From: wildman@athena.mit.edu (Timothy Worsley)
Subject: Re: John Woo filmography?
Reply-To: eprice@sql.sybase.com
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Distribution: alt
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 04:39:44 GMT

In article <SIMONS.92Aug26161224@tuntu.think.com>
simons@tuntu.think.com (Joshua Simons) writes:

>Could someone please post a list of John Woo's films? I saw The Killer
>recently and enjoyed it very much. "Ten thousand bullets!" it said in
>the advertisement. I think they under-counted...

I know someone that started counting shots fired.  After the first
couple of shootouts he got tired I guess.  I think it is a worthy
project myself...  I wish I had it on CAV... :-)

(BTW, did you see it at the Brattle?)

OK, John Woo films (<n> means NYUE title # is n):

     Princess Chang Ping <361 no subtitles>
     Countdown to Kung Fu [mentioned in GOREZONE #23; with Jackie Chan]
     Last Hurrah for Chivalry <33>
     The Time You Need a Friend <52>
     Plain Jane to the Rescue <61>
     To Hell with the Devil <65>
     Money Crazy <66>
     Bullet in the Head
      [Video: NYUE has a very nice copy of this -- letterboxed and
subtitled -- *but* it is slightly shorter than the version available
from Video Search of Miami, which is a lower quality tape]
     Happy Union II [producer] <84>
     Heroes Shed No Tears (aka A John Woo Film) [producer] <93>
     Love, Lone Flower [producer] <105>
     Super Citizen [producer] <108>
     Run Tiger Run <137>
     From Rich to Rages [Rags?] <267>
     The Young Dragons <291>

1986 A Better Tomorrow <80>
1988 A Better Tomorrow II <293>
1989 The Killer
      [Video: NYUE has this in their catalog (#904 no subtitles) but
it doesn't seem to be available -- something about the American
distribution rights I guess.  Video Search of Miami has it, but it is
dubbed.  Something Weird Video has it subtitled *and* with extra
footage not in any other version I know of (including the American
theatrical release and the Japanese laserdisc) -- shots and at least
two whole scenes -- but quality is not super (I have a suspicion that
it is the Mandarin version not the Cantonese one -- certainly the
sound and dialog are different).  Lots of people probably taped it off
Cinemax (both dubbed and subtitled version were shown this month).]
1991 Once a Thief <???>
1991 Once a Thief II [according to Asian Trash Cinema #1]
1992 Hardboiled
     [Video Search of Miami has this, quality is not great but it may
contain footage not in (at least one of possibly multiple) theatrical
releases??  NYUE does not have it and probably won't in the near
future, because there is some question of who wants/gets the US rights
-- this might possibly imply that a US theatrical release is
conceivable (ie like with THE KILLER).]

1993? Hard Target
 [the new Jean-Claude Van Damme flick, currently in pre-production (I
think?) in New Orleans.  Apparently it will be about foreign "Most
Dangerous Game"-type "hunters" or something.  Just read a short blurb
in VARIETY...]

Of the Woo films I've seen, I would recommend THE KILLER, BULLET IN
THE HEAD, HARDBOILED, A BETTER TOMORROW, A BETTER TOMORROW II, HEROES
SHED NO TEARS (and ONCE A THIEF had its moments, but overall I
didn't really care for it).

-Ed (not Tim), eprice@sql.sybase.com (not wildman@...)