John Woo's 'Tiger' film
From the web site World Countries:http://china.world-countries.net/archives/1253The director has been busy making preparations for a World War II epic, Tiger, which explores the friendship between...
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I am beginning to think that there is not much to hope for with this project.
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The reference to American and Chinese pilots "flying side-by-side" sounds more like the CACW period, 1943 -1945. If we're lucky, maybe they'll show a progression; AVG to CATF to14th AF/CACW. I'm...
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Over on the AVG vets' association message board, "Iggie" has provided some detail about the script, which looks like it will make the John Wayne version sound like the true history of the AVG: The...
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Didn't they have him sign an NDA?I like that 8-14 is going to be in the film, but I'm curious what these P-36 Hawk IIIs are going to look like—P-36s or Hawk IIIs. I'd prefer Nells for the bombers, but...
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Yes, RAF 112 Squadron in North Africa--who in turn got it from the Germans! But it never looked as good on a Bf-110 as on a P-40.Well, Hollywood for nearly a hundred years has been putting Americans...
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Oh boy. If "Iggie's" right they're going for the mash-up. You'd think, with examples like "Band of Brothers" and "Flags of Our Fathers" before them, they might go for authenticity. Guess not. BTW,...
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The AVG had two sorts of thirty-calibre guns, though there's some dispute over just what guns they were. (The documents give one story and Chuck Baisden gives another. He was an armorer, so his view...
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Here is Chuck Baisden's recollection, posted today on the AVG vets' forum. He is contradicting an earlier post that mentioned .303 British machine guns: For your information, All AVG P-40 B aircraft...
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capt lou said, "One thing I forgot to mention was that the Hollywood Reporter and others like it seldom report actual facts. If they don't have anything, they make it up."Now I used to write for the...
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In an odd twist, a Mr. Deng Meiying has reportedly copyrighted the name "Flying Tigers" in China. I assume he's involved with the John Woo film somehow. If not, I imagine he soon will be, if the movie...
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Or it might be a bit like cyber-squatting--copyright or trademark the name and hope to extort money from those who'd like to use it? I don't think filming has begun. There was a reference to it a few...
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In the HengDian studios about 200 miles from Shanghai (where they have the 98% scale set of Beijing forbidden city) they just filmed a history TV drama show to capitalize on the popularity of the...
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That's great news--thanks! I don't suppose you have a photo of the man who played Chennault? Or any stills from the series, even a screenshot of a Chinese telly? I'd love to post one or more pictures.
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There is page on IMDB listing the film as "In Development" with a 2012 release date. It's maddeningly short on details, but there are links to a couple of articles. From earlier posts I believe some...
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I've read what I was told is a script for Mr. Yoo's film, and it is nothing like what has been talked about. Rather, it's a pretty straightforward yarn involving real people and no significant Chinese...
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Okay, Mr Woo now favors Liam Neeson as Chennault, co-starring with a younger Chinese actor who plays the role of a CAF pilot trained by Chennault. And filming, it says here, will begin in September:...
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CLICK HERE for the latest on the the possibility of a two-part feature film and six-hour television series (in English) about the Flying Tigers by John Woo.
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Cyrte, China Film Board John Woo’s ‘Flying Tigers’ http://variety.com/2013/film/news/cyrte-china-film-on-board-flying-tigers-1200407779/
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From personal knowledge of China I am not surprised the way this film project is developing. For the Chinese, any American who was involved in air operations in China during the "War of Japanese...
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