|
|
Article: Most expensive Asian film, "Red Cliff", set to be red hot at box office
- Article from:
- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- July 10, 2008
CopyrightCopyright 2008 Xinhua News Agency. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
|
Most expensive Asian film, "Red Cliff", set to be red hot at box
office
by Xinhua Writers Miao Xiaojuan, Wang Cong
BEIJING, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Reportedly Asia's most expensive
ever film, the widely anticipated "Red Cliff", debuted in Beijing on
Thursday with thousands staying up to see the first showings just
after midnight.
Normally early-retiring Beijingers set aside their reservations
about the midweek late night to sit through the two-and-a-half-hour
first instalment of the two-part battle epic -- and most gave it a
warm welcome.
The 80-million-US-dollar historical drama opened in 48 Beijing
cinemas under the Chinese title "Chi Bi" and was still drawing
cinemagoers later on ...