Chow Yun-Fat's charitable activities

The earthquake of 12th May has had a terrible effect on Sichuan Province. Chinese people all over the world are feeling great anguish at this time......Chinese international film star Chow Yun Fat is no exception; living as he does in Hong Kong, he spends every day thinking about the earthquake, and finds it difficult to sleep at night, constantly thinking about the people affected, passing through a crisis every morning, rebuilding the homeland. But because of his personal make-up, he does not tell other people about this, so that in the past few days there have been people who have thought badly of him, and have said that because he is a big international star he should accept some of the burden. This reporter knows what people everywhere understand, that Fat Go does many good deeds but does not speak of them. Sources close to Fat Go have revealed to this reporter that after the earthquake Fat Go quickly made a donation, but he would not reveal the amount; furthermore he was willing to do everything he could for the earthquake victims. They also said that it was the duty of every Chinese person, to do their utmost, and that this was the expression of each Chinese person's conscience, that doing things for the earthquake victims was not news.

Fat Go is enthusiastic towards public charitable efforts, and early in the century he joined with Johnny To to establish an artists' institute. He gives help to a retirement home for the elderly; moreover as everyone knows Chow Yun Fat to this day supports a dozen or so orphans. He has entrusted an excellent home with the task of bringing up these orphans, and he has never seen them, only providing generous financial support for them. The reason for this is that he is not willing for the whole world to know that these orphans are the subject of Chow Yun Fat's charity. If it wasn't for the children's home having revealed this relationship, the world still would not know about Chow Yun Fat's magnanimous act for the public good. Furthermore, in past years Fat Go has announced that he will leave the whole of his personal estate to charitable causes, providing help for those in need.

Source: Sina as shown on the Chow-Yun-Fat.de forum

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UPDATE: "THE CHILDREN OF HUANG SHI"

(05/21/08) - The Children of Huang Shi will start its limited release in NY and LA this Friday. The cinemas which will show the film on May 23 include: Paris Theatre and Landmark's Sunshine Cinemas in New York City, Laemmle's Playhouse 7 (Pasadena, CA), Town Center 5 (Encino, CA), Regency South Coast (Santa Ana, CA). The film opens in Canada on June 6.

Film Clips:
1. "Interrogation at Nanjing with the Japanese"
2. "The Japanese don't like it when we blow things up"
3. "We were hit"
4. "Nationalist friends of convenience"
5. "Looking for the person in charge"
6. "You have to stay - they have no one else"
7. "In China there are so many ways to spend money"
As shown on Michelle Yeoh Web Theatre

UPDATE: THE RED CIRCLE

Among Studio Canal's high-end projects, Johnny To's $35 million "Red Circle" now has a start date of Sept. 20.
Beyond Hollywood.com reports:

The film in question is called “Red Circle”, a remake of the 1970 French crime thriller by Jean-Pierre Melville and starring Alain Delon. While Chow Yun-Fat and Liam Neeson are currently in negotiations to star in the film, The Hollywood Reporter reports that the offer has also gone out to Orlando Bloom to join the cast. To will direct, while his longtime collaborator Wai Ka-Fai (”Full-Time Killer”, among many) will write the script.
Here’s the plot of the original from IMDB.com:
Corey is a cool, aristocratic thief, released from prison on the same day that Vogel, a murderer, escapes from the custody of the patient Mattei, a cat-loving police superintendent. Corey robs Rico, his mob boss, then enlists Vogel and an ex-police sharpshooter, Jansen, in a jewel heist. While Corey is harried by the vengeful Rico, Mattei pressures Santi, a nightclub owner and pimp, to help him trap the thieves. Over all hangs the judgment of the police directeur, that every man is guilty.
If the deal goes through, and To does end up directing, this will be his most expensive to date. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the movie is budgeted at a hefty $40 million. Media Asia and France’s Studio Canal will co-produce/finance the project.

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FROM AMERICA WE SEND OUR SYMPATHY TO THE VICTIMS OF THE EARTHQUAKE IN CHINA

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ROGER SPOTTISWOODE AND RADHA MITCHELL ATTEND NEW YORK PREMIERE

Picture from Wire Image

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(05/18/08) Director Roger Spottiswoode and actress Radha Mitchell attended The Children of Huang Shi premiere at the DGA Theater on May 18, 2008 in New York City.

As shown on Michelle Yeoh Web Theatre

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

TO CHOW YUN-FAT

ON MAY 18

CHOW YUN-FAT SHOWS INTEREST IN "SILK"

Chow Yun Fat is said to be interested in acting in new film "Silk", according to investors. This film will start shooting at the end of the year, and he will be playing the lead role, Tsien Hsueshen. Some major scenes will be filmed in America. [There is another film of the same name which is based on the novel "Silk" written in 1996 by Alessandro Baricco, which was directed by Francois Girard.] The alternative Chinese title is "Stray Chinese Bullet Charms Chin Hok Lam". The story of Chinese scientist Tsien Hshueshen, who goes to America to devote his talents to rocket science. But later on he [sacrifices ......couldn't get this bit]. After he leaves America, Tsien Hshueshen returns to a new China, and for the sake of this new China he develops rocket technology. For more information on "Silk" go to Chow-You-Fat.de forum

UPDATE: DRAGONBALL

DBthemovie has a HQ scan of this weeks Young Jump Dragonball spread.

Justin Chatwin and Emmy Rossum

http://www.dragonballmovieblog.net/

MICHELLE YEOH AND DIRECTOR ROGER SPOTTISWOODE ATTEND LA PREMIERE

(05/16/08) Michelle and director Roger Spottiswoode attended the L.A. premiere of "The Children of Huang Shi" yesterday evening, Thursday May 15, 7:30pm at the Landmark Theatre of the Westside Pavilion in West L.A.. A post-screening reception followed.

As shown on Michelle Yeoh Web Theatre

NEW YORK CITY PREMIERE OF "THE CHILDREN OF HUANG SHI"

(05/13/08) The New York premiere of "The Children of Huang Shi" will take place on Sunday May 18th. Screening of the film will be at 6:30pm in the DGA Theater, with prescreening and post screening receptions. For details and tickets see The American Red Cross in Greater New York.

As shown on Michelle Yeoh Web Theatre

NEW POSTER FOR "THE CHILDREN OF HUANG SHI"

As shown on Michelle Yeoh Theatre

English Official Website fully active

VIDEOS FOR CHOW YUN-FAT

The Chow-Yun-Fat.de website has a wonderful video section that is worth taking a look at. There are commercials, trailers, and interviews, etc. to interest any fan of Chow Yun-Fat.

AN INTERVIEW WITH CHOW YUN-FAT

This interview was put up in Baidu by lengyanleng

An interview with Chow Yun Fat cannot be described in a few words........

First stop....roast goose Landscape photography is 90% hanging about. At 2 o'clock in the afternoon the sun is too high, the view is not sufficiently beautiful, Chow Yun Fat sits in a spacious people carrier, and suggests we go and eat something. At the door of the restaurant the owner greets us, Chow Yun Fat waves his hand and says, "Today I'm bring a friend to eat roast goose [a favourite quick snack in Hong Kong] He goes towards the cooked meat counter. The owner smiles at lets him through, one can tell they know each other well. I have met many artists, and it is often a headache to arrange. They will say "We can't meet in a public place, there will be too many fans; a restaurant would also be too public......" Chow Yun Fat proved that a big star could happily share a couple of plates of food and a bowl of soup. Other people in the restaurant eagerly asked for his photo, and Chow Yun Fat first of all asked where they were from - some came from Fujian Province..... people from many different places all asked for a photo. [He asked them] to wait until everyone had eaten their fill, there was no rush, everyone showing great mutual respect, and everyone was happy. This could be called inappropriate, but then the real question is who is more famous than Chow Yun Fat? [Ask the famous people who say it is inappropriate, can they remember the time when it would have been appropriate?] Chow Yun Fat smiled and said: "If by any chance in a public place was closed and there were no people, perhaps there would be fewer people asking for autographs and photos, but it would seem very empty. In all the world the stars of Hong Kong are the most apprehensive." "Artists are swayed much more by the general public than the general public are swayed by artists. There are people who have supported you for 30 years, who by chance have the opportunity to see you in the flesh for the first time; if you don't stir, that is to say you want to retain your privacy in your free time, how can you justify this?

For complete article go to Chow-Yun-Fat.de forum

UPDATE: "THE CHILDREN OF HUANG SHI"

04/30/08) Director Roger Spottiswoode talks about the complication during filming in China:
"You can't get dailies (quickly processed footage of the previous day's shoot) in China, the labs aren't very good, so we processed in Melbourne. The film was shipped back as DVD but they censor everything, so of course the DVDs never arrive or take months to arrive. "You finish shooting before you see any dailies, but my editor, Geoff Lamb, would cut away at Digital Pictures and within a day everything I'd shot the day before he would have edited and put it up as a podcast. All the way through the shoot, no matter how remote we were, I at least was seeing cut film all the way through."

As shown on Michelle Yeoh Web Theatre