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Article: 'Red Cliff' ready for its closeup.
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- Daily Variety
- Article date:
- July 7, 2008
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The arduous task of bringing Asia's biggest-ever pic, the $80 million "Red Cliff" to the bigscreen has been a battle worthy of the violent and chaotic time in which the movie is set.
Pic, adapted from China's classic novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms," is over four hours long. For Asian territories, the movie is being split into two parts, with the first to be released on Thursday in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Korea.
In Malaysia, it bows on July 17; Japan is aiming for November.
Auds outside Asia will get a single movie, expected to clock in at 2 1/2 hours, coinciding with the release of the second part in ...