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Shangdown: The Way Of The Spur - Trailer Debut of the Martial Arts Spaghetti Western
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posted Sep 28, 2010, 07:49
Shot on location in and around Shanghai, China, the film blends a variety of genres...
(Shanghai) The new full-length trailer for MK Media Productions' highly anticipated
motion picture Shangdown: The Way Of The Spur debuted today. Shangdown: The
Way Of The Spur, starring Christian Bachini and The Way Of The Dragon's famous
villain Jon T. Benn, and directed by Jakob Montrasio, pays homage to the violent
and gritty Spaghetti Western genre while adding an Asian twist.
The movie follows Italian cowboy and martial artist Guerino (Christian Bachini)
as he searches for his missing sister in a culturally alien Shanghai. With the
help of Jiekai (Daddy Chang), a Chinese man whose girlfriend has also gone missing,
Guerino wages a one-man war against Shanghai’s biggest crime lord and
his multitude of goons, following his one and only rule: kick first and ask
questions later.
Shot on location in and around Shanghai, China, the film blends a variety of
genres. "I call it a martial arts spaghetti western, or even simpler, an
eastern western," said director Jakob Montrasio, who also wrote, shot and
edited the movie.
Using no wires and digital effects, the action scenes - choreographed by lead
actor Christian Bachini - will impress martial arts fans like no other film
in a long time with a seamless blend of traditional kung fu, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu,
Capoeira, modern MMA and Muay Thai. The extremely experienced action crew, including
the Ruan Stunt Team (John Woo’s Red Cliff), make visually distinctive
fight and action scenes, both rural and urban. “The action scenes will
be hard to forget," said Director of Photography Steffen Reimann.
Other members of the distinguished behind-the-camera crew include writer and
co-producer Michael Ziming Ouyang (Pigs In Zen, Goodbye Shanghai), art director
Stanley Xue Lin Yang (Mission: Impossible 3), action & special guest director
Richard Chung (Kang: The New Legend Begins), composer Thomas Henz, electro songs
by internationally renowned DJ & Music Producer Julius Voigtländer
aka Jewelz, editor Gunnar Wagner, still photographer Todd Anthony Tyler, executive
producers Paolo Montrasio(Draghi E Spiriti Puri) & Georg Konrad and producer
Sijia Fan, who worked on John Rabe before.
Shangdown: The Way Of The Spur will be released to film festivals in spring
2011.
Resources:
http://www.shanghaivideoproduction.cn
http://shangdownmovie.com/
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