Member HAZ Posted January 22, 2008 Member Share Posted January 22, 2008 Hi HAZ Yes, my subs run offscreen. Is there a widescreen version available? I wish! The "Knock You Down Dad" has the same problem. I wasn't sure if other films had the same problem. Are there any widescreen VHS HK tapes of any Shaw films? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Markgway Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Thanks for the info, guys. I've updated the list. Please keep an eye out to make sure it's all correct. EDIT: Can you make comments on the quality also? There's nothing worse than a camcorder job or subs that are half missing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Winfred Posted January 24, 2008 Member Share Posted January 24, 2008 I have just been assured that despite the fact that 200+ movies will not be released on DVD/VCD, they will still be shown on the Celestial channel. My Celestial friend whom I met 2 years ago and who is the only one still working there, says that if we can guarantee sales of 3,000 units for any particular title, that movie will be released on DVD/VCD. Can we get 3,000 signatures for To Kill A Mastermind? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member venoms5 Posted January 25, 2008 Member Share Posted January 25, 2008 Even if you were to get 3,000 sigs that doesn't mean all those individuals will buy the disc as it seems there are so many who are more content downloading the film for free or simply buying an out of sync bootleg for $6. So if all these other movies will be shown on Celestial's television station, does that mean that everything (including HONG KONG GODFATHER'S) has in fact been remastered? Are there any US cable providers who carry this station? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Winfred Posted January 25, 2008 Member Share Posted January 25, 2008 I got the impression from him that the remastering is still going on for these movies to be shown on TV only. This is bad news for me as there is censorship on my Celestial channel by my local censorship board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member venoms5 Posted January 25, 2008 Member Share Posted January 25, 2008 Somebody made a comment a while back that these DVDs were an extra bonus and that the real money was made from the cable channel so I don't understand why they couldn't just release these extra films and just limit the pressing of them. Or is the problem on IVL's end? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member venoms5 Posted January 25, 2008 Member Share Posted January 25, 2008 I got the impression from him that the remastering is still going on for these movies to be shown on TV only. This is bad news for me as there is censorship on my Celestial channel by my local censorship board. Is it the nudity, Winfred or the violence or both that is censored in Malaysia? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Markgway Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 I'll just tune in to the UK Celestial Channel then. Oh, hang on! It doesn't fucking exist!! It's so frustrating that these movies are in the hands of people who think cable TV is more important than DVD. The best you could do is DVD-R it; but that's not the same as owning a packaged original is it? Is the Celestial Channel anamorphic even? What are they like for subtitles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Winfred Posted January 25, 2008 Member Share Posted January 25, 2008 Prolonged kissing is cut....no tongues please. Nudity? Even male nudity is cut although done in a comic vein. Extreme violence is cut like if a man is chopped into 2 like in The Lady Assassin, Heroes Of Sung, Secret Service Of The Imperial Court. Chopping of Ti Lung's arm in All Man Are Brothers was cut and I had to buy the DVD to see how it was severed. The subtitles are B I G but both the Chinese & English subs appear together like in a VCD. Not anamorphic so if you play on an LCD TV, the subs fall off screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member venoms5 Posted January 25, 2008 Member Share Posted January 25, 2008 Prolonged kissing is cut....no tongues please. Nudity? Even male nudity is cut although done in a comic vein. Extreme violence is cut like if a man is chopped into 2 like in The Lady Assassin, Heroes Of Sung, Secret Service Of The Imperial Court. Chopping of Ti Lung's arm in All Man Are Brothers was cut and I had to buy the DVD to see how it was severed. The subtitles are B I G but both the Chinese & English subs appear together like in a VCD. Not anamorphic so if you play on an LCD TV, the subs fall off screen. Interesting. Hopefully, these other movies will be optioned by some other companies for dvd release. I was looking forward to these... CURSE OF EVIL SPIRIT OF THE RAPED PAYMENT IN BLOOD KILLERS ON WHEELS BRAIN STEALERS TO KILL A MASTERMIND THUNDERCLAP REVENGE OF THE CORPSE AVENGERS FROM HELL among others... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Markgway Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 Prolonged kissing is cut....no tongues please. Sweet Jesus. The subtitles are B I G but both the Chinese & English subs appear together like in a VCD. Not anamorphic so if you play on an LCD TV, the subs fall off screen. Celestial morons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Winfred Posted February 20, 2008 Member Share Posted February 20, 2008 While communicating with my HK pal regarding Lydia's death, he said Celestial will release a few movies but there are no details yet. There is still hope. I like to think my letters, phone call to Celestial and numerous email have made a difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Markgway Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 At least you tried...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member falkor Posted June 18, 2008 Member Share Posted June 18, 2008 There's a lot more shaws around in fullscreen english sub, including Redbeard and Black Enforcer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member venoms5 Posted June 18, 2008 Member Share Posted June 18, 2008 Also CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS and MISSION IMPOSSIBLE as well. BLACK ENFORCER is a very nice print. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Markgway Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Why doesn't ayone trade them then? Surely it's better than seeing them lost to most fans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member venoms5 Posted June 19, 2008 Member Share Posted June 19, 2008 A friend of mine who has them is currently transferring them over to dvd. A number of them are PAL and take time to encode as well as finding artwork. Once finished, he plans to put them up on his site. The ones transferred yesterday are BLACK ENFORCER, CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS and MISSION IMPOSSIBLE. I watched a portion of the last title and it appears to be sort of a ghost story. Chen Hung Lieh is the main villain. Anyone else seen this one? I only saw bits and pieces of it. CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS appears to be a curiosity piece like THE CHAMPION (SHANGHAI LIL...). However, the film does appear to have been shot on Shaw sets. There's also the possibility of a better looking version of REVENGE OF THE CORPSE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Winfred Posted June 19, 2008 Member Share Posted June 19, 2008 I have Mission Impossible on video. Ching Li is dressed ala Polly Shang in Dragon Inn as a man in that iconic straw hat. But yes, the movie takes a supernatural turn towards the end and I believe there is a scene where Chen Hung-lieh's hair all turns white as he confronts a ghost, perhaps Ching Li's? Cannot remember now. It has been too long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member venoms5 Posted June 20, 2008 Member Share Posted June 20, 2008 Spoiler below... The ghost is beautiful at first but doesn't look like Ching Li. Her face changes to a horrible one as she/it torments Chen's character. He ages rapidly till he dies. The end has Ching Li going before a court then floating up into the sky at the bewilderment of passersby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Markgway Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 Not bothered about artwork... would just like the opportunity to trade DVD-Rs. I know a lot of people have these films but keep them to themselves for some reason. The more decent disc copies that are out there the less chance there is of these films fading into obscurity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member houndslow Posted June 26, 2008 Member Share Posted June 26, 2008 i have black enforcer,to kill a mastermind,killers on wheels,battle for the republic of china thunderclap, regards houndslow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Stuntman Jules Posted June 26, 2008 Member Share Posted June 26, 2008 Anyone have T.F. Mous' Bank Busters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator KUNG FU BOB Posted July 2, 2008 Administrator Share Posted July 2, 2008 Hi, I was wondering if you would mind telling me your friend's website so I could get a hold of the movies he's transferring. Thanks in advance. Peace, Bob A friend of mine who has them is currently transferring them over to dvd. A number of them are PAL and take time to encode as well as finding artwork. Once finished, he plans to put them up on his site. The ones transferred yesterday are BLACK ENFORCER, CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS and MISSION IMPOSSIBLE. I watched a portion of the last title and it appears to be sort of a ghost story. Chen Hung Lieh is the main villain. Anyone else seen this one? I only saw bits and pieces of it. CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS appears to be a curiosity piece like THE CHAMPION (SHANGHAI LIL...). However, the film does appear to have been shot on Shaw sets. There's also the possibility of a better looking version of REVENGE OF THE CORPSE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Stephen LaRocque Posted July 23, 2008 Member Share Posted July 23, 2008 I think we can remove Springtime in Pattaya from the list. 2 reasons: 1 - Celestial says Golden Harvest http://www.celestialpictures.com/level3_talent_info.cfm?l_talent_id=193 2 - Joy Sales is releasing a version on VCD and they have the rights to Golden Harvest's pre-1991 titles. Actually from the first link I found there are around 1200 (not all populated) talent files from the Celestial pages (horribly incomplete), but they do list films owned by Celestial that were never released. I went through all of the pages and found 146 titles that have not been released on VCD/DVD but suggest Celestial ownership. In addition, through the biographies, many pre-65 Shaw films such as Mid-Nightmare are listed but not marked as Celestial ownership - so I assume these are lost films. In addition "Young Cops" is listed on 1 page, but no ownership. Here is the list of 146 titles from the website (sorry for the alphabetic sort): Confirmed Celestial Ownership All Mixed Up Avengers from Hell Bachelor's Delight Battle for the Republic of China, The Beautiful Vixen Best Hustler Wins, The Black Enforcer, The Black Forest Black Magic 2 Brain-Stealers, The Bride's Nightmare, A Bund Part II, The Bund, The Call of the Sea Colorful Tokyo Come Haunt with Me Confessions of a Private Secretary Crazy Bumpkins in Singapore Crazy Encounters Crazy Imposters Crooks, The Cunning Hustler, The Curse of Evil Cute Little Fellow, The Cuties Parade Dances of Charm,. The Dark Rendezvous Dark Semester Deadly Angels Dear Murderer Delinquent Teenagers Demon Wet Nurse, The Divorce, Hong Kong Style Double Crossed Double Trouble Downhill They Ride Enchanted Chamber, The Erotic Nights Escort Girl Evil Seducers Fair Sex, The Family of Lust Fearful Interlude Forever Diamonds Four Sisters Gambling Syndicate Gang of Four Ghost and I, The Ghosts Galore Girl's Diary Girl with the Long Hair Girls for Sale Godfather's Fury Gourd Fairy, The He Who Never Dies Hellgate Hello Sexy Late Homecomers Hong Kong Godfather Hong Kong, Manila, Singapore Hookers And The Hustlers, The Hustler From Canton I Will Finally Knock You Down, Dad! Interlude on Rails Island of Virgins Killer Has No Return, The Killers On Wheels Kiss and Kill Last Judgement, The Legend of Feng Shui Let's Fall In Love Let's Go to Bed Long Road To Freedom Long Years, The Love Across The Seas Love Lock Love Song Over the Sea Love with an Alien Lovers Blades Mad Love Chase MAD MAD '83 Man Crazy Man with Two Wives, The Mating Season, The Midnight Murder, The Mini-skirt Gang Misfire Mission Impossible My Mind, Your Body Mysterious Lady Killer Na Cha And The Seven Devils Naked Love Night Is Young, The Night of the Devil's Bride Notorious Frameup, The Of Wives and Mistresses One Heart One Spirit Operation Lipstick Orchid, The Oriental Playgirls Painted Faces Payment in Blood Poison Rose Psychopath, The Purple Shell, The Queen Hustler Reckless Cricket, The Redbeard Revenge of the Corpse Ripples Romance in Paris Romantic Scholar, The Second Spring, The Sing High Sing Low Sons and Daughters Spirit of the Raped Squadron 77 Starry Is the Night Stooge, My Love Story Of Taxi Dancers Stranger In Hong Kong Swan Song Temperament Of Life That Tender Age THE KILLER The Love Auction Thief Of Thieves This Man Is Dangerous Thousand Years Fox Three Stooges Go Undercover Three Swinging Girls Thunderclap Time For Love, A To Kill a Mastermind Tomorrow Is Another Day Tragedy of Love Trapeze Girl Two Faces of Love, The Ugly Tycoon Unforgettable Heroine Villains, The Virgins, The Wedding Nights Wives and Lovers Young Heroes of the Street, The Young Outcasts Young Passion Examples of suspected lost (or unlicensed) films: http://www.celestialpictures.com/level3_talent_info.cfm?l_talent_id=404 http://www.celestialpictures.com/level3_talent_info.cfm?l_talent_id=588 I suspect my endeavor is rather fruitless, but I think we need to drill down the unreleased Shaw filmographies to an available/lost status. My guess is there should be around 30 more titles in my list of 146 Celestial owns (likely all post-65) but would like confirmation from anyone in the know before inserting into the list vs. conjecture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Markgway Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 Thanks for the headsup on SPRINGTIME IN PATTAYA. I've also ammended the entry for the Korean film THOUSAND YEARS FOX because it's not a Shaw Bros production. If there's anything else in my absent filmography that should or shouldn't be there LMK. I'm planning on creating a new thread for the Shaw co-productions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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