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Hong Kong Rescue Project - Preserving Asian Martial Arts and Action Cinema Classics!

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Hello everyone,

I thought you all might be interested in a project I am involved in called "Hong Kong Rescue".  We create definitive hybrid versions of classic martial arts and action movies on Blu-ray.  We have completed four Jackie Chan movies and one John Woo movie so far. 

We've released Hard Boiled, Police Story, Drunken Master, Drunken Master 2 and Supercop.  In the near future, we will be releasing Project A, Fist of Legend, Iron Monkey, Wheels on Meals, Armour of God and many others.

I've had a really great response to these so far and I thought you all might want to check out what we have done.

You can reach me at jrodefeld@gmail.com

I've created a Facebook page for this project:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hong-Kong-Rescue/470387989780938

And here is a thread I've created on the Kung Fu Cinema forums:

http://www.kungfucinema.com/forums/showthread.php?p=254265#post254265

And what you might be interested in hearing is that we ALWAYS try to use the laserdisc PCM audio of the original Cantonese soundtrack whenever possible.  A collaborator on this project has a friend extract the audio from the laserdisc and then he meticulously syncs up the audio to the HD transfer of the film.

I'd love to get your feedback on these fan projects.  If you'd like a copy, just email me and I'll tell you how to get one.

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Easy easy… okay people. I know this guy and have him working with him on recent projects. While I started on my own, J and I began to work together after I saw he really wanted to put forth an effort and release the best possible versions. So what I do is I handle all of the audio on these releases. I typically also do work on subtitles. J takes over from there due to my bad back, which has made it very difficult for me to edit the last few months. It is extremely painful just to sit down. Being perfectly frank, without our partnership none of the recent titles would have been released. 

That's the story and I hope everyone will get along. I'm currently dictating this message via my iPhone as I struggle with what I think is the flu. But I thought it important enough to post this message to prevent any misunderstandings.

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Matt_Stevens said:

Easy easy… okay people. I know this guy and have him working with him on recent projects. While I started on my own, J and I began to work together after I saw he really wanted to put forth an effort and release the best possible versions. So what I do is I handle all of the audio on these releases. I typically also do work on subtitles. J takes over from there due to my bad back, which has made it very difficult for me to edit the last few months. It is extremely painful just to sit down. Being perfectly frank, without our partnership none of the recent titles would have been released. 

That's the story and I hope everyone will get along. I'm currently dictating this message via my iPhone as I struggle with what I think is the flu. But I thought it important enough to post this message to prevent any misunderstandings.

 Thanks Matt.  I hope your feeling better.  I guess there was a hostile reply or two that I missed?  Just to be clear, I am not just spamming this site with ads for our project.  I've actually learned quite a lot reading these forums on how to do various technical things involved with editing films.

I just honestly thought you all would appreciate what we've put together.  I just want to get these films out there for people who would like them.

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Having seen the work that you've done to Hard Boiled I have to say I'm really impressed.  I have yet to get around to seeing any of your other projects but I hope to someday.

What are your plans for Iron Monkey?  I would love to see a proper HD version of the Hong Kong edit of that.

“You know, when you think about it, the Ewoks probably just crap over the sides of their tree-huts.”