Vulgaria directed by pang hocheung, hong kong 2012 englishsubtitled trailer by thirdwindowfilms. The leader is a stuffy villain who wishes to control the. The road to hong kong is a comical romp about a couple of con men who run into unexpected trouble after one of them loses his memory. The road to hong kong is the last of bing crosby and bob hopes road pictures. This 1996 work juxtaposes the opaque future of hong kong after its handover to china with the mixed feelings of a person traveling in its streets. Hong kong soon became a tourist trap, more than ever. The film was released on january 12, 1952, by paramount pictures. The hong kong kowloon film festival will showcase number of feature films and short films. On the north shore, a dual threelane road runs from central to causeway bay and connects to the island eastern corridor, which is a dual threelane expressway, extends 9km eastward. Its directed by norman panama and panama cowrites the screenplay with melvin frank.
The road to hong kong 1962 cast and crew moviefone. The road to hong kong is a 1962 comedy film directed by norman panama, starring bing crosby, bob hope, joan collins and a dorothy lamour cameo. It had been ten years since their last road picture, road to bali the only one in the series shot in color and this time around they spoof the spy genre five months before dr. The road to hong kong original soundtrack album discogs. On the road in hong kong follow the adventures of as the team hits hong kong to handpick the most heavenly stays in the vibrant, vertical city. In 1962 bing crosby and bob hope hit the road one last time in road to hong kong. Sammy cahn and jimmy van heusen robert farnon discogs.
The road to hong kong pictures and movie photo gallery check out just released the road to hong kong pics, images, clips, trailers, production photos and more from rotten tomatoes movie. The boys play their usual itinerant outofwork vaudevilliancon men. Ironically, hong kong, the first of the road pics to make it onto bluray, is also the weakest. This was the last trip in the road comedies that bob hope, bing crosby, and a bevy of female stars that featured dorothy lamour once made famous.
The road to hong kong 1962 720p bing crosby, bob hope. My 17yearold son watched this blackandwhite comedy with me and was surprised to hear that. The road to hong kong is a 1962 british semimusical comedy film directed by norman panama and starring bing crosby and bob hope, as well as joan collins, wi. The road to hong kong is a 1962 british semimusical comedy film directed by norman panama and starring bing crosby and bob hope, as well as joan collins, with an extended cameo featuring dorothy lamour in the setting of hong kong under british rule. Spt codistributed the film on television for a short time after a sony led partnership bought mgm. See how these urban pastimes are pursued with a passion in hong kong. No, and the other was the road to hong kong, the last road picture with bing crosby, bob hope, and dorothy lamour. Together with the dense development and difficult terrain, it imposes a constant challenge to the.
The road to hong kong, bing crosby, bob hope, 1962 full film. The film starred bing crosby, bob hope, joan collins and robert morley with cameos from frank sinatra, dean martin, dorothy lamour, peter sellers and david niven. The roads and highways are generally designed to british standards. The road to hong kong, dvd, mono sound, comedyclassic, 887090091701.
The road to hong kong is a soundtrack album issued by liberty records no. The meaning of the chinese title is set off to the world, which gives a sense of the start of a journey to different parts of the global, experiencing different cultures and customs of. Spt codistributed the film on television for a short time after a sonyled partnership bought mgm. The road to hong kong is a 1962 comedy film directed by norman panama, starring bing crosby, bob hope, joan collins and a dorothy. Mistaken identity and the acquisition of a rare tibetan herb put two buffoonish con men on the wrong side of a secret organization geared toward world domination. What the lighthouse will look like on various formats for streaming is hard to imagine. The construction of the eastern harbour crossing was completed in september 1989, it connects cha kwo ling on kowloon peninsula with quarry bay on hong kong island. Spy diane joan collins mistakes babcock for her contact and gives him the formula for rocket fuel stolen from russia. With bing crosby, bob hope, joan collins, robert morley. The very next day bing crosby died from a heart attack.
Plot pitches hope and crosby in the middle of a mistaken identity scenario. The show aired for three seasons between 2006 and 2008. Harry turner bing crosby and chester babcock bob hope are flimflam artists. This is the only road film ive not seen, loved spotting the cameos of dino, frank, peter and dorothy. Ronald cheng, dayo wong, fala chen, sharon hsu, sam lee, michael wong. Aitken and inghams book redresses the matter, and goes a long way to making the forgotten heritage of hong kong documentary present and vital. All the songs were written by jimmy van heusen music and. The road to hong kong 1962 the movie database tmdb. Hong kongs roads are among the most heavily used in the world. The bride with white hair 1993 behind the scenes look at the making of ronny yus classic. Zhuangzi tests his wife 19, the first hong kong narrative film. No, and the other was the road to hong kong, the last road picture with bing crosby, bob. The final road film, the road to hong kong, was released through united artists, which still owns it via its sister company metrogoldwynmayer.
The road to hong kong michael whitty 20160614 the last of the bob hopebing crosby road pictures was a decent comedy entertainment with our heroes getting mixedup with villains who want to send them. Regardless of whether its killer style, tantalising bites, the great outdoors or family fun you are after, hong kong has it all. In addition, unlike the other road films, hong kong was a. The road to hong kong photos view all photos 4 movie info. The road to hong kong is a 1962 film about a pair of con men who get mixed up in international intrigue. Exvaudeville con men bing crosby, bob hope meet spy woman joan collins in moonshot. Sign in deleted video deleted video cantonese prank by smile squad. My 17yearold son watched this blackandwhite comedy with me and was surprised to hear.
For film set in hong kong and produced elsewhere see list of films set in hong kong. Theres some spy stuff thrown in to update the duo, some space stuff, very 60s, but get your granddad to wear his pants under his waist and a hoodie and youve got more laffs right in your own living room. Hong kong, there really is no other place like it on the planet. In september 2017, there were over 762,000 vehicles on 2,107 kilometres of roads 442 on hong kong island, 472 in kowloon and 1,193 in the new territories. The road to hong kong from the road to hong kong artist sammy cahn. He finds his elderly mother insisting that all the traditional burial customs be observed. The road to hong kong 1962 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Complete your sammy cahn and jimmy van heusen robert farnon collection. In this road to hong kong and parts far beyond, chester and harry hope and.
The film features cameo appearances from stars including peter sellers, dean martin, frank sinatra and david niven. The road to bali was lamentable, but this one simply reeks. The road to hong kong times movie tickets fandango. In this film, a couple of hasbeen vaudevillians get mixed up in a spy ring. The road to hong kong 1962 720p bing crosby, bob hope, joan. Check out what these wellknown local residents have to say about what they love most about hong kong.
Jackie chan sparks outcry in hong kong december 14, 2012 by ntdonchina. Six days before crosbys death george burns made a highlysuccessful comeback with oh, god. Luo yusheng returns to his home village in north china for the funeral of his father, the village teacher. The road to hong kong is the seventh and final film in the road to series of films starring bing crosby and bob hope. See the full list of the road to hong kong cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. Traveling shysters harry turner bing crosby and chester. Despite an industry crisis starting in the mid1990s and hong kongs return to chinese sovereignty in july 1997, hong kong film has retained much of its distinctive identity and continues to play a prominent part on the world cinema stage. The road to hong kong 1962 with their vaudeville act going nowhere, harry turner bing crosby and chester babcock bob hope decide to become con artists except chester is having a few.
For too long hong kong documentary has itself constituted a kind of structuring absence within the regions cinema a mode of politicallyengaged filmmaking apparently truant from hong kong film history. The road to hong kong was the last and least of the hopecrosby road pictures but that still made this a funny movie. Some of the roads on the north side of hong kong island and southern kowloon have a grid like pattern. As a way of creating the illusion of an old film, as well as an. Hope and crosby are con men who get involved accidentally with international spies.
Its a laughalong rollercoaster with bing crosby and bob. Music is by robert farnon and cinematography is by jack hildyard. Watch road to hong kong now on your favorite device. Road to utopia 1946 road to rio 1947 road to bali 1952 the road to hong kong 1962. The work is a cyber letter to the forthcoming generation, a generation that can conceive of freedom of communication and expression through the innovative world of cyberspace. For decades, hong kong was the third largest motion picture industry in the world after indian cinema and hollywood and the second largest exporter. Belgium flemish title alternative transliteration ruimtevaarders tegen wil en dank. Each film we designate as an official selection will receive a highresolution. This was the last in the longrunning road to series and the only one not produced by paramount pictures, though references to the others in. Hong kong is a 1952 american adventure film directed by lewis r. The following are incomplete lists of notable motorways, tunnels, bridges, roads, avenues, streets, crescents, squares and bazaars in hong kong many roads on the hong kong island conform to the contours of the hill landscape.