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Re: Asian Movies in HD!

Posted: 18 Sep 2010, 02:36
by Markgway
Vivendi distribute Blu Rays for Dragon Dynasty.

Hope for the best... and expect The Killer

Re: Asian Movies in HD!

Posted: 18 Sep 2010, 12:16
by saltysam
Bruce Lee blu-rays getting a japanese release from paramount...no english-friendly options though...

http://dvd.paramount.jp/fortunestar/

Re: Asian Movies in HD!

Posted: 18 Sep 2010, 13:41
by grim_tales
Be nice to see DD or Cine Asia do something for the 70th anniversary of Lee's birth.

Re: Asian Movies in HD!

Posted: 18 Sep 2010, 15:41
by bradavon
Good idea Grim. Even if they were English friendly, they'd be so expensive. Did Game of Death and Tower of Death get released in HK? I didn't think they had. Maybe these are new master or transfers.

Hopefully some of the HK BD flaws are fixed though. I watched parts of my HKL PE's of First of Fury and The Big Boss a couple of months back and they hold up very well. I was still impressed how they look. If I'm going to pay over the odds for the BDs I want to be blown away. I'll wait for the Western BDs.

HKL PE's Way of the Dragon still looks rubbish though :(.

Re: Asian Movies in HD!

Posted: 18 Sep 2010, 16:26
by grim_tales
Has anyone picked up the rights to the Bruce Lee films over here now HKL are gone? :?
Perhaps I should email Cine Asia and ask.

Re: Asian Movies in HD!

Posted: 18 Sep 2010, 16:34
by Markgway
Perhaps you should... :D

Re: Asian Movies in HD!

Posted: 18 Sep 2010, 17:04
by bradavon
Do it!

Re: Asian Movies in HD!

Posted: 18 Sep 2010, 21:24
by grim_tales
Just done it :D Asking if there are any plans or if they know who has the rights.

Re: Asian Movies in HD!

Posted: 18 Sep 2010, 22:53
by Markgway
I can't believe you just did that!!! :o








:cool:

Re: Asian Movies in HD!

Posted: 19 Sep 2010, 11:21
by grim_tales
Should get a reply soon, I got an "Out of the office" reply.

Re: Asian Movies in HD!

Posted: 19 Sep 2010, 17:13
by bradavon
Good work Mr :thumbs:

Re: Asian Movies in HD!

Posted: 19 Sep 2010, 18:10
by grim_tales
I dont know if they'd release them but at least I tried - on the site they say "the best in CONTEMPORARY Asian cinema" :?
If Cine Asia wont, I'll try DD (there's no one else there?) Of course, HKL/PA are dead, sadly :(

Re: Asian Movies in HD!

Posted: 19 Sep 2010, 18:32
by saltysam
No offence Grim but don't you think it might've already occurred to CineAsia that releasing Bruce's movies to BD would be a good idea :) this is a company happy to put shite like Force Of Five out on the format.If they had the rights to Bruce's movies i'm sure we'd know.but sure,there's no harm in mailing them.

Re: Asian Movies in HD!

Posted: 19 Sep 2010, 20:47
by grim_tales
Fair enough :)
You're right, no harm in mailing them.

Re: Asian Movies in HD!

Posted: 20 Sep 2010, 01:33
by bradavon
Good work Mr Grim :thumbs:

Re: Asian Movies in HD!

Posted: 20 Sep 2010, 16:11
by grim_tales
Got an email back, sadly it isnt good news.

Hi Simon



We do not currently hold the rights to



THE BIG BOSS
FIST OF FURY
THE WAY OF THE DRAGON
GAME OF DEATH
TOWER OF DEATH

Most of these were released on DVD under the Hong Kong Legends label a number of years back, but to date I haven’t heard any news regarding Blu-Ray releases.

I’ll keep your e-mail on file and if we do get the rights for any of these I’ll send you an e-mail

You can also keep up to date with all the releases & future releases on the Cine Asia website

http://www.cine-asia.co.uk

Kind regards


.....

Just who has the UK rights now HKL are no more?

Re: Asian Movies in HD!

Posted: 20 Sep 2010, 18:19
by bradavon
That was a quick reply.

Presumably whoever own HKL now? I know they're no more but someone acquired the rights. I forget who. I imagine Cine-Asia could quite easily acquire the rights.

Re: Asian Movies in HD!

Posted: 20 Sep 2010, 18:49
by saltysam
E1 Entertainment

Re: Asian Movies in HD!

Posted: 20 Sep 2010, 19:18
by grim_tales
Thanks :D
I guess we'd know if they were coming and they dont seem to be :(

Re: Asian Movies in HD!

Posted: 20 Sep 2010, 21:12
by bradavon
Your work isn't done yet Grim :cool: -

http://www.entertainmentone.co.uk/index ... gory_id=18

There's sweet FA about HKL on their website, not much at all actually. E1 Entertainment into Google gives me this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E1_Entertainment, which gives me this: http://www.e1ent.com/, which finally gives me this (UK branch): http://www.entertainmentone.co.uk/.

You can basically copy/paste but obviously ask if they still hold the rights first.

Re: Asian Movies in HD!

Posted: 20 Sep 2010, 21:40
by saltysam
Search for any of the HKL Bruce Lee titles on Amazon and E1 Entertainment are named as the distributor.

Re: Asian Movies in HD!

Posted: 20 Sep 2010, 23:08
by bradavon
Good work Sherlock Sam.

Re: Asian Movies in HD!

Posted: 21 Sep 2010, 11:49
by grim_tales
Emailed them too and asked if they still hold the rights.

Re: Asian Movies in HD!

Posted: 28 Sep 2010, 18:01
by grim_tales
Havent heard anything yet.

Re: Asian Movies in HD!

Posted: 06 Oct 2010, 21:22
by DangerousLeeHandsome
Just ordered this.