CHINA: BANNED MARTIAL ARTS FILM "SHAOLIN SOCCER" IS HIGHEST GROSSING FILM IN HONG KONG

Record ID: 962848

  • Title: CHINA: BANNED MARTIAL ARTS FILM "SHAOLIN SOCCER" IS HIGHEST GROSSING FILM IN HONG KONG
  • Date: 24th June 2002
  • Summary: (HANDOUT TRAILER) (CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR RESALE) 1. VARIOUS SCENES OF SHAOLIN SOCCER HONG KONG, CHINA (RECENT) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 2. ACTOR/DIRECTOR STEPHEN CHOW TALKING TO REPORTER 3. (SOUNDBITE) (Cantonese) CHOW SAYING: "As a matter of fact, I have very strong interest in wushu (kung fu) when I was a child. In the beginning, I like soccer very much, then my interest switched to wushu (kung fu). After Bruce Lee's death, I started to watch Bruce Lee movies and then got fascinated with Chinese kung fu. Even now, I still practise (kung fu) regularly and am very interested in studying anything related to it." (HANDOUT TRAILER - (CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR RESALE) 4. VARIOUS SCENES OF SHAOLIN SOCCER BEIJING, CHINA (RECENT) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 5. INTERVIEW WITH DEDE NICKERSON, HEAD OF ASIA ACQUISITIONS FOR MIRAMAX 6. (SOUNDBITE) (English) NICKERSON SAYING: "We think that Shaolin Soccer had a lot of break out potential. It's a film that is going to appeal to young people. The martial arts in the film are great, the comedy is there, again it's not limited by language. So we're hoping this film is going to appeal to a much broader audience than a normal foreign film." (HANDOUT TRAILER (CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR RESALE) 7. VARIOUS SCENES OF SHAOLIN SOCCER Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 8th July 2002 13:00
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  • Location: HONG KONG, CHINA AND BEIJING, CHINA
  • Country: China
  • Reuters ID: LVABA6LYS5TTQTJZGBZEP9HFW1B2
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