Sunday 1 April 2012

Updates (1 Apr 2012)

Updates for existing entries at the main scope filmography:

The 1976 film currently listed as DRAGON DIES HARD was released in its native Taiwan as BRUCE LEE WE MISS YOU. The latter title is currently listed as an AKA, but it now becomes the film's primary title, while DRAGON DIES HARD becomes an AKA.

Online clips confirm ELIANA, ELIANA (2002) was shot with anamorphic lenses.

LA FELICITÀ NON COSTA NIENTE (2003): This is currently listed as an incomplete entry, because until now I hadn't been able to confirm whether it was shot in 'CropScope' or anamorphic Technovision. It turns out the film was shot in 'CropScope'.

The entry for FINAL MISSION FINAL at the Hong Kong Movie Database (HKMDb) avers that the 1980 copyright date is estimated rather than confirmed, so I've added a question mark next to the copyright year.

Also at HKMDb, the director of FISTS OF DRAGONS (1977) has finally been identified. Same goes for FOUR HANDS OF DEATH (1977).

An online trailer for FOUR FAST GUNS (1959) confirms that it was shot in Superscope 235 rather than anamorphic.

JAWS OF THE BLACK DRAGON is an AKA for THE EIGHTEEN JADE ARHATS (1978).

LEGACY OF DRACULA: THE BLOODTHIRSTY DOLL is an AKA for BLOODSUCKING DOLL (1970). Though currently listed as having been shot in Panavision, there is no such credit on the film itself, though it was shot with anamorphic lenses.

NINJA HEAT is an AKA for BLACK LIST (1972).

SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED (2012): Currently listed as an incomplete entry, since I hadn't been able to confirm whether it was shot in Panavision or 'CropScope'. In fact, it was shot in 'CropScope'.

The entries mentioned in this posting now look like this:


BLACK LIST
黑名單
(aka: Ninja Heat)
Hong Kong - 1972 - col
D: John Law Ma
Anamorphic

BLOODSUCKING DOLL
幽霊屋敷の恐怖 血を吸う人形
(aka: The Ghost Mansion's Horror: A Bloodsucking Doll)
(aka: Legacy of Dracula: The Bloodthirsty Doll)
(aka: Night of the Vampire)
(aka: Vampire Doll)
Japan - 1970 - col
D: Michio Yamamoto
Anamorphic

BRUCE LEE WE MISS YOU
金色太陽
(aka: Bruce Li, Superdragon)
(aka: Dragon Dies Hard)
(aka: Golden Sun)
(aka: Super Dragon)
Taiwan - 1976 - col
D: Lee Goon-cheung
Techniscope

DRAGON DIES HARD [1976]
(see: Bruce Lee We Miss You)

THE EIGHTEEN JADE ARHATS
十八玉羅漢
(aka: 18 Claws of Shaolin)
(aka: Jade Killer)
(aka: Jaws of the Black Dragon)
Hong Kong - 1978 - col
D: Cheung Git
Anamorphic

ELIANA, ELIANA
Indonesia - 2002 - col
D: Riri Riza
Anamorphic

EVERYTHING MUST GO
USA - 2010 - col
D: Dan Rush
Panavision

LA FELICITÀ NON COSTA NIENTE
(aka: Happiness Costs Nothing)
Italy/France/Switzerland - 2003 - col
D: Mimmo Calipresti

FINAL MISSION FINAL**
轟天煞星
Taiwan - 1980? - col
D: 'Steve Lung'
Anamorphic

FISTS OF DRAGONS
追龍
(aka: Chasing the Dragon)
(aka: The Fighter With Two Faces)
Taiwan - 1977 - col
D: Kim Hyeong-jun
Anamorphic

FOUR FAST GUNS
USA - 1959 - bw
D: William Hole Jr.
Superscope 235
[Listed as CinemaScope in some sources, though the film contains no on-screen photographic credit and was clearly shot with spherical lenses in the Superscope 235 format]

FOUR HANDS OF DEATH
至尊威龍
(aka: The Wily Match)
Hong Kong - 1977 - col
D: Richard Lo Kong
Anamorphic

JAWS OF THE BLACK DRAGON
(see: Eighteen Jade Arhats, The)

LEGACY OF DRACULA: THE BLOODTHIRSTY DOLL
(see: Bloodsucking Doll)

NINJA HEAT
(see: Black List)

SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED
USA - 2012 - col
D: Colin Trevorrow

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