Friday 2 March 2012

Updates (2 Mar 2012)

Updates and corrections for existing entries at the main scope filmography:

AVENGING DRAGON is an AKA for THE HEROIC ONE (Tai - 1981).

THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE (HK/Phil - 1975): Two 1975 films with this primary title are currently listed at the scope filmog, one of them a Hong Kong production credited to director Law Kei, the other a Hong Kong-Thailand co-production credited to directors Wu Ma and Rome Bunnag. This entry refers to the film directed by Law Kei: According to an April 2011 entry at the Bamboo Gods and Bionic Boys blog, this film was a Hong Kong-Filipino co-production, with different versions released in either territory, credited to different directors, depending on where you saw it! The Filipino release print is credited to director Romeo N. Galang. The film is also known in Western territories as THE BURMA CONNECTION. As such, this entry now runs as follows:

THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE
金三角龍虎門
(aka: The Burma Connection)
Hong Kong/Philippines - 1975 - col
D: Law Kei (HK version)
D: Romeo N. Galang (Filipino version)
Anamorphic

THE INTERNATIONAL ASSASSIN is an AKA for A QUEEN'S RANSOM (HK - 1976).

THE NEST OF THE CUCKOO BIRD (USA - 1965): This has been added to the list of 'Unconfirmed' titles with the following note: "Contemporary ad-mats credit the film as having been shot in 'Panovision', but without access to a print, there's no way of knowing if this was a deliberate misspelling of 'Panavision', designed to generate an extra lure for prospective customers. If it was deliberate, the film might well have been framed and released no wider than 1.85:1, as has been the general custom for spherical films in the US since the early 1950's".

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