Films and Video
Rev. 24-Aug-1999
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No Fantasia 2000.
Despite the radio, television and newspaper coverage, there will be no
showing of Disney's "Fantasia 2000" at the NASFiC. The convention
could not make an acceptable accomodation with Disney.
Pitch Black
Sneak Preview showing of this movie on
Sunday at 1 pm.
Don't be afraid of the dark. Be afraid of what's in the dark.
On this planet, the first thing you notice is the temperature: the heat
is brutal. You''ll pray for night. But, once night falls, the worst is
yet to come: creatures who emerge after dark to hunt for prey. You.
From the mind of writer/director David Twohy (The Arrival and
Disaster in Time) comes a new science-fiction thriller, Pitch
Black.
In the not-too-distant fuure, junior space pilot Fry (Radha Mitchell of
High Art) makes a forced crash-landing of her spacecraft on a
distant planet. Fry's crew is killed, even as some of the passegers
escape. Lawman Johns (Cole Hauser of Good Will Hunting) is unharmed,
but so is his prisoner, the murderous Riddick (Vin Diesel of The Iron
Giant and Saving Private Ryan). As they explore the
uncomfortably hot planet, they must band together in order to survive.
The planet is eerie, aarid, and lifeless. But as the sun sets and the
planet plunges into total darkness, its other inhabitants emerge
from hibernation. These monsters are not human, and their hatchlings
quickly take flight and attack the human visitor -- who desperately
try to fight off, and escape, the nightmares come to life.
...
Gramercy Pictures presents an Intrepid Pictures Pty, Ltd. production for
Interscope Communications. A Film by David Twohy. Pitch Black.
Radha Mitchell, Vin Diesel, and Cole Hauser. Costume Designer, Anna
Borghesi. Production Designer, Graham "Grace" Walker. Director of
Photography, David Eggby. Editor, Rick Shaine. Executive Producers, Ted
Field, Scott Kroopf, and Anthony Winley. Produced by Tom Engelman.
Written and Directed by David Twohy.
USA Films will release Pitch Black nationwide in mid-January 2000.
...
David Twohy (Director and Writer)
David Twohy's previous films as writer/director are The Arrival, which
starred Charles Sheen and Ron Silver; and Disaster in Time (a.k.a.
The Grand Tour), which starred Jeff Daniels and Ariana Richards.
The Arrival received a 1996 Saturn Award from the Academy of
Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror. Disaster in Time received a
1992 Golden Scroll from the Academy of
Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror; and the Grand Prix at the 1992
Festival Du Film Fantastique (in Brussels).
As writer, Twohy's credits include The Fugitive, starring Harrison
Ford and Tommy Lee Jones, for which he wrote the story and co-wrote the
screenplay (which received a Writers Guild of America nomination);
G.I. Jane, starring Demi Moore (for which he co-wrote the screenplay);
Waterworld, starring Kevin Costner (for
which he co-wrote the screenplay); and Terminal Velocity, starring
Charles Sheen and Nastassja Kinski (wihch he wrote and executive-produced).
Vin Diesel (Riddick)
Vin Diesel was most recently heard starring in Brad Bird's animated film
The Iron Giant, for which Diesel provided the voice of the title
character.
His other film credits as actor include Steven Spielber's Academy
Award-winning Saving Private Ryan, in which he played Private
Caparzo. He will next be seen with Ben Affleck and Giovanni Ribisi in Ben
Younger's Boiler Room.
As filmmaker, Diesel wrote, directed, and starred in the short film
Multi-Facial, which screened at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.
He next wrote, produced, directed, and starred in the feature film
Strays. The film screened at the 1997 Sundance Film Festival, where
it was entered in the official competition. He is currently developing
Doormen, an original screenplay which he will direct and star in,
based on his experiences as a bouncer in New York City.
The New York City native began his acting career in the New York theater
at the age of seven.
Hong Kong SF Action Film Fest
brought to you by
Tai Seng Video and
Planet Ric [www].
Film notes by Inside Kung-fu movie columnist and World Martial Art
Hall of Famer Ric Meyers.
Our film program will be open in Orange County 4 at 10 am each morning,
with the last scheduled movie starting at midnight.
After-midnight screenings are subject to volunteer availability and
audience interest.
Thursday
- 12 noon: Iron Monkey
- Kung-fu film legend Yuen Woo Ping (The Matrix's martial
arts master) uses a Chinese Robin Hood to mount eye-bulging battles
featuring men, women, and children. A true classic starring
Donnie Yen.
- 2 pm: Encounter of Spooky Kind
- Sammo Hung (star of CBS's Martial Law) created the
kung fu-horror-comedy genre with this amazing tale of kickass
zombies and warring wizards.
- 4 pm: Project A, Part II
- Jackie Chan's great personal martial art masterpiece - an homage
to Buster Keaton, Gene Kelly, and Steven Spielberg - as he gets
caught between Mainland assassins, vengeful pirates, and corrupt
cops.
- 6 pm: City Hunter
- This Hong Kong version of a Japanese manga is as crazy as
the combining of Under Siege, musical comedy, video games, and
an international cast might lead you to suspect. Starring
Jackie Chan, the lovely Joey Wang, the sexy Chingy Yau,
the singing heartthrob Leon Lai, and the musclebound Gary Daniels.
- 8 pm: Dragons Forever
- The last word in kung-fu comedy from the legendary team of
Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, and Yuen Baio, featuring every kung-fu
co-star they could cram in, most notably Benny the Jet Urquidez and
Yuen Wah.
- 10 pm: Duel to the Death
- Every hundred years during the time of the Martial Art World,
the greatest Japanese warrior faced the greatst Chinese warrior
in the title bout... only this time both sides cheat like
crazy with naked warrior women, exploding ninja, giants and legless
swordsmen until the literally earth-shaking climax.
- 12 midnight: Eastern Condors
- Even the people who say this is a rip-off of every modern
war movie admit it's also a masterpiece of action as Sammo Hung
leads an army of actors (including directors Yuen Woo Ping and
Yuen Kwai) into Vietnam to destroy an army dump before the
'Cong get it. Buckle in for pathos and pandemonium in this
"Dirty Dozen meets 007" epic.
- 2 am?
- After-midnight screenings are subject to volunteer availability and
audience interest.
Friday
- 10 am: Cartoons
- Tribute to David and Max Fleischer part 1: Koko, Betty Boop,
Popeye. Hosted by Tom Safer
- 12 noon: Zu Warriors of the Magic Mountain
- The "Steve Spielberg of Hong Kong," Tsui Hark, masterminded
this fantasy classic of good and evil demigods slugging it out for
the fate of the Earth. Featuring mystical with women, swashbuckling
swordsmen, a monk with super-powered eyebrows and a villain who
is the color red, this is one comic-book adventure that stays in
the memory.
- 2 pm: Heroic Trio
- The best superheroine comicbook movie Marvel or Image Comics
never made. With Michelle Yeoh in red spandex, Anita Mui in
black lycra, and Maggie Cheung in leather, battling a supernatural
monster in a futuristic retroworld, what more could you ask?
- 4 pm: Executioners
- The Heroic Trio is back, but they're not happy -- stuck in a
post-apocalyptic world and trapped between evil Government agents
and a monstrous sect leader, it's bleak, brutal action
'till the last body falls.
- 6 pm: Bride With White Hair
- The best sword and sorcery ever made by anyone anywhere.
If you haven't seen it, stop reading this and go (and listenfor
the unique villain's last line... it's a doozy).
- 8 pm: Mr. Vampire
- Producer Sammo Hung does it again -- creating a wonderful
comedy/horror/action subgenre with this classic featuring the
famous feng shui undertaker know as the "Priest with one Eyebrow,"
and starring history's original varmpires: those hopping
bloodsuppers known as gyonshi.
- 10 pm: Iron Monkey
- Kung-fu film legend Yuen Woo Ping (The Matrix's martial
arts master) uses a Chinese Robin Hood to mount eye-bulging battles
featuring men, women, and children. A true classic starring
Donnie Yen.
- 12 midnight: Encounter of Spooky Kind
- Sammo Hung (star of CBS's Martial Law) created the
kung fu-horror-comedy genre with this amazing tale of kickass
zombies and warring wizards.
- 2 am?
- After-midnight screenings are subject to volunteer availability and
audience interest.
Saturday
- 10 am: Cartoons
- In Tribute to David and Max Fleischer Part 2:
Color Classics, Screen Songs and Superman.
Hosted by Tom Safer.
- 12 noon: NASFiC Short Film and Video Festival Entries.
- See a selection of entries from our
Film Contest.
In no particular order:
The Rectory, The Census Taker, Tennis Match,
Please Kill Mr. Kinski, and The El Gringo Brava Show.
- 2 pm: Zu Warriors of the Magic Mountain
- The "Steve Spielberg of Hong Kong," Tsui Hark, masterminded
this fantasy classic of good and evil demigods slugging it out for
the fate of the Earth. Featuring mystical with women, swashbuckling
swordsmen, a monk with super-powered eyebrows and a villain who
is the color red, this is one comic-book adventure that stays in
the memory.
- 4 pm: Shadowlands - Introduced by Jerry Pournelle
- If you've ever read a Narnia book, come and see this
excellent film of C.S. Lewis' life and love with American
divorcee Joy Gresham. Anthony Hopkins, Debra Winger.
Directed by Richard Attenborough. This film will never
leave you - and yes, there is a wardrobe. 130 minutes.
- 7 pm: TBA
- 8 pm: Project A, Part II
- Jackie Chan's great personal martial art masterpiece - an homage
to Buster Keaton, Gene Kelly, and Steven Spielberg - as he gets
caught between Mainland assassins, vengeful pirates, and corrupt
cops.
- 10 pm: City Hunter
- This Hong Kong version of a Japanese manga is as crazy as
the combining of Under Siege, musical comedy, video games, and
an international cast might lead you to suspect. Starring
Jackie Chan, the lovely Joey Wang, the sexy Chingy Yau,
the singing heartthrob Leon Lai, and the musclebound Gary Daniels.
- 12 midnight: Bride With White Hair
- The best sword and sorcery ever made by anyone anywhere.
If you haven't seen it, stop reading this and go (and listenfor
the unique villain's last line... it's a doozy).
- 2 am?
- After-midnight screenings are subject to volunteer availability and
audience interest.
Sunday
- 10 am: Cartoons
- In Tribute to the Columpia/UPA Studios. Hosted by Tom Safer.
- 12 noon: Heroic Trio
- The best superheroine comicbook movie Marvel or Image Comics
never made. With Michelle Yeoh in red spandex, Anita Mui in
black lycra, and Maggie Cheung in leather, battling a supernatural
monster in a futuristic retroworld, what more could you ask?
- 2 pm: Executioners
- The Heroic Trio is back, but they're not happy -- stuck in a
post-apocalyptic world and trapped between evil Government agents
and a monstrous sect leader, it's bleak, brutal action
'till the last body falls.
- 4 pm: Dragons Forever
- The last word in kung-fu comedy from the legendary team of
Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, and Yuen Baio, featuring every kung-fu
co-star they could cram in, most notably Benny the Jet Urquidez and
Yuen Wah.
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