New entries for the main scope filmography at AWSM:
MIXED UP
黐鬼線
Hong Kong - 1984 - col
D: Chow Chun-gaai
Anamorphic
[See also: Vampire Raiders: Ninja Queen (1989)]
POLICE FORCE 555**
ชุมแพ
Thailand - 1976 - col
Anamorphic
STRUGGLE FOR LEADER
第一把交椅
Hong Kong - 1983 - col
D: Lee Chiu
Anamorphic
[See also: Ninja Phantom Heroes (1987)]
THUNDER KID
เจ้าพายุ
Thailand - 1980 - col
D: Kom Akadej
Anamorphic
THUNDER KIDS 2: WONDERFUL MISSION
(see: Thunder Ninja Kids: Wonderful Mission)
THUNDER NINJA KIDS: WONDERFUL MISSION
(aka: Thunder Kids 2: Wonderful Mission)
Hong Kong - 1990 - col
D: Godfrey Ho Jeung-keung, Go Ho
Anamorphic
[Comprised of newly-shot material intercut with footage from Korean film Il Chi-mae: The Flying Boy (1978, qv), intended for international distribution]
Now, some updates and corrections for existing entries. Some of the following entries were augmented by info gleaned from recent postings at the Golden Ninja Warrior Chronicles website. Anyone with even a passing interest in this obscure corner of cinematic history will find plenty to entertain them over there!
Contrary to info I supplied in the blog entry for 29 March 2012, Gary Couzens has since provided evidence that the TV movie HOLY FLYING CIRCUS (2011) was shot at the 2.00:1 aspect ratio. Two sequences are framed at 2.35:1, and another one is 'pillarboxed' at 4:3. This is somewhat confounding since, outside the ultra-rare use of Vittorio Storaro's 'Univisium' format, 2.00:1 does not conform to any theatrical aspect ratio anywhere in the world. The film may have played theatrically outside the UK and would need to be 'pillarboxed' within the wider 2.39:1 projected image. On TV, the 2.00:1 shape isn't all that different from the 1.78:1 frame, so the visual difference will be completely negligible on most sets, especially those suffering from overscan (ie. the vast majority of them!). But no, the film was definitely intended for 2.00:1 exhibition, and the blog entry for 29 March 2012 has now been amended.
Footage from IL CHI-MAE: THE FLYING BOY (1978) was later used as the 'building blocks' for cut-n-paste film THUNDER NINJA KIDS: WONDERFUL MISSION (1990), produced in Hong Kong (see new entry, above).
Thanks to correspondent Gary Couzens, I'm reminded that the Todd-AO version of OKLAHOMA! (1955) was shot at 30 frames per second - this important detail has now been added to the entry for this film. See also the 1956 version of AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS for another Todd-AO movie shot at 30 fps.
The original Thai title of the film currently listed as Paa Lohgan (1984) has now been confirmed as ฝ่าโลกันต์, and the English title (which now becomes primary, with Paa Lohgan discarded) is AGAINST THE WORLD. This movie was used as the 'building blocks' of Hong Kong production ROBO VAMPIRE (1989), but due to a small oversight, the entry for Robo in the online filmography remains incomplete - those details have now been added. However, Robo credits the pseudonymous 'Joe Livingstone' as director, and his true identity has yet to be established (it was long assumed to be the handiwork of cut-n-paste master Godfrey Ho Jeung-keung, but the man himself denies any involvement).
Gary Couzens reminded me that TESS (1979) was screened in a 70mm blow-up version (the large format print premiered in France in October 1979).
VAMPIRE RAIDERS: NINJA QUEEN (1988) is built around footage from Hong Kong film MIXED UP (1984). See the new entry for Mixed above.
These entries now run as follows:
AGAINST THE WORLD
ฝ่าโลกันต์
Thailand - 1984 - col
D: Vinit Pakdeevijitr
Anamorphic
[See also: Robo Vampire (1989)]
HOLY FLYING CIRCUS
UK (TV) - 2011 - col
D: Owen Harris
2.00:1
[Two sequences are framed at 2.35:1, and another is pillarboxed at 4:3 within the wider frame]
IL CHI-MAE: THE FLYING BOY
날으는 일지매
S.Korea - 1978 - col
D: Go Ho
Anamorphic
[See also: Thunder Ninja Kids: Wonderful Mission (1990)]
OKLAHOMA!
USA - 1955 - col - 65mm
D: Fred Zinnemann
Todd-AO (30fps)
70mm release prints
6-track stereo sound
2.21:1
[Separate 35mm CinemaScope (24fps) version filmed simultaneously]
ROBO VAMPIRE**
Hong Kong/Thailand - 1989 - col
D: 'Joe Livingstone', Vinit Pakdeevijitr
Anamorphic
[Comprised of newly-shot material intercut with footage from Thai film Against the World (1984, qv), intended for international distribution. The director of the HK footage was long-assumed to be cut-n-paste master Godfrey Ho Jeung-keung, hiding behind the pseudonym 'Joe Livingstone', but Ho has since denied all involvement in this production]
TESS
UK/France - 1979 - col
D: Roman Polanski
Panavision
35mm and 70mm release prints
6-track Dolby Stereo
2.39:1 (35mm)
2.20:1 (70mm blow-up)
VAMPIRE RAIDERS: NINJA QUEEN
(aka: The Vampire Raiders)
Hong Kong - 1988 - col
D: Godfrey Ho Jeung-keung [as: Bruce Lambert], Chow Chun-gaai
Anamorphic
[Comprised of newly-shot material intercut with footage from Hong Kong film Mixed Up (1984, qv), intended for international distribution]
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