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'Green' film festival opens in Tokyo
TOKYO (AFP) - The Tokyo International Film Festival opened on Saturday with an environmental theme as filmmakers from around the world greeted Japanese movie fans on a ceremonial "green carpet."
Nations:South Korea People:Taro Aso Jon Voight Julianne Moore John Woo Activities:2008 Tokyo Film Festival Source:(AFP)
2008-10-19
China expects to set new box-office record this year
BEIJING - China is expected to set a record for box office receipts in 2008, boosted by John Woo's epic "Red Cliff," Jet Li's "The Warlords" and the animated hit "Kung-Fu Panda".
People:John Woo Stephen Chow Jet Li Source:(Xinhua) (AFP)
2008-08-06
Stuntman in John Woo film killed on Beijing set
BEIJING (AFP) - A stuntman was killed when fire broke out during the filming of a crash scene for acclaimed director John Woo's latest movie, state media reported Tuesday.
People:John Travolta Nicolas Cage Takeshi Kaneshiro John Woo Tom Cruise Source:(AFP)
2008-06-10
Ang Lee movie caught in political spat
Taiwan criticized the Venice International Film Festival on Tuesday for listing a movie by Oscar-winning Taiwanese director Ang Lee as originating in "Taiwan, China," a label that suggests the self-ruled island is part of mainland China.
Nations:China Taiwan People:John Woo Activities:2007 Venice Film Festival
2007-08-29
"Bourne" video game departs from script
With "The Bourne Ultimatum" grossing $69.3 million in its first weekend and delivering the biggest August opening ever, surely someone would want to transform it into a similarly hot video game. What game publisher wouldn't want to ride the coattails of its huge marketing campaign?
People:Paul Greengrass John Woo
2007-08-08
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