a fighter 's blues ( chinese : 阿虎 ) is a 2000 hong kong drama film directed by daniel lee , produced by and starring andy lau .

on another note , a fighter 's blues is also lau 's 100th film role .

a fighter ' s blues

on another note , a fighter ' s blues is also lau ' s 100th film role .
denganamangana , a remix of mizoguchi ' s theme from fighter ' s history .
an interview with henry lai : https : / / asianfilmstrike . wordpress . com . . . the cue
a fighter ' s blues iii
, from henry lai ' s score to the film a fighter ' s blues , starring andy lau . i don ' t own this music .
the first picture to be delivered under the deal is a fighter ' s blues , a thai - boxing picture which marks andy lau ' s 100th film as star .
a fighter ' s blues
has a very simple plot , focusing on the life of boxers . it also spends quite a lot of time with the people in the orphanage , to deliver emotional scenes that may conjure tears . i like the fact that many thai people are cast , and thai is spoken in some scenes as well , making it more authentic . i am a little lost as to why the orphanage staff is japanese though , it does feel a little out of place . in summary ,
a fighter ' s blues
is an adequate film that combines boxing and emotions .
before he went exclusively style - over - substance , daniel lee directed fighting drama a fighter’s blues , about an aging boxer ( andy lau , in a mature and underrated performance ) seeking a shot at redemption . co - starring japanese drama queen takako tokiwa . billed as andy lau’s 100th film . he would go on to make a whole lot more .
this is a great film . andy was great at acting his part both as a father and a fighter . the most memoriable part was probably the ending . . . very touching .
a kickboxer returns home after a 13 - year imprisonment for killing another fighter outside of the ring . he ' s shocked to learn that he has a daughter and begins the arduous process of getting to know her .
book title : a fighter ' s blues directors : daniel lee imdb rating : 6 . 5 country : hong kong language : cantonese genre : drama , romance , sport release date : 2000 - 11 - 21 runtime : 105 min stars : andy lau , takako tokiwa , inthira charoenpura
andy lau stars in a fighter’s blues , his 100th film , as mong fu ( tiger ) , an international kick - boxer who ends up in prison for accidentally killing an opponent in a fight . looking back at his life when he was a professional boxer , tiger remembers how he met a thai reporter , pim , in hong kong and fell in love with her .
blue mary also has kiss me from fatal fury 3 and real bout . not as good as
blue mary ' s blues
, but still good . here ' s the arranged version , and here ' s the kof xiv version .
an disgraced ex - boxer gets out of prison after serving for thirteen years . he goes back to thailand to find his sweetheart , only to find her already dead . he has to reconcile his past while building a relationship with a daughter he never knew existed .
a fighter ' s blues
has a very simple plot , focusing on the life of boxers . it also spends quite a lot of time with the people in the orphanage , to deliver emotional scenes that may conjure tears . i like the fact that many thai people are cast , and thai is spoken in some scenes as well , making it more authentic . i am a little lost as to why the orphanage staff is japanese though , it does feel a little out of place . in summary ,
a fighter ' s blues
is an adequate film that combines boxing and emotions .
the main reason why i saw this one was that i wanted to see andy lau as a fighter . but i only got through a fourth of it because i thought it was really fake : /
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andy lau ' s 100th film also happens to boast his finest onscreen performance . it ' s a good movie , too .
and how else to bring the ash saga to a close than with diabolosis , the theme of dark ash ? it ' s a very chilling , atmospheric piece , fitting of the final battle ' s nature .
the 2 - players ending theme from the original metal slug . there ' s also a vocal version .
one of andy lau ' s better movies . i ' d say it ' s worth watching , at least it doesn ' t have a typical happy ending .
a man falls in love with a woman from shanghai , who ' s come to hong kong to look for long - lost - mother , but problems arise when her wealthy father assumes she ' s been kidnapped .
. it ' s a catchy and memorable j - pop / j - rock song . the ost rendition from
also worth mentioning in ' 99 is the k ' team ' s theme kd - 0079 . what a way to open up with a new hero for the saga .
ending and credits themes don ' t get too much attention , but they are often great . here ' s mirthless , the staff roll theme from ' 97 , a charming , slow blues - like theme . serious , one of the ending bgm from 2003 , has an epic and melancholic feel that makes great use of the typical kof rock style .
how about boss terry ' s theme ? it ' s not every day you get to fight the main hero as a final boss , especially not with a grand - scale epic remake of one of his classic themes blasting in the background .
for something more heartfelt ( no pun intended ) and relaxing , there ' s full moon : heartful , hotaru futaba ' s theme .
king ' s theme and kabocha - to piero in the sequel . kof xiv has a remix of king ' s first art of fighting theme that plays when ryo and king face each other .
after a 13 - year imprisonment in hong kong , a kickboxer challenges the current champion in order to restore his honor .
( well , actually , it ' s four :
chestnuts and mashed potatoes
) . odd name aside , terry ' s peppy and upbeat trademark theme is always a great addition to any game . the
snowy road (
let ' s run through !
on the ost ) sounds like a james bond theme cranked up to eleven .
from 2 , we have a new version of the usual c ' mon , there ' s a semi - sale in that forest , the japanese parisian , gloom of the cowman , mozokusu in the mosque , and giving a manicure to the fingernails of darkness .
samurai shodown warrior ' s rage has a brilliant arranged soundtrack and may be the single greatest music snk has has ever done . first off , there is asura ' s theme which is very dark , yet very tragic sounding . then we have haohmaru ' s appropriately named theme which probably suits him as a character as well as any theme can possibly suit a character . galford and nakoruru get probably the best versions of their themes to date , and to say nothing of the boss themes . . . gandara has a fittingly ominous track for a giant . . . thing and yuga ' s theme has a dark and terrifying sound that lets you know what kind of being you are up against .
antonov ' s theme , i ' m the king of fighters , has a great guitar riff and solos , plus some epic orchestral parts .
finally the twin ' s theme in real bout special and real bout 2 .
lee pai long ' s theme , which was also remixed for the sequel .
most memorable by far was the theme to jimmy and sonia ' s stage .
on the subject of zero , both the clone and the original were given pretty slick tunes in 2002 : unlimited match . original zero ' s theme is testament of n . e . s . t . s . , an imperialistic march that has a hint of undying duty and sadness while clone zero was given dark gravitation , a song that has split some fans on whether or not it ' s better than
slasher zero
( a song that was heralded as
pure evil in audio form
. )
very energetic , and a song you ' ll be hearing quite a bit since you ' ll be losing to rugal so often .
into the cosmos , a track that is equal parts rocking and otherworldly , perfect for the opening stages of the final level ' s battleship raid .
, essentially the old snk ' s swan song , has an appropriately awesome soundtrack . nowhere is this exemplified more than in kyo ' s theme , the appropriately titled
successor , najd ' s theme . an ominous tune with a distinct middle - eastern feel to it despite not using any middle - eastern instruments whatsoever .
it gets quite the imposing remix in the form of maximum impact ' s requiem .
ugly hero , astro guy ' s theme in the first king of the monsters .
so far , this is one of andy lau ' s best movie ever . the story was beautifully done and awesome indeed . a heart breaking and touching film to own . a must see to believe . . . ! ! !
a cop is forced into early retirement due to retinal damage . but after witnessing a bank robbery along with a female inspector - who believes he has acute senses - they team up in hope to solve the case .
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and pandora ' s box n° 2 , mist theme of his twin brother jin chonrei .
this is andy ' s best performance ever . a true love / drama between father and daughter . on top of that the love scenes are slowly touching yet beautifully ending with unforgetable . like andy said ;
box til the end
. a highly recommended andy film . one of andy ' s best drama since
a true mob story
. overall , this is adorably and touching indeed .
c62 - shirokuni - , the theme of ryuji yamazaki . a very casual but rocking tune that shifts around wildly between soft and hard to match yamazaki ' s unstable psyche . the arranged version also sounds a lot like
young lust
by pink floyd . it gets a pretty neat remix in kof xiv .
the king of fighters 2002 : unlimited match made up for 2001 and 2002 ' s rather poor soundtracks with a new soundtrack , and oh , what a difference it makes . it also gives kula diamond a long due deserved song ( since the wonderful ice place ) that is actually kickass . ice place would get a remix in xiv and plays when kula and angel face each other .
on the subject of
still green
, snk did a ska version of the song . a ska version . and it still sounds amazing .
love him or hate him , ash crimson ' s themes are deliciously sinister , a testament to just how far he ' s strayed from the typical protagonistic mold . splendid evil in kof 2003 kicked it off and joker in xi eventually becomes something akin to guilty gear - lite ( thanks in part to a killer guitar ) . joker eventually got remixed in xiv , but repurposed and suitably re - arranged as oswald ' s theme .
new order , rinrin , and secret circumstances , all from xi . the first is a essentially a fusion of
esaka
and
arashi no saxophone
; the second is jazzy ; the last one sounds like the score for the next james bond . a remix of new order plays as kyo and iori ' s fated battle theme while vanessa would get a remix of secret circumstances in xiv .
. you can pretty much feel all the emotions of snk ' s ( brief ) demise .
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regulation a gives us please select . perhaps the catchiest menu select theme ever .
is a bad game with even worse graphics . . . and awesome music .
after a 13 - year imprisonment in hong kong , mong fu returns to thailand to discover that his girlfriend died and left him a daughter , ploy . with the help of sister mioko , a caretaker for orphans , fu and ploy begin the long hard road to know each other . however , a thai boxing promoter tells the truth about why fu went to prison . it turns out that fu , who is a former kickboxer himself , killed a kickboxing champion outside the ring . in an attempt to bring honor back , fu challenges the current champion in a fight . meanwhile , a relationship begins to ensue between fu and sister mioko .
after a 13 - year imprisonment in hong kong , mong fu returns to thailand to discover that his girlfriend had died and had left him a daughter , ploy . with the help of sister mioko , a caretaker for orphans , fu and ploy begin the long hard road to know each other . however , a thai boxing promoter tells the truth about why fu went to prison . it turns out that fu , who is a former kickboxer himself , killed a kickboxing champion outside the ring . in an attempt to bring honor back , fu challenges the current champion in a fight . meanwhile , a relationship begins to ensue between fu and sister mioko .
napolitan blues from ' 94 , club m ~ flute under blue sky from ' 95 , and prolongnation from 2003 weren ' t too shabby either . honestly , terry really can ' t do any wrong and his teammates ( who sometimes drew the short end of the stick when it came to music , especially joe ) benefitted from being grouped with him .
after a 13 - year imprisonment in hong kong , mong fu returns to thailand to discover that his girlfriend died and left him a daughter , ploy . with the help of sister mioko , a caretaker for orphans , fu and ploy begin the long hard road to know each other . however , a thai boxing promoter tells the truth about why fu went to prison . it turns out that fu , who is a former kickboxer himself , killed a kickboxing champion outside the ring . in an attempt to bring honor back , fu challenges the current champion in a fight . meanwhile , a relationship begins to ensue between fu and sister mioko . ( less )
from samurai shodown , tuna , the theme of series ' staple mcninja galford d . weiler . it even has a live version , and a few awesome remixes .
i must say . . . this is one of the best film i have ever seen . a very touching father and daughter relationship paired with a love story . . . beautiful crafted together . . . this is a triumph of asian filmmaking .
and there ' s the theme of rugal ' s son adel : revolutionary etude ~ r2 . it starts out as a chopin piece , and then goes into full - blown techno . his xi theme , king is even better . and its arranged version is even better than that .
after a 13 - year imprisonment in hong kong , mong fu returns to thailand to discover that his girlfriend had died and had left him a daughter , ploy . with the help of sister mioko , a caretaker for orphans , fu and ploy begin the long hard road to know each other . however , a thai boxing promoter tells the truth about why fu went to prison . it turns out that fu , who is a former kickboxer himself , killed a kickboxing champion outside the ring . in an attempt to bring honor back , fu challenges the current champion in a fight . meanwhile , a relationship begins to ensue between fu and sister mioko . written by ninja01
the mysterious official invitation team bring with them
venatore ballare
, a very unusual theme for the kof series . it ' s a bombastic orchestra track with vocals sung in italian , very appropriate for the opera house / masquerade arena theme that is their home stage .
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an ethnomusicologist actually wrote a thesis regarding the music of the franchise . the fourth game , in particular , is said to have a unique blend of western and japanese scales for a stylistic result that might have literally never been heard before in video games .
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this is my favorite andy lau ' s movie . i think he acted really well in this movie .
one of andy lau ' s better movies . i also like to listen the song in this movie .
slacking off can be awesome , especially with more rocks on loose genius , dong hwan ' s theme .
months after the events of the original film , ming suspects a police superintendent as being a new mole for the triads , while years earlier , yan embarks on his first mission .
the arranged version features a very indian - ish tune near the end of the song .
from the fifth game , yoshitora ' s theme is best described as
tuna + shamisen + awesome .
mr . big ' s theme , returns as blue moon factory in the sequel . during his appearance in kof 96 as a part of boss team , he got dust man . there was also a scrapped version of his theme for the snes that was probably more interesting than his arcade theme .
while 2002 ' s soundtrack was somewhat lacking due to snk ' s financial crisis at the time , napolitan trance , the theme of k9999 and the nests team , was quite good , despite the repetitiveness . for some people , it may also be the intro and player select themes , even if one ' s based on the other .
andy lau tak - wah mh , jp ( born july 10 , 1961 ) is a hong kong cantopop singer , film actor , and producer . he has been one of hong kong ' s most commercially successful film actors since the 1990s . andy lau has since appeared in more than 100 films and 300 mini series with hong kong ' s tvb channel , and has a huge fan base throughout asia with the success of both his onscreen performances and his musical career . related tags : wikiroll andy lau ' s official site
. not only it is a soothing yet melancholy song , but harumi ikoma , blue mary ' s seiyuu , actually provides the vocals . ( for those who want to hear the non - vocal version ,
the original version of final attack that shows up since metal slug 2 and it ' s so badass that it became the most recurrent leitmotif in the series . the two times the original version is used , you ' re fighting a mothership with morden ' s army or engaging into a dramatic showdown with rootmars . anyway , this song is guaranteed to make you feel badass enough to fight an entire army and win .
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a staple boss battle music that spans across all games ( save 5 ) : steel beast .
an improvised concerto , for magaki . as classical piano , it ' s surprisingly subdued , but no less awesome .
buriki one might be an obscure game on an equally obscure arcade system but it ' s soundtrack turned out to be great ! in high gear , gai tendo ' s theme , has also been remixed for king of fighters xi .
i thought this movie was a really good drama . . . i think is the category . andy lau ' s character is really laidback in the film and i think he did a great job portraying that image . . . i really liked the japanese , ithink she was , actress in it too . she was really cute and also helped me further enjoy the movie . the ending scene brought tears to my eyes which was weird cuz i really do the mushy thing . . . there ' s not really a whole lot of action in the movie so if you are into loud flash and booms throughout the course of a movie , this isn ' t your thing otherwise , try it , its a great movie .
from ' 95 , there ' s senritsu no dora ( the shuddering gong ) , apparently carried over from psycho soldier as well . pretty funky . its best arrange collection version has a more commanding and triumphant feel .
the character select theme does a very good job getting you pumped for the many battles to come .
set in china in the 1860 ' s during the taiping rebellion , the story is based on the assassination of ma xinyi in 1870 . loyalist general qingyun is the only survivor of a battle with . . . see full summary »
gori - rock , franco bash ' s theme from real bout fatal fury special / 2 . what do ya know ? the guy wasn ' t lying when he said he was a
dynamooooooo !
. oh my gawwwd !
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much like the refreshingly good hip - hop provided by the american sports team , a similar case can be made for the themes of everyone ' s favorite southtown dj , duck king . whether it ' s shitamachi no abarenbou ( the wild boy from downtown ) from the original fatal fury , duck dub dub from fatal fury special / kof xi , or duck duck duck ! from the real bout series , the sound team knows how to churn out snazzy tracks . props to kong kuwata ( as in the seiyuu of duck king and geese ) for actually rapping in a few of duck ' s themes .
similarly , the menu theme for kof - i , as heard here . it ' s also the main menu theme to xiii .
version 2 . 0 of xiv adds some new songs to the game , most of which are remixes . emergence , rock howard ' s new theme , perfectly captures the spirit of classic snk music before their first
death
. very reminiscent of goodbye esaka and fairy , and appropriately uplifting for seeing a massive fan favorite finally join a canon kof game .
and here ' s some from kizuna encounter : slums , toll - road , skyscraper construction , and docks . gotta love that guitar .
for the south town team , we have
soy sauce for koyadofu
, a very intense combination of hard rock and traditional japanese instruments , as expected from geese howard and his syndicate . and if that doesn ' t do it for you , geese ' s classic theme makes a return if he fights against terry . this remix is very fitting , standing out among all the rival battle themes for capturing the feel of a bloodthirsty brawl between these two longtime foes . the 2 . 0 update added this remix of the art of fighting 2 version of geese ' s theme , fittingly for ryo vs . geese matches .
jack turner ' s theme is okay , but it ' s the pc - engine arrange that makes it awesome . his theme in the sequel , however , is awesome on its own , and while the arrange version makes the song more upbeat , you gotta love that sax .
an exiled detective is recruited to solve a series of mysterious deaths that threaten to delay the inauguration of empress wu .
after spending 13 years in jail , mong fu andy lau , a muay thai boxer returns to thailand to look for his old girlfriend . upon arrival in bangkok , he learns of her death and that she was pregnant with his daughter last time he saw her . he travels to an orphanage to meet his daughter where he finds friendship with a japanese nun who runs the orphanage . his dark past soon comes back to haunt him and he must fight for his future . mong fu kills his rival chat chai in the dressing room which gets him his 13 year prison sentence . the climax of this film is a final fight with a thai boxer who wants to avenge chat chai ' s death , which ends in a fight
yeah , gotta agree . one of andy ' s best movies . i really recommend it , you guys should watch it immediately ! ! !
. nearly all percussion and of an impossible - to - identify musical genre , it ' s one of the darkest themes in the series .
the lonely wolves ' newest theme , wild street . it ' s like street dancer from xi , only injected with 250 % more rock .
released from prison after more than thirteen years inside , mong fu leaves hong kong for thailand to find half - thai photographer and journalist pim , his former lover . his sentence was the result of a fatal accident in the washroom with opponent chacha during an impromptu rematch , after having deliberately lost a thai boxing fight to him on the orders of his gambling boss . he discovers that he has a rebellious teenage daughter ploy who has quit school . sister mioko , a young woman who takes care of the orphans , encourages mong fu and ploy ' s relationship while developing feelings of her own for mong fu . . .
london march , billy ' s theme from kof ' 97 ( and a majority of billy ' s other appearances ) also sounds like it ' d go hand - in - hand with guilty gear ( the arranged version even more so . ) n . d . r . , his theme from real bout fatal fury , is also rocking , and the arranged version from kof ' 98 throws synthesisers into the mix .
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this film i had watch it years ago . . it is a good film . would recommend anyone to watch it .
the credits theme , burning on , sounds like something that would play as the series ' swan song , but with a lot of developments for xiv ( a proper shift to 3d for the main series , the start of a new story arc , etc . ) , it leaves fans hopeful and excited for what the future holds for snk and the king of fighters .
saxophone under the moon , the theme for the yagami team . iori ' s penchant for orgasmic jazz music has blessed him , mature and vice well .
star tv has signed a five - year output agreement with hong kong star andy lau and his teamwork motion pictures production company .
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this is an old movie but i recently saw it . i thought it was pretty okay . andy play a good role .
it has been 12 years since then , and in his search for pim he discovers that she has died and left him a daughter , ploy , who is bring taken care of in an orphanage . there , he meets mioko , a japanese nun who helps him understand his daughter better . a thai boxer recognizes tiger and wants to avenge the death of the chartchai , the boxer accidentally killed by tiger . tiger accepts the challenge , but with a new understanding and philosophy of boxing , that is to learn from mistake .
an disgraced ex - boxer gets out of prison after serving for thirteen years . he goes back to thailand to find his sweetheart , only to find her already dead . he has to reconcile his past while building a relationship with a daughter he never knew existed .
ole ! laurence blood , bullfighter extraordinate from fatal fury , has some fiesty themes backed by a magical spanish guitar . there ' s hataraku tougyuushi ( the hard - working bullfighter ) from 2 / special and ushi to otawamure ( playing around with bulls ) from real bout special / real bout 2 .
the dark , gritty tone of the fourth episode is accompanied by a fitting soundtrack made of ominous minimalism . the arranged version of demon ' s song - revised - , notable for being the only other hard rock track in the game next to tuna , and actually being better than the original version .
a troop of comedians and acrobats from all over the world perform in hk setting the stage for revolution . burning man blue man group .
after spending 13 years in jail for killing one of his opponents chat chai in the dressing room , mong fu , a washed up muay thai kickboxer returns to thailand to look for his old girlfriend pim . upon arrival in bangkok , he finds out that she died and that he has a 14 year old daughter . he finds the orphanage and meet his daughter and starts a relationship with sister mioko , the nun
as usual , the japan team have an energetic and powerful electronic rock theme in the form of
yappari esaka
. it samples both the team ' s xiii theme and their classic 96 theme , giving a feeling of paying tribute to the past history of not only kyo and his team , but the real life esaka station that serves as both their stage and snk ' s old home . above all , this theme lets you know that kof is truly here again .
an illegal immigrant from mainland china sneaks into corrupt british - colonized hong kong in 1963 , transforming himself into a ruthless and emerging drug lord .
in a series filled to the brim with rock , jazz , and pop , slam no . 5 ( or is it slum no . 5 ? ) from kof ' 94 stands out as a cool hip - hop track . also , make sure to catch the ' 98 version .
mickey rodgers ' s theme in the first game perfectly captures his design as an gritty underground boxer , while his theme in the second game does so again with more rocky atmosphere .
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andy gives another great performance . the movie stretches pretty long in the middle but moves along petty well . the camera shots and angles made the movie look like it was a photo shoot . this is a movie more than kickboxing but simply about finally realizing that u have to give it ur all .
fairy , chizuru ' s theme from kof ' 96 and its arranged version , as well as sacredness ~ fairy from kof 2003 . rock and gospel have never sounded so great together .
' in 1982 gained him instant success and popularity . during this decade , andy lau played the lead role in many of the tvb series thus being named one of
tvb ' s five tigers
along with tony leung , michael miu , felix wong , and kent tong . in the late 80s , andy left tvb and began a starring in films rather than dramas . with well known successful films such as
as tears go by
and
a moment of romance
, andy became one of hong kong ' s most bankable stars . he won many awards in his acting career and even beat jackie chan in the
no . 1 box office actor
in 2005 .
this is one of andy lau ' s best movies . the story is moving . the view in thailand , esp . pattaya is really intriguing . and the ending is beautiful , though expected . but some details aren ' t clearly stated . and the boy ray seems to be an optional character . anyway , it ' s recommendable to those who cherish the warmth from heart .
enriedo ~ the detached impure world ~ is the perfect theme for the final boss stage . it ' s also originally from sengoku 3 and served as the final stage theme for that game .
in xiv , yappari esaka serves as team japan ' s theme . and just when you thought it couldn ' t get any better by taking cues from the original
esaka ?
from ' 96 , we have now come full circle . yappari esaka ? is a full remix of the original song done completely in the style of the newer version .
while it might not have the staying power or nostalgic value of
esaka
or
tears
, blaze , kyo ' s other solo theme from kof 2003 , has its own merits .
the apple apparently doesn ' t fall far from the tree , as kim ' s sons also get in on the action , especially jae hoon . listen to too honest and experience the awesome .
the very original ikari theme from the classic ikari warriors got a remix after decades since its debut . surprisingly , it never got an official remix till xiv rolled in , raising a greater feeling of nostalgia now that it has been brought back . sadly , it only plays when ralf and clark face off against each other .
the theme for the villains team ,
wa
, is a gritty industrial piece with distorted guitars and dubstep influences , appropriate for a team of convicted prisoners . it also has moments of creepy ambience which are especially fitting for series newcomer xanadu , the mysterious cultist who lead chang and choi after they escaped from kim .
while not
seoul
per se , attack me ! from fatal fury wild ambition stands out in a game where the music was probably the only remarkable feature .
in 1985 , andy was released his first album in hong kong that year , was called
只知道此刻愛你
( only know that at this moment i love you ) however this album was not a big hit . despite having a voice not traditionally associated with popular music , andy lau ' s hard work and perseverance resulted in him being one of the most successful chinese music celebrities . his singing career reached stellar status in 1990 with the release of the album entitled 可不可以
would it be possible ?
, and his subsequent releases only solidified his status as a marketable singer . many of his songs quickly topped the music charts , not only in hong kong , but also in taiwan , mainland china , and in many different parts of asia . he even entered the guiness world record for
most awards won by a canto - pop male artist
.
formed by lau in 1990 , teamwork ' s credits include critically - acclaimed features such as made in hong kong ( 1997 ) and the longest summer ( 1998 ) , both directed by fruit chan .
andy lau tak - wah is now a very famous actor and singer around asia , andy lau tak - wah was born to a poor family in rural town taipo in new territories , hong kong . for two years , 10 - year old andy lau tak - wah had to wake up early at 3 am to make eight trips everyday to fetch water for his family . it was not until 1980 that andy sign up for tvb ' s 10th acting academy and became an actor . andy lau tak - wah also started his singing career in 1985 .
while we ' re on the subject of the ryan family , kevin ryan / rian has wilderness policeman . what it sounds like is exactly what it says on the tin . here ' s the arranged version .
* screen format : letter box * sound mix : dts * dvd type : dvd - 5 導演：李仁港 director : lee yan kong 監製：爾冬陞 , 禢嘉珍 producer : derek yee , kuen ka chun 天幕十週年出品！劉德華第一百部電影！！ 阿虎（劉德華飾）代表香港出賽「亞太拳王大賽」，本抱打假拳心態，後認識泰國年輕女導pim，在賽事中途棄權，對手察差不心息，被阿虎錯手打死，虎入獄13年。出獄後得知pim已去世並為他生下女兒ploy，虎不惜尋找，認識孤兒院院長澪（常盤貴子飾）。poly拒絕認回生父，澐介入挽救。其後有人認出虎乃當年的殺人犯，父女關係陷入困境，虎參與世紀拳賽…… after 13 years of imprisonment , once a boxing champion tiger finally releases from the prison . he finds that his lover pim is dead and she has left him a daughter ploy . ploy is hostile to tiger at the beginning , with the liaison of mioko , their relationship is improving . but the crisis comes when a thai boxing promoter , sombat challenges tiger to fight with his thai champ tawon . it is time for tiger to face up of being a real boxer in life . . . . . .
i love this movie because simply andy is a good actor and a singer and hehe . . . takako is great . andy and takako did a beautiful job at acting out their roles and the plot of the movie is excellent . well there are certain things in the movie that can be improved , mainly the audio , but they are all the producer ' s fault . ok first off the dubbing of the movie is kinda chunky . i thought it was caused by the vcd because we all know that the vcd quality arent the best , so i tried dvd thinking that with something digital i cant lose . secondly the fighting scenes are cool , but could be better if cool sound effects were added . if you saw the movie fight club , you ' ll know what i ' m taking about . at last why did they dubbed takako ' s voice , her voice is so sweet and sexy just think about the beautiful life and moonlight express .
well here it is . as lotta ppl requested i uploaded the movie but for now only a couple parts . i ' ll upload the rest next time . enjoy . . .
in spite of one ' s age , the theme of the oyaji / master team from kof ' 98 . and if you thought that was good , wait until you hear ver . immortal from 2002 : unlimited match .
exceed the limits , rick strowd ' s theme from real bout fatal fury 2 fits the character well ; that is to say it ' s pure awesome . while we are on the subject of the fatal fury series , let us turn to our attention to alfred airhawk , also from real bout 2 . ( no , not dominated mind like everyone else thinks . ) get the sky ~ with your dreams ~ fits alfred quite well , actually .
pangyago houho , the fatal fury 2 / special theme of acrofatic chinese brawler cheng sinzan . it even gets a remix in the form of hapushu ! fuuu in the real bout series .
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trash head , goenitz ' s theme . militaristic , imposing , and fits the
wind
theme behind the boss . then came trash head ~ spring storm ~ for the king of fighters 2002 : unlimited match . . .
fate , the calamitous theme of saiki , which seems to incorporate elements of magaki and mukai ' s themes , fittingly enough . the console release nets saiki two seperate , and equally sinister themes for his playable , clothed form .
the new psycho soldier team theme ,
tachi bou ke
, turned some heads for not only being another fun j - pop tune to go along with athena ' s character themeing , but being the first kof song , and possibly the first major fighting game song , to use a vocaloid as its primarily vocalist . the vocal version is saved for all athena vs . kensou fights , while the instrumental version without the vocaloid is the stage theme for the psycho soldier team ' s stage ,
the bund
. even cooler is how it functions on the bund stage itself - if a team match leads to athena vs . kensou mid - match , the vocals will kick in seamlessly with no interruption to the music . if athena vs . kensou ends and the match overall continues , the vocals will fade back out .
and , just like geese ,
ketchaku r
has been subject to a few remixes over the years : xxx in kof ' 98 and unlimited r in kof 2002 : unlimited match .
the way to rebirth from ' 99 and wild party from 2000 . ever since
seoul road
in ' 96 , kim and his korean cohorts have received a fair share of awesome .
k ' seems to have his own string of pure , unadulterated awesome . aside from the aforementioned
kd - 0079
, there ' s kd - 0084 in 2000 , kd in 2003 , and kdd - 0075 in xi .
every boss theme from neo geo battle coliseum . and not just the boss themes . try the castle ? antenna . here ' s snk planet cafe with an even more awesome arranged version . even the how to play theme is awesome !
control crisis , the orochi iori / orochi leona sub - boss theme for ' 97 , sounds more like a guilty gear track than something snk would do . the arrange version is even better .
the new faces team ' s non - orochi forms also had pretty killer music ( no pun intended ) in the form of bloody . naturally , this too was remolded when unlimited match came along . the end result ? re : bloody .
antinomy ~ mutually exclusive dichotomy ~ , the theme of the kyo clone team from kof 2002 : unlimited match . it starts out a contender for the darkest bgm you ' ll ever hear in a fighting game ( which is fitting considering that evil , magical doppelganger kusanagi is depicted as looking downright ax crazy with a slasher smile that would put yamazaki to shame ) . then , around the post - 1 : 00 mark , the song picks up and starts to feel . . . oddly heroic . of course , you ' re right to back to square one after that brief moment of uplifting .
with jurassic world : fallen kingdom now in cinemas , we take a look at how imdb users rated the films of the franchise . plus , browse exclusive lego® jurassic world playsets , presented by lego .
purity soldiers , the lighthearted theme of the psycho soldier team . the scrapped version of purity soldiers is pretty good too though you ' ll only hear it on a handful of japanese match videos during the interlude .
the king of fighters xii also had a very well - done soundtrack . unlike previous games , the music used is based on the stage rather than the team or character . there are two versions each as well with one only slightly differing from the other . however , the real eye ( or ear ) opener is the ast versions of the soundtrack . here is a preview , and the whole ast can be heard here .
the theme of ryuhaku todoh from art of fighting , which will return in art of fighting 2 as ryo sakazaki ' s theme
uma - to - boku
, and one more time in kof 98 , cementing its status as theme of art of fighting series .
andy lau turns in his finest performance in this e ntertaining drama about tiger ( lau ) , a kickboxer who is released from prison and finds redemption . the film begins as heís released from prison , but weíre introduced to his demons in flashback . when he was a young boxer , he fell for thai filmmaker pim ( indhira jaroeupura of the film nang nak ) . she was his number one love , though he apparently forgot what drew her to him . she was drawn to his strength and his fighting nature . when she discovers that boxing is only a job to him , he loses her and something else happens that lands him in jail for 10 + years .
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a young father and his infant son are beset by forces of evil and corruption . they wander china , upholding their sense of honor and protecting the weak . when they are forced into combat , . . . see full summary »
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the final boss music , independence from an aggregate , is a major shoutout to akira . the theme itself starts off with an ominous atmosphere , then the rhythmic percussions of japanese instruments and chanting starts playing . its no holds barred .
star expects four to five movies out of teamwork over the next three years , but teamwork executive producer shelly lau puts the figure much higher .
we ' re looking at making eight to ten films a year ,
said lau .
the arranged version of you feel for me , the theme of the high school girls team , gives off this happy - go - lucky , club mix vibe . also , there ' s the light - hearted and relaxing pure ~ at good old days for the neo psycho soldier team in xi .
the red army will stop at nothing to assassinate the daka lama during his visit to singapore on nation day . en route , he meets ling may , a young woman who shares his horoscope ; he tells her . . . see full summary »
the all - female heroic trio are tung ( wonder woman ) , chat ( thief catcher ) , a mercenary , and ching ( invisible woman ) . initially , they ' re on opposing sides - the invisible ching is kidnapping . . . see full summary »
at the other end of the spectrum are iori yagami ' s jazz - heavy themes with screaming saxophones , the arashi no saxophone ( that ' s
stormy saxophone
for those who don ' t know japanese ) series : it started in the king of fighters ' 95 with arashi no saxophone ( which was popular enough to be rearranged in kof ' 98 and again in xi ) , then continued with arashi no saxophone 2 in ' 96 ( ditto in 2002 and xiii as ex iori ) , cool jam ( arashi no saxophone 3 ) in ' 97 , stormy scream ( arashi no saxophone 4 ) in 2000 , and cool jam 2 in 2003 , then finally xiii gives us arashi no saxophone 5 . for the new story arc starting in xiv , the yagami team gets saxophone under the moon as their theme song . the original stormy saxophone eventually got a remix in kof xiv , fittingly as the rival theme between kyo and iori with their classic dlc outfits on .
remember watching this years back . . takako tokiwa ! ! was my fav jap actress back then , having just watched beautiful life , so i just had to watch this . . . it ' s not great , but not really bad either . . yeah , great help i ' ve been ! ! takako tokiwa . . . . . . .
if you thought
wild street
rocked your socks off , wait until you listen to the new fatal fury team theme ,
departure from south town
. a high - octane rocking piece guaranteed to get anyone pumped when fighting in their home stage , in which the song fits very well , too .
i don ' t know why , but when i watched this movie , it reminds me of rocky , of course the whole story line isn ' t same . different is roky is successful ending but this one is tiger dies , just like ordinary chinese movie ending . but it ' s good movie , you don ' t waste your time to watch it ! i liked it .
most of terry ' s other themes are of equal caliber . his list of greats includes big shot ! from fatal fury 3 / real bout fatal fury / kof xi ( complete with an acoustic version in kof ' 96 ) , 11th street from fatal fury wild ambition , sunrise on the train from garou : mark of the wolves , 176th street from kof ' 99 , and terry 115 from kof 2000 .


the king of paris ( russian : король парижа , translit : korol ' parizha ) is a 1917 russian silent feature film directed by yevgeni bauer .

the film was shot in the cinema factory of aleksandr khanzhonkov in yalta .

this was the last work of yevgeni bauer .

as he worked on his previous film , for happiness ( ru : « за счастьем » ) , bauer broke his leg , and he shot this film while in a bathchair , but soon fell ill with pneumonia .

he began shooting in early summer of 1917 , but he was soon placed in yalta hospital and on 9 june 1917 he died .

actress olga rakhmanova finished the film .

the king of paris ( 1917 film )

worldwide release of the lord of the rings : the return of the king live - action film , directed by peter jackson .
england : duke of connaught decorates men of the
contemptibles
at chelsea . ( 1917 )
release of the return of the king animated film , directed by arthur rankin , jr and jules bass .
unauthorised paperbacks of the two towers and the return of the king are published by ace books .
the subtitles the fellowship of the ring , the two towers and the return of the king are chosen for individual volumes of the lord of the rings .
tolkien’s poem ‘the battle of the eastern field’ is printed in the king edward’s school chronicle .
bbc radio serialises the two towers and the return of the king in 6 half - hour episodes .
kennedy , harlan .
the world of king arthur according to john boorman .
paris 1900 . dvd - r . ( grapevine us ) - compilation documentary made in 1947 about paris in the early 1900s , includes footage of stars like bernhardt .
the film index : a bibliography . vol . 1 : the film as art .
tarpley , fred .
king arthur on film .
in william e . tanner , ed .
release of the lord of the rings animated film , directed by ralph bakshi .
but , despite such details , the replica paris was not quite finished before the last german air raid in paris , in september 1918 , meaning it was never tested .
wallace , david .
' the fisher king ' s ' catch .
presents probably the most faithful film version of the medieval legend of tristan and isolde .
[ paris ] 101 ( july - august 1995 ) : 71 - 77 .
[ paris ] 283 - 284 ( july - august 1982 ) : 95 .
[ paris ] 357 ( august - september 1982 ) : 235 - 37 .
[ paris ] 9 ( july - august 1970 ) : 22 - 23 .
this film was the last work of yevgeni bauer . at work on the film previous , for happiness ( «за счастьем» ) bauer broke his leg , and he shot his last film while in his chair , but soon fell ill with pneumonia . he began shooting in early summer of 1917 . but he was soon placed in yalta hospital and 9 june 1917 he died .
denmark ; dir . jytte rex ; norsk film production and the danish film institute .
magid , ron .
the fisher king ' s logistical knight - mare .
vaines , colin .
king arthur ' s yankee enters the space age .
the american film institute catalog of motion pictures produced in the united states : film beginnings , 1893 - 1910 .
the american film institute catalog of motion pictures produced in the united states , film beginnings , 1893 - 1910 .
“ ' split reel ' notes for the theatre men . ” motography ( 31 march 1917 ) : 665 - 666 .
tolkien drafts the chapters ‘the land of shadow’ , ‘mount doom’ , ‘the field of cormallen’ , ‘the steward and the king’ , ‘many partings’ , ‘homeward bound’ , ‘the scouring of the shire’ and ‘the grey havens’ .
although the film is mostly set in france , most of the scenes were filmed in germany within the babelsberg studios in potsdam , near berlin . this studio , built in 1917 , was also used to film goebbels ' s propaganda films .
yevgeni bauer ' s final film , and one of his weakest , the king of paris has some visual flair and plenty of nice , clean shots ( especially compared to similar films of the era ) . unfortunately its story is quite convoluted and bauer ' s usual striking imagery and disturbing ideas are not really present . there is a crisp and sufficiently tense duel though . with a lot of intertitles and plenty of static camerawork , the king of paris is bauer at his least interesting even if he still creates an atmosphere and mood that few silent films accomplish . the king of paris is a decent swan song for bauer , but it ' s not exactly fitting considering his many superior films .
worldwide release of the lord of the rings : the fellowship of the ring live - action film , directed by peter jackson .
mata hari , the archetype of the seductive female spy , is executed for espionage by a french firing squad at vincennes outside of paris .
tolkien meets forrest j . ackerman to discuss an animated film of the lord of the rings .
roughly only 30 % of the film is in spoken english , the language which dominates the film is either french or german , with a little italian . chapter three of the film , ' german night in paris ' , is completely devoid of any english . this is highly unusual for a hollywood production .
brillantes premières à vichy et à paris de ' l ' éternel retour . '
[ paris ] 190 - 91 ( september - october 1974 ) : 273 - 75 .
at the proletkino film studio in moscow . it was a semi - educational film , alternatively called
bernhardt ( a / d / w / p ) beseeching paul dubois’s joan before the cathedral at reims , mothers of france ( 1917 ) . frl
james , caryn .
' the fisher king ' is wise enough to be wacky .
ballantine books publish the 3 paperback volumes of the revised text of the lord of the rings .
with a look - alike humanoid robot in tow , a reluctant astronaut is inadvertently whisked back to king arthur ' s court to battle mordred and merlin on the king ' s behalf . of all the adaptations of twain ' s
borgzinner , jon .
the shining pageant of camelot
and
the limerick lad in king arthur ' s court .
french planners chose an area around the commuter town of maisons - laffitte , some 15 miles from the centre of paris , and on a stretch of the river seine similar to the one in the capital .
worldwide release of the lord of the rings : the two towers live - action film , directed by peter jackson .
worldwide release of the hobbit : the battle of the five armies live - action film , directed by peter jackson .
parsifal , having overcome a number of opponents and various temptations , assumes his rightful place as the guardian of the holy grail , curing the wounded king amfortas in the process .
worldwide release of the hobbit : the desolation of smaug live - action film , directed by peter jackson .
a young man named roger is suspected of cheating at cards . with the help of the well known parisian adventurer , vencon , an elusive criminal , and using the famous duke diernstein , and his relationships , and thanks to his cheating in card games , roger becomes indeed “the king of paris” .
“the ' voix d’or ' on silent film : the case of sarah bernhardt . ” in
on this day in 1917 , the exotic dancer mata hari is executed by a french firing squad at vincennes , outside of paris , for the crime of espionage . born margueretha gertruida zelle in a small town in northern holland and formerly married to a captain in the dutch army , mata hari had . . .
19 september 1991 : arts and film 86 ; 20 september 1991 : arts and film 37 .
the film displayed in the second marquee of the cinema is le corbeau , a film produced during the nazi occupation of france and it features hidden anti - nazi messages that slipped past the censors .
against the wishes of their tyrannical parents , jean and marie decide to elope to paris but the sudden death of jean’s father makes it impossible for him to meet her at the station , and marie heads for paris alone . a year later , jean finds her in . . .
rivals dethrone tenn . ernie ' s ' king ' in rating ' s race .
lacy , norris j .
arthurian film and the tyranny of tradition .
the use of arthurian legend in hollywood film from connecticut yankees to fisher kings .
the use of arthurian legend in hollywood film from connecticut yankees to fisher kings .
images in the dark , an encyclopedia of gay and lesbian film and video .
in the first of chaney ' s two other horror masterpieces , he appeared in one of the earliest versions of victor hugo ' s novel about the hunchbacked quasimodo - a tortured bellringer living in a cathedral tower in love with gypsy dancer esmeralda ( patsy ruth miller ) in director wallace worsley ' s the hunchback of notre dame ( 1923 ) - it was another silent film version of the classic tale . [ an earlier version was the darling of paris ( 1917 ) , a lost film starring vamp theda bara as esmeralda . ]
bernhardt , sarah . ma double vie : mémoires de sarah bernhardt . paris : eugène fasquelle , 1923 .
the fake paris was rapidly deconstructed after the war , said professor delarue , who suggested that it had long since been built over .
the celtic warrior arthur fights saxons , picts and jutes , as well as king mark of cornwall , to protect his people and the integrity of his homeland . never commercially released , this film is really just a cobbled together videotape version of three episodes of
tolkien works on the chapters ‘minas tirith’ , ‘the passing of the grey company’ , ‘the muster of rohan’ , ‘the siege of gondor’ , ‘the battle of the pelennor fields’ ‘the pyre of denethor’ , ‘the houses of healing’ , ‘the last debate’ and ‘the black gate opens’ .
online release of born of hope live - action fan film , directed by kate madison .
in its retelling of scenes selected from the thirteenth century french prose vulgate cycle , this film presents the stories of arthur and guinevere , of morgan and her jealousy , of merlin and his enchantment by vivien , and of the fisher king bron , his daughter , and her son , galahad .
while paris remained largely unscathed from both world wars , london was severely damaged , with thousands killed or injured .
before this date the black riders have appeared during the writing of the lord of the rings .
tolkien is paid to accompany two mexican boys and their aunts to paris and dinard . one of the aunts is hit by a car and dies .
as their source , but the film ' s real debt is to the american movie western and the classics illustrated series . the film ' s significance lies in its being the first mgm film in cinemascope , not in any new light it sheds on the legend of arthur and the knights of the round table .
romero ' s film is nonetheless undervalued . it represents one of the better attempts to link the story of arthur with the american dream .
tolkien works on the lothlórien chapters and the first versions of ‘the breaking of the fellowship’ and commences work on the early chapters of the two towers .
release of the hobbit animated film , directed by arthur rankin , jr and jules bass .
one further essay was published : herbert reynolds , “aural gratification with kalem films : a case history of music , lectures and sound effects , 1907 - 1917 , ” film history 12 . 4 ( 2000 , pages 417 - 442 .
, caeserini ' s film still suffers from a problem common to many early filmed operas , the inability to synchronize the film itself with the musical accompaniment .
tolkien polishes the text of the lord of the rings including ‘eärendel was a mariner’ and ‘the tale of aragorn and arwen’ .
tolkien resumes work on the quenta silmarillion including ‘of valinor and the two trees’ , ‘of the coming of the elves’ and ‘of men and dwarves’ .
in 1916 rakhmanova’s first script was directed by bauer himself . only what’s lost is forever told the story of the tragic rupture between an artist and his family and friends , who are unable to understand his creative aspirations . together with most of khanzhonkov’s cast and crew rakhmanova went to crimea in the summer of 1917 for the annual location shoots . when bauer suddenly died at the very beginning of the trip , several of his films were left unfinished , including the adventure melodrama the king of paris ( 1917 ) . since all the interior scenes for it had already been shot in moscow , the film was finished on location by members of the cast and crew . in the restored version of the film , preserved at the russian state film archive , rakhmanova is listed as its co - writer and co - director together with bauer , which is also reflected in historical overviews of the period ( e . g . , ginzburg 2007 , 385 ) . some contemporary sources , however , stated that the film was finished by its cast headed by emma bauer , the director’s widow . at least , the studio’s head , aleksandr khanzhonkov , says as much in the unabridged , unpublished version of his memoirs , the first years of russian film industry , written in the mid - 1930s and held at the russian state film archive ( 310 ) . alternatively , lev kuleshov , who was the film’s art designer , claimed in his memoirs that he participated in the collective efforts to finish the film ( 1988 , 43 ) , and his participation has been recently more and more emphasized by scholars . eventually , the new “restored” version of the film shown on russian television in 2008 credited kuleshov and bauer , but left no mention of rakhmanova .
special service section on ' a connecticut yankee in [ sic ] king arthur ' s court . '
paris , in contrast , prepared far better . at the end of the war jacopozzi was honoured for his defensive work , and went on to find fame illuminating the eiffel tower for the first time .
the early part of the year is taken up with correcting proofs for the lord of the rings . tolkien works on the appendices and index throughout much of the second half of the year .
famous quartiers of paris , including those around the arc de triomphe and opera , were created , as well as industrial suburbs like saint - denis and aubervilliers .
made for german television , this film of the story of parsifal is unusual in its use of wolfram rather than wagner as a source .
tolkien has to spend a lot of time revising the text of the lord of the rings to establish copyright in the us .
proceedings of the purdue university fifth annual conference on film october 30 - november 1 , 1980 .
online release of the hunt for gollum live - action fan film , directed by chris bouchard .
the tolkien society hosts “the return of the ring” conference in honour of the 75th anniversary of the hobbit . michael tolkien was a guest speaker .
details of the incredible creation emerged as the french capital prepares to commemorate the 93rd anniversary of the armistice .
the american film institute catalog of motion pictures produced in the united states , feature films , 1931 - 1940 .
the american film institute catalog of motion pictures produced in the united states , feature films , 1911 - 1920 .
the only film that survives from the post - war period is a fragment of the death scene from daniel ( 1920 ) .
tolkien attends king edward’s school , birmingham as a fee - paying student , but he does not attend in december .
a second paris , complete with a champs - elysées and gard du nord , was built towards the end of the first world war to fool german bombers , it has emerged .
a raid by gothas on the english capital in june 1917 saw 162 people killed , including 46 children at a kindergarten in poplar , in the east end . up to 500 more people were injured .
during the 1990s , the widow and children of martin luther king , jr . , spoke publicly in support of ray and his claims , calling him innocent and speculating about an assassination conspiracy involving the u . s . government and military . u . s . authorities were , in conspiracists’ minds , implicated circumstantially . fbi director j . edgar hoover obsessed over king , who he thought was under communist influence . for the last six years of his life , king underwent constant wiretapping and harassment by the fbi . before his death , dr . king was also monitored by u . s . military intelligence , who may have been called to watch over king after he publicly denounced the vietnam war in 1967 . furthermore , by calling for radical economic reforms in 1968 , including guaranteed annual incomes for all , king was making few new friends in the cold war - era u . s . government .
thynne , jane .
£500 can buy slice of the action in a new british film .
worldwide release of the hobbit : an unexpected journey live - action film , directed by peter jackson .
tolkien rewrites earlier parts of the narrative , and continues to alter the names of the hobbits .
the film is set in an alternate history of the second world war in which the entire top leadership of nazi germany , namely hitler , göring , goebbels and bormann attend a film premiere in paris celebrating the exploits of a german sniper who had managed to kill 300 american soldiers in italy . the time frame of the film is set in early june 1944 , after the d - day landings but before the liberation of paris . the film tracks the separate attempts to kill hitler by two disparate forces , one being
the basterds
, a motley crew of jewish american soldiers out for revenge against the nazis . the basterds have a modus operandi whereby each man must cut off the scalp of a dead nazi soldier , with orders to get 100 scalps each . the basterds allow one german soldier to survive each incident so they can spread the news of the terror of their attacks . however , the basterds carve a swastika into the forehead of that german . the other force concerns shosanna ( mélanie laurent ) , the only jewish survivor of an attack led by ss - standartenführer hans landa , also known as the
jew hunter
that had killed all her family . the basterds and shosanna remain unaware of each other throughout the film .
the first version of the cottage of lost play is completed by this date .
this difficulty of attribution is characteristic of most of rakhmanova’s output as a director . a simpler case is presented by her next film ,
tolkien probably writes ‘aldarion and erendis’ , ‘a description of the isle of númenor’ and ‘the line of elros : kings of númenor’ .
tolkien works on ‘the taming of sméagol’ , ‘the passage of the marshes’ , ‘the black gate is closed’ and ‘of herbs and stewed rabbit’ .
charles williams starts attending meetings of ‘the inklings’ . tolkien works on early versions of ‘the council of elrond’ , ‘the ring goes south’ , and a first draft of ‘the mines of moria’ .
duckett , victoria . “investigating an interval : sarah bernhardt , hamlet , and the paris exposition of 1900 . ” in reclaiming the archive : feminist film history . ed . vicki callahan . detroit : wayne state university press , 2010 . 193 - 212 .
tolkien works as a freelance tutor in addition to work for the oxford english dictionary . he probably writes an early version of ‘the chaining of melko’ , ‘the coming of the elves and the making of kôr’ and ‘the theft of melko and the darkening of valinor’ .
after assassinating king arthur , edmund of cornwall seizes the throne and kidnaps arthur ' s daughter katherine in the hopes of forcing her to marry him to legitimize his claim to the throne . the outlaw robert marshall intervenes , rescues katherine , and , with the aid of merlin , overthrows edmund and the saxons . katherine is crowned queen and takes robert as her consort . this unorthodox film version of the legend of arthur incorporates elements of the legend of robin hood into its plot , but the end result is still a flatly - directed and only moderately interesting adventure film .
tolkien probably writes ‘the disaster of the gladden fields’ , ‘cirion and eorl’ and ‘part of the legend of amroth and nimrodel’ .
wilhelm scream : the scream appears during two deaths in the film . the first half - second of the sound clip appears about 90 minutes into the movie , and the remainder of the scream appears about 20 minutes later . in the film - within - the - film ,
nation ' s pride
, the wilhelm scream can be heard when a soldier is shot and falls from an upper window .
their crew would hold bombs by the fins and then drop them on any target they could see during quick sorties over major cities like paris and london .
tolkien makes some recordings of the gollum chapter in the hobbit , and some poems from the lord of the rings .
the tolkien society hosts “tolkien 2005 : the ring goes ever on” conference in honour of the 50th anniversary of the lord of the rings . priscilla tolkien gave the opening speech .
it was situated on the northern outskirts of paris and featured sham streets lined with electric lights , replica buildings and even a copy of the gare du nord – the station from which high - speed trains now travel to and from london .
as of 2013 , this is quentin tarantino ' s film with the most academy award nominations , 8 .
1823 : valjean , now a successful small - town businessman , tries to save fantine , runs afoul of javert , rescues little cosette from the thenardiers , and escapes to paris .
, boorman ' s film is a dark brooding meditation on the arthurian legend in which arthur becomes the grail king . the film has not , however , aged well . it seems now too much a product of its times , dominated by a heavy musical score that is designed to cue audience reactions to scenes sometimes before they occur .
marta braun , charlie keil , rob king , paul moore , and louis pelletier ( eds . ) : institutions , networks , and publics of early cinema
a new glossary of the dialect of the huddersfield district with tolkien’s foreword is published .
the jerusalem bible is published , which includes tolkien’s translation of the book of jonah .
the year which marked the peak for female representation in film was 100 years ago in 1917 , when women made up 41 % of the combined casts . and based on the films which have been released so far in 2017 , there are signs that the gender mix has slipped backwards recently . these are just ' signs ' because the gender of some actors cannot be inferred and more films will be released over the coming months .
the first film to feature georges simenon’s policeman hero jules maigret , la nuit du carrefour harnesses renoir’s casual early brilliance to simenon’s trademark atmosphere . the action of this low - budget film – most of it filmed on location and with far from perfect direct sound – takes place at a forlorn crossroads 30km north of paris , mostly at night . shots of dark , foggy or rain - soaked exteriors , barely pierced by feeble car lights , match the opacity of the plot .
levinson ' s film lacks the ironic tone of its original and changes the novel ' s ending . clearly , this film was meant as a star - vehicle for redford more than as a faithful adaptation of a literary source , and the arthurian dimensions of the novel are obscured in the process .
james earl ray , an escaped american convict , is arrested in london , england , and charged with the assassination of african american civil rights leader martin luther king , jr .
she became a famous courtesan , and with the outbreak of world war i her catalog of lovers began to include high - ranking military officers of various nationalities . in february 1917 , french authorities arrested her for espionage and imprisoned her at st . lazare prison in paris . in a military trial conducted in july , she was accused of revealing details of the allies’ new weapon , the tank , resulting in the deaths of thousands of soldiers . she was convicted and sentenced to death , and on october 15 she refused a blindfold and was shot to death by a firing squad at vincennes .
the gender mix in film casts varies substantially with the genre of the film . the extremes conform to stereotypes . the casts of romance films have the highest percentage of women ( 39 % ) , while war films have the lowest ( 20 % ) . other genres sit between these two extremes . and most films have been placed into the very broad genres of drama and comedy .
the maestro ennio morricone said he was available to compose the soundtrack of the film , but eventually chose to give up in order to concentrate only on the music of
baaria
( 2009 ) by giuseppe tornatore . several of morricone ' s songs from other films were sampled in the film instead .
korol ' parizha / the king of paris . dir . : evgenii bauer , ol ' ga rakhmanova , sc . / ad . : evgenii bauer ( a . khanzhonkov & co . ltd . russia 1917 ) cas . : viacheslav svoboda , nikolai radin , emma ( lina ) bauer , mikhail stal ' skii , lidiia koreneva , mariia boldyreva , si , b & w , 35mm , 1
video and 3 / 4
video . archive : rur , usw [ note : preserved without any intertitles ] .
he rewrites many sections of the fellowship of the ring before taking the narrative beyond balin’s tomb in moria .
on this day in 1917 , early in the fourth summer of world war i , british prime minister david lloyd george calls an emergency meeting of his war cabinet in london to discuss plans for an upcoming british offensive against the germans on the western front . with russia wracked by revolution and . . .
publication of the return of the shadow ( volume 6 in the history of middle - earth series ) , edited by christopher tolkien .
publication of the war of the ring ( volume 8 in the history of middle - earth series ) , edited by christopher tolkien .
publication of the war of the jewels ( volume 11 in the history of middle - earth series ) , edited by christopher tolkien .
baillie presents a modern day reinterpretation of the legend of parsifal set against the backdrop of the sierra nevadas . the director has commented that his film is a tribute to the hero , who never appears , and to wagner ' s opera .
michel marie , laurent le forestier ( eds . ) with catherine schapira , la firme pathé frères , paris : afrhc , 2004 , 447 pages .
clearly named rakhmanova the film’s director ( 4 ) . at the same time , a june 1918 article in
lagrange filmed this visually striking if not always coherent retelling of the legend of tristan in iceland . the director characterized his film as a
visual opera .
the arrangement of films here is alphabetical for both main and alternate titles . each main entry includes the film ' s title and date of release , the film ' s country of origin , the director , the production company , any alternate title ( s ) , and the cast . in the case of some silent films , surviving records do not always provide all of this information . i then briefly discuss each film and offer a short critical assessment , which admittedly at times betrays my own biases . finally , i provide an exhaustive a list of reviews and additional discussions of each film .
the george kleine collection of early motion pictures in the library of congress , a catalog .
tolkien reads a shortened version of ‘the fall of gondolin’ to the exeter college essay club .
tolkien works on corrections for the first one - volume paperback edition of the lord of the rings and writes about the palantíri .
1814 : military defeat ; napoleon’s allied enemies invade france and force him to abdicate ; he’s exiled to the island of elba . the “legitimate” king , louis xviii , younger brother of the guillotined louis xvi , is restored to the throne . ( what happened to no . xvii ? that’s xvi’s son , the “lost dauphin , ” the little boy who never became king and who disappeared / died / whatever around 1795 , under mysterious circumstances . )
in the meantime , the british have also learned of the nazi leadership ' s plan to attend the premiere and dispatch a british officer , lt . archie hicox ( michael fassbender ) , to paris to lead an attack on the cinema with the aid of
the basterds
and a german double agent , an actress by the name of bridget von hammersmark ( diane kruger ) .
on this day in 1948 , a hand - built aluminum prototype labeled “no . 1″ becomes the first vehicle to bear the name of one of the world’s leading luxury car manufacturers : porsche . the austrian automotive engineer ferdinand porsche debuted his first design at the world’s fair in paris in 1900 . the electric . . .
tolkien writes early versions of the later chapters ‘the window on the west’ , the forbidden pool’ , ‘journey to the cross - roads’ , ‘the stairs of cirith ungol’ , ‘shelob’s lair’ and ‘the choices of master samwise’ .
future learning and skills – giving everyone the opportunity to build a lifelong relationship with film .
broadcast of the lord of the rings radio series on the bbc , written by brian sibley and michael bakewell .
england needs a king , but legend states that only he who can pull a sword out of a stone may ascend the throne . a young boy named wart meets the magician merlin who agrees to educate him . wart also becomes squire to his foster brother kay , and when he forgets to bring a sword for his brother to use in a tournament , wart pulls the sword from the stone , not knowing the significance of what he has just done . named king arthur , wart is reassured by merlin that he is indeed the rightful king . based on t . h . white ' s novel
using a highly exaggerated style of acting , interspersed with trick camera effects , a group of actors present the following scenes from wagner ' s opera : parsifal ascends the throne , ruins of a magic garden , exterior of klingson ' s castle , magic garden , interior of the temple , scene outside the temple , return of parsifal , and in the woods . with this film , edison had hoped to capitalize on the success of the 1903 stage production of the opera in new york , but the film ' s run had to be shortened when the owner of the copyright successfully sued edison for using the script without permission .
frank kessler and nanna verhoeff ( eds ) : networks of entertainment . early film distribution 1895 - 1915
( 1859 ) , this film was critically well received because of its effective use of pageantry and the skill with which it told a love story .
he and his fellow gang members compete with a rival group of boy scouts . the leader of the delinquents is wounded in a robbery and saved by a grail knight who appears to him . the delinquents then join the scouts . the screenplay for this film was written by scout commissioner james austin wilder , who also played the role of the scout master . this little known cinematic gem is notable for its use of the grail as a source of healing and its linking of the matter of arthur with the problem of the proper education of boys .
, this film has had few neutral critics , most of whom responded negatively to it . the charges leveled against the film are generally that the lead roles were miscast , that the direction was ponderous , and that , at nearly three hours , the film was too long . the film did , nonetheless , win academy awards for art and set direction , costume , and best musical scoring . it was also nominated for best cinematography and sound .
sad sack arthur king , who is obsessed with the legend of king arthur , finally is allowed to join the army . while in basic training , friends present him with a sword , which he imagines to be excalibur . when he is posted to the french front , he gains courage from excalibur and performs a series of heroic deeds , until his friends inform him that the sword is not that of arthur . the popular askey brings his comedic skills to this minor piece of cinematic fluff , which is best seen as part of the british war effort .
today , look with a sceptical eye at the sycophantic revival of czarist russia , and a misty romanticism some american and european media offer the russian othodox church , neatly forgetting its major role in maintaining feudalism and backness in russia right up to 1917 . once again , orthodoxy is supporting the millionaire bandits robbing the russian people , cosying up for its share of the spoils .
needs to be read against the politics of the 1950s . against such a backdrop , the film can be
seen as an allegory for the triumph of american values over a communist threat
( 38 ) .
tolkien lectures on the old english exodus for the first time . tolkien probably writes the sketch of the mythology and the first version of farmer giles of ham may date from this year .
arthur sees his kingdom dissolve in squabbles among his knights over the innocence or guilt of guinevere . this made - for - television film of the last two books of sir thomas malory ' s fifteenth century
[ 1928 ] fame ) , and with a mostly new cast . the released film , renamed
during most of america ' s wars the film industry made a positive contribution to the war effort . this was achieved in a variety of ways : explaining the causes of the war , revealing the evil nature of the enemy , the sacrifice of americans and the importance of the home front . feature films also created a realistic image of the battlefield for non - combatants , often using actual combat footage for added reality . the industry , then , provided in explanation of america ' s wars for the public and acted as an unofficial government agency .
osberg , richard h .
pages torn from the book : narrative disintegration in gilliam ' s ' the fisher king . '
in leslie j . workman and kathleen verduin , eds .
publication of the letters of j . r . r . tolkien , edited by humphrey carpenter with the assistance of christopher tolkien .
publication of the lays of beleriand ( volume 3 in the history of middle - earth series ) , edited by christopher tolkien .
publication of the treason of isengard ( volume 7 in the history of middle - earth series ) , edited by christopher tolkien .
whether by mistake or not , we previously listed the wallace beery , raymond hatton and louise brooks film now we’re in the air ( 1927 ) as a surviving film . any notes to support such a claim have been misplaced or never were based in fact . in the absense of reliable information to the contrary , we have listed the film as presumed lost .
tarantino intended for this to be as much a war film as a spaghetti western , and considered titling the movie
once upon a time in nazi - occupied france
. he gave that title instead to the first chapter of the film .
the name of the film was inspired by a 1978 film , the inglorious bastards , and the misspelling is intentional to prevent confusion between the two films . the latter film is also about a group of american gis wreaking havoc behind enemy lines , although the stories are wholly different in all other respects . ( english title :
the inglorious bastards
; the italian title literally translates as
that cursed armored train
) . castellari returned the favor by calling his new movie caribbean basterds .
, but this has not been verified by other sources . likewise , her co - writing of the film is not confirmed .
magill ' s cinema annual 1992 , a survey of the films of 1991 .
john , a poor blacksmith , learns that the viking attacks on england are really the handiwork of sir palamides , a knight of the round table , and his ally , king mark , both intend to overthrow arthur and supplant christianity in england with paganism . john becomes a knight and saves the kingdom from palamides and mark , while also winning the hand of his lady love , the fair linet . when it was originally released , most critics dismissed this film as unintentionally funny . more recently , however , alan lupack has advanced an alternate reading of the film arguing convincingly that
brought to you by packard campus of the audio - visual conservation center at the library of congress .
quenta noldorinwa , an expansion of the sketch of the mythology may have been written at this time .
tolkien probably works on ‘durin’s folk’ from appendix a of the lord of the rings after this date .
because of the absence of positive stock and electricity to power film theaters , the film was never released . in august 1919 , in the atmosphere of diminishing opportunities for practical filmmaking , another former director of the khanzhonkov studio , boris chaikovskii , organized a private film school called “tvorchestvo , ” which translates to “creation , ” with rakhmanova as one of the main teachers . he was also behind her return to cinema , first as an actress . in 1920 chaikovskii made two short agitation films ,
[ spoiler alert ! if you don’t know the story of les misérables and want to see the film without already knowing a lot of plot points , including the ending , then stop right now . ]
bbc radio 5 broadcasts tales from the perilous realm , which includes : farmer giles of ham , smith of wootton major , leaf by niggle and the adventures of tom bombadil . the latter is an adaptation of the tom bombadil chapters from the fellowship of the ring , and not the 1962 book .
and , as usual , played the blind harpist mother of the heroine , irina . the young version of her character in the film was played by natal’ia sokolova , who most likely was rakhmanova’s own daughter . she had studied in her mother’s acting school in odessa and also appeared in rakhmanova’s next film ,
the percentage of a cast ( or crew ) who are women is a simple metric and it should not be over - interpreted . if one film ' s cast contains a higher percentage of women than another film , it does not imply that the women in that film had more lines or more screen time . nor does it imply that their characters were more complex or that the film itself somehow better reflected a women ' s perspective .
colonel landa is an ss officer . although members of the wehrmacht were always expected to be apolitical the ss was the military arm of the nazi party , they were not members of the wehrmacht .
london : rank film distributors , [ 1963 ] . [ press book . ]
according to eddie murphy , he was in talks with quentin tarantino for a role in the film .
mayberry ' s film - - despite the license it takes with plot - - may be truest to the humor found in the original novel .
the narrative has reached the seventh chapter – the hobbits arrival at the prancing pony .
miller was dubbed the “grand old man of the movies” in motion picture magazine . a stage veteran , he spent his entire film career at biograph under the direction of d . w . griffith . by the time the voting began , miller had made his final film appearance in judith of bethulia and had retired to the actors’ fund home on staten island . he died in 1922 .
the movie
the tragedy of piz palu
from 1929 ( original title :
die weisse hölle vom piz palu
) and its director , georg wilhelm pabst , are mentioned several times in the course of the film .
tolkien begins negotiations with milton waldman at the publishers collins about publishing the lord of the rings .
the wounded king amfortas awaits the arrival of a chaste fool who can cure him . a young man who has just killed a swan - - a heinous act - - is brought before him , and the court suspects that this simple boy may be the one to cure the king . the boy accompanies amfortas and his retinue to the grail castle and witnesses many wonders which so overwhelm him that he says nothing and is dismissed . soon the young man appears at the castle of klingsor , amfortas ' s enemy , and learns his name , parsifal , and the meaning of everything he earlier witnessed . he defeats klingsor and goes off into the forest . years later , parsifal returns and initiates the grail ceremony healing amfortas . the grail itself spreads its benediction to all who salute christ the redeemer . undoubtedly one of the most complex and possibly the greatest opera film ever made , syberberg ' s film , which runs for more than four hours , presents wagner ' s opera in a claustrophobic labyrinth that is constructed out of the cracks and crevices of an enormous model of the composer ' s death mask . the film succeeds by using elaborate sets , puppets , expert dubbing , and the daring conceit of having the title character played by both a man and a woman .
( france’s revolutions still aren’t over yet after 1832 . after 18 years of louis - philippe , the parisians kick him out , too , in the revolution of 1848—which is kinda - sorta foreshadowed with that ginormous barricade full of singing ghosts in the grand finale of the film—and proclaim the second republic . . . which is soon taken over by napoleon’s nephew , louis napoleon , who becomes president of the republic . he then decides he’d prefer to be emperor like his uncle and proclaims the second empire . the second empire lasts for almost 20 years , 1851 - 70 , before collapsing after the disastrous franco - prussian war . a new republic is proclaimed . radical parisians foresee the sort of cynical , conservative bourgeois republic that has existed before , decide they would rather bring back the leftist ideals of la grande révolution , and declare paris in revolt ( the paris commune ) . the government troops eventually suppress the rebellion in may 1871 by shooting down about 20 , 000 people in one week , ten times as many as were guillotined in paris during the 16 - month terror of 80 years before ; and the third republic comes into being—which chugs creakily along until hitler invades france in 1940 . whew . )
in part or in whole , the following studies discuss or catalog cinematic depictions of the legend of arthur .
note : the calculation of gender balance in all of an actor ' s films excludes the actor themselves .
publication of the lord of the rings : a reader’s companion by wayne g . hammond and christina scull .
publication of the history of the hobbit part 1 : mr baggins , edited by john d . rateliff .
on this day in 1946 , herman goering , commander in chief of the luftwaffe , president of the reichstag , head of the gestapo , prime minister of prussia , chief forester of the reich , chief liquidator of sequestered estates , supreme head of the national weather bureau , and hitler’s designated successor dies by his own . . .
wooden replicas of buildings were completed with ingenious details , including translucent paint creating the impression of the ' dirty glass roofs of factories ' .
publication of the shaping of middle - earth ( volume 4 in the history of middle - earth series ) , edited by christopher tolkien .
publication of the peoples of middle - earth ( volume 12 in the history of middle - earth series ) , edited by christopher tolkien .
. the cast included several of their students , and rakhmanova herself played the wife of general durasov . when chaikovskii suddenly died of a brain hemorrhage in november 1924 , she again finished the film . in this case , unlike the bauer controversy , her own account of how much was done by each co - director survives . rakhmanova’s slim personal file , held in the collection of the union of drama writers and composers at the
tolkien reads an expanded early version of farmer giles of ham to the lovelace society .
truer to the details of its source than either the 1921 or the 1931 films , this third screen version of twain ' s novel is , nonetheless , in many ways the least successful of the three . the novel has been turned into a musical vehicle - - not based for reasons of copyright on the 1927 rodgers and hart broadway musical - - for crosby , and the plot advances by a mix of song and silly dialogue . twain ' s novel was an example of comic genius ; this film is anything but an example of such genius . as with the other screen adaptations of twain ' s novel , this film also eschews any of the misanthropy in the original in favor of at times clumsy musical comedy .
trapped inside a time machine , tennessee ernie ford finds himself transported back to england in the days of king arthur where he has a series of comic misadventures liberally punctuated with home - spun wit . this rare example of noted actor lee j . cobb ' s work as a director strips twain ' s novel of any of its satiric edge .
sitney , alan p .
bruce baillie and the lyrical film .
in annette michelson , ed .
aldo raine ( brad pitt ) , the commanding officer of the basterds interrogates hammersmark and decides to continue the operation against the cinema under the guise of italians as suicide bombers .
the poem ‘the adventures of tom bombadil’ is published in the oxford magazine . tolkien’s paper chaucer as a philologist : the reeve’s tale is published in the second half of 1934 .
exiled for crimes he did not commit , prince valiant travels to king arthur ' s court to plead his cause . en route , he overhears a plot by an unidentified black knight to murder arthur and alerts the king who makes him a squire of the round table as reward . valiant soon becomes one of the most accomplished swordsmen of arthur ' s court . when word from home reaches him that his father is in trouble , valiant returns to free his family from prison , and , in a spectacular scene , he burns down the castle of his enemies . returning to camelot , he exposes the black knight , who turns out to be a disloyal knight of the round table . again he is rewarded by arthur , who makes him a knight , and marries his lady love with the king ' s blessing . based on the long - running syndicated comic strip by harold r . foster , this film is a cinemascope epic most notable for the climatic burning of the evil vikings ' castle .
sort films by title , year of release , and year inducted into the registry by using the up and down arrows at the top of each column . download pdf copies of the entire list of registry titles sorted alphabetically or by year of release .
the hobbit is published . because of its success , stanley unwin subsequently urges tolkien to write a sequel , which he begins . this is the germ of the lord of the rings .
maggie cheung as madame ada mimieux : although her scenes were cut from the cannes cut for length reasons [ 21 ] , cheung played madame mimieux , a beautiful french woman who owned the cinema marquee in paris where most of the movie is set . [ 22 ] [ 23 ]