Cinema City Enterprises
Cinema City Entertainment | |
Industry | Entertainment |
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Founded | 1979 (as Warriors Film Company) |
Founder | Raymond Wong Karl Maka Dean Shek |
Defunct | 1991 |
Fate | Renamed to Mandarin Films |
Headquarters | , |
Products | Motion pictures |
Cinema City Enterprises Ltd (In Chinese 新藝城企業有限公司) also known as Cinema Capital Entertainment and Cinema City Entertainment, formerly Cinema City and Films Co. is a Hong Kong defunct company involved in the creation Hong Kong Cinema. The company has a small catalogue of only 65 movies. The library covers genres including drama, comedy, horror.[1]
The company was established in 1979 by actors Raymond Wong, Karl Maka and Dean Shek. The company's last movie's "Blue Lightning" in 1991.
History
In 1979, Warriors Film Company began to create a film called Crazy Partner and Crazy Crooks. In 1980, Warriors Film renamed to Cinema City. Tsui Hark and Raymond Chow made movies like All The Wrong Clues For The Right Solution and Beware of Pickpockets.
The studio ran into some financial troubles around the early '90s, and attempts to fully revive it were unsuccessful, leaving some spin-off companies like Cinema City Enterprises/Cinema Capital Entertainment and Cinema City Entertainment.
List of films
1979
- Crazy Partner directed by Karl Maka
1980
- Crazy Crooks directed by Raymond Wong
1981
- All The Wrong Clues For The Right Solution directed by Tsui Hark
- Beware of Pickpockets directed by Wu Ma
- Chasing Girls directed by Karl Maka
- Laughing Times directed by John Woo
1982
- Aces Go Places directed by Eric Tsang
- Can't Stop The War directed by Yue Ham Ping
- He Lives By Night directed by Leong Po Chih
- It Takes Two directed by Karl Maka
1983
- Aces Go Places II directed by Eric Tsang
- All The Wrong Spies directed by Teddy Robin Kwan
- Esprit d'amour directed by Ringo Lam
- The Perfect Wife?! directed by Dean Shek Tien
- Send In The Clowns directed by Lam Ching Gaai
- Papa, Can You Hear Me Sing directed by Yu Kanping
1984
- Aces Go Places III: Our Man From Bond Street directed by Tsui Hark and Corey Yuen
- Banana Cop directed by Leong Po Chih
- Happy Ghost directed by Clifton Ko
- Heaven Can Help directed by David Chiang Da Wei
- The Occupant directed by Ronny Yu Yan Tai
- Run Tiger Run directed by John Woo
- A Family Affair directed by Dean Shek Tin
1985
- For Your Heart Only directed by Raymond Fung Sai Hung
- Happy Ghost II directed by Clifton Ko Chi Sum
- The Isle Of Fantasy directed by Michael Mak Tong Kit
- Kung Hei Fat Choy directed by Dean Shek Tien
- Mismatched Couples directed by Yuen Woo Ping
- Mummy Dearest directed by Ronny Yu Yan Tai
- The Time You Need A Friend directed by John Woo
- Working Class directed by Tsui Hark
- Cupid One directed by Ringo Lam
- Why Me? directed by Kent Cheng
1986
- Aces Go Places IV directed by Ringo Lam
- A Better Tomorrow directed by John Woo
- A Book Of Heroes directed by Kevin Chu
- Happy Ghost 3 directed by Johnnie To
- The Thirty Million Dollar Rush directed by Karl Maka
- True Colours directed by Kirk Wong Chi Keung
- Peking Opera Blues directed by Tsui Hark
1987
- A Better Tomorrow II directed by John Woo
- City On Fire directed by Ringo Lam
- Evil Cat directed by Dennis Yu Wan Kwong
- Lady in Black directed by Sun Chung
- The Legend Of Wisely directed by Teddy Robin Kwan
- Prison On Fire directed by Ringo Lam
- Seven Years Itch directed by Johnnie To
- Trouble Couples directed by Eric Tsang
1988
- The Big Heat directed by Andrew Kam Yeung Wah, Johnnie To, Tsui Hark
- City War directed by Sun Chung
- The Eighth Happiness directed by Johnnie To
- Fatal Love directed by Leong Po Chih
- Fractured Follies directed by Wong Chung
- Gunmen directed by Kirk Wong Chi Keung
- School on Fire directed by Ringo Lam
- Tiger On The Beat directed by Lau Kar Leung
- All About Ah Long directed by Johnnie To
1989
- Aces Go Places V directed by Lau Kar Leung
- They Came to Rob Hong Kong directed by Clarence Ford
- Triads - The Inside Story directed by Taylor Wong Tai Loy
- Web Of Deception directed by David Chung Chi Man
1990
- Chicken a la Queen directed by Lee Hon To
- The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon directed by Johnnie To
- A Killer’s Blues directed by Raymond Lee Wai Man
- Skinny Tiger, Fatty Dragon directed by Lau Kar Wing
- Tiger On The Beat 2 directed by Lau Kar Leung
- Undeclared War directed by Ringo Lam
1991
- The Raid directed by Tony Ching Siu Tung, Tsui Hark
- Prison On Fire II directed by Ringo Lam
- Royal Scoundrel directed by Jonathan Chik Gei Yee, Johnnie To
- Blue Lightning directed by Raymond Lee Wai Man (last movie)
References
- ^ "CINEMA CITY & FILMS CO. : FILMOGRAPHY". hkcinemagic.com. Retrieved 13 July 2013.