep 13, 2024 · Fri Sep 13, 2024 5:34 pm. I had heard about the Meyer news a while ago and that it apparently took a lot of negotiating and work to make it happen. Beyond excited this is happening. As for catalogs that need opening, the Golden Harvest titles by Warner Bros. needs to be dug into further (other than the big Jackie Chan films and the two Once ...
May 14, 2024 · Directed by: Sergio Leone. Featuring: Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson, Claudia Cardinale, Jason Robards, Gabriele Ferzetti, Paolo Stoppa, Woody Strode, Jack Elam, Keenan Wynn, Frank Wolff, Lionel Stander. One of the most iconic, and influential, movies ever made, Sergio Leone's monumental epic comes to 4K Ultra HD.
