Dragon (2011 film)

Dragon
Hong Kong film poster
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Hanyu PinyinWǔ xiá
JyutpingMou2 Hap6
Directed byPeter Chan
Written by
  • Aubrey Lam
  • Joyce Chan
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography
Edited byDerek Hui
Music by
Production
companies
Distributed by
  • We Distributions
  • Lark Films Distribution
Release dates
Running time
116 minutes
CountriesHong Kong[1]
China[1]
LanguagesStandard Mandarin
Sichuanese(CN/TW)[2]
Cantonese (HK)[3][4]
BudgetUS$20 million[5]
Box officeUS$29.1 million[6]

Dragon (Chinese: 武俠; pinyin: Wǔ xiá) is a 2011 Hong Kong-Chinese martial arts film directed by Peter Chan, and starring Donnie Yen, Takeshi Kaneshiro and Tang Wei.[7] Yen also served as the film's action director. It premiered on 13 May 2011 at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival in the Midnight Screenings category.[8]

Donnie Yen and Peter Chan presided over the lighting of a 3591-square-metre billboard for Dragon that broke the record in the Guinness Book of World Records for its size, a record previously held by a poster for a Michael Jackson album.[9]

  1. ^ a b "WU XIA". Cannes Film Festival official page.
  2. ^ "Cannes Midnight screenings - Wu xia (Hong Kong-China)". Variety. 14 May 2011.
  3. ^ "Golden Screen Cinemas :: Wu Xia".
  4. ^ "News: One last trailer for Peter Chan's Wu Xia". Archived from the original on 4 July 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
  5. ^ Coonan, Clifford (5 November 2010). "Peter Chan shakes up chopsocky pix". Variety. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  6. ^ "Dragon". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  7. ^ Smith, Ian Hayden (2012). International Film Guide 2012. p. 88. ISBN 978-1908215017.
  8. ^ ""Wu Xia" to Premiere in Cannes Film Festival". Archived from the original on 6 May 2011.
  9. ^ "DONNIE YEN REVEALS ALMOST BURYING ASSISTANT UNDER A WATERFALL". 10 June 2011.