- Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain
Infobox Film
name = Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain
caption = UK DVD cover
director =Tsui Hark
producer =Raymond Chow Leonard Ho
writer =Yuet Shui Chung Szeto Cheuk-hon
starring =Yuen Biao Hoi Mang Moon Lee Brigitte Lin Damian Lau
music =Kwan Sing-yu
cinematography =Bill Wong
editing = Peter Cheung
distributor =Golden Harvest
released = flagicon|Hong Kong|colonialFebruary 5 ,1983
runtime = 98 min.
country =Hong Kong
language = Cantonese
budget =
amg_id = 1:56218
imdb_id = 0086308
followed_by = "The Legend of Zu ""Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain" (zh-t|t=新蜀山劍俠) is a 1983 Hong Kong film. It is a supernatural fantasy adventure with "
wuxia " elements. The film was directed byTsui Hark , who intended to combineHong Kong action cinema with westernspecial effects technology. It was nominated for fiveHong Kong Film Awards in 1984 (Best Action Choreography -Corey Yuen , Best Actress -Brigitte Lin , Best Art Direction -William Chang , Best Film Editing -Chi Kong Sheck and Best Picture).International
The film had many versions of the story. The real plot is the Chinese one. Dubbed prints exist as "Zu Time Warrior", which include scenes set in the 20th Century. There is a brief reference to this in the dialogie of the climax in the original version. Tsui has said that "Zu Time Warrior" represents his true intentions on the film, but also expressed that he thought the film was too old for people to care about anymore. The UK release of the DVD by
Hong Kong Legends features an audio commentary with Tsui and film criticBey Logan .Box office
The film grossed HK $15,872,222 at the Hong Kong box office.
Influence
American filmmaker
John Carpenter has stated that "Zu" was an influence on his 1986 film "Big Trouble in Little China ". [ [http://everything2.com/e2node/Zu%2520Warriors%2520from%2520the%2520Magic%2520Mountain Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain@Everything2.com] ]References
External links
* [http://www.wingkong.net/articles/paper/paper.html The Wing Kong Exhange - Big Trouble on the Magic Mountain]
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