Article: 'Cliff' hangs on top: Woo epic is China's biggest B.O. grosser.(World News)(Red Cliff, John Woo)(Brief article)

Article: "Red Cliff" breaks opening-weekend box office ...
Xinhua News Agency;  July 16, 2008 ;     417 words ..."Red Cliff" breaks opening ... box office record in China BEIJING, July 16 ... historical epic "Red Cliff", reportedly the ... mainland last year. "Red Cliff" revolves around ... immediately prior to China's Three Kingdoms ...

Article: Woo's 'Red' on roll.(CHINA)(John Woo's Red ...
Daily Variety;  January 13, 2009 ;     700+ words ...Helmer John Woo's "Red Cliff 2" actioner, which opened in China on Wednesday, has rushed past the 100 million yuan ... money," Weng Li, spokesman for producer-distrib China Film Group, wrote of the pic on its website. The first ...

China Red Cliff
AP Images;  July 8, 2008 ;     210 words ...In this undated photo released by Meiyi Entertainment on Tuesday, July 8, 2008, a sence of the production of the movie " Red Cliff " directed by Hong Kong director John Woo during filmingi. (AP Photo/Meiyi Entertainment, HO)

Article: Director John Woo returns to Chinese film with historical epic ...
AP Worldstream;  July 2, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Western audiences. Red Cliff, whose first installment ... divided third-century China that saw 2,000 ... by investors from China, Japan, South Korea ... Variety says the Red Cliff is the most expensive ... this movie that in China, we also have the ... John Woo making 'Red ...

Article: Most expensive Asian film, "Red Cliff", set to be ...
Xinhua News Agency;  July 10, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... The first episode of "Red Cliff" opened across Asia ... immediately prior to China's Three Kingdoms period ... s A-list cast. The China News Agency on Thursday ... of the state-owned China Film Group Corporation ... dollar investment makes Red Cliff the most expensive Asian ...

Article: Red Cliff climbs to $29 mln at Chinese box office.
China Business News;  July 23, 2008 ;     588 words ...Red Cliff climbs to $29 mln ... July 23. INTERFAX-CHINA - Part one of John Woo's period epic Red Cliff , the most expensive ... box office sales, Red Cliff will also see revenue ... distribution. According to China Film Group, the film ...

Article: 'Red Cliff' ready for its closeup.
Daily Variety;  July 7, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... 80 million "Red Cliff" to the bigscreen ... adapted from China's classic novel ... in January. "Red Cliff" is a co-production of China Film Group, South ... decision to take "Red Cliff" to the capital ... that years out of China have not dulled ...