Turning point marks the sixth time that nicolas hippisleycoxe has worked with james keach over the last 14 years. When you want to give a highfidelity version of your presentation to colleagues or customers either as an email attachment, published to the web, on a cd or dvd, save it and let it play as a video. So what happens at the 25% point of a 90miniute comedy will be identical to what happens at the same percentage of a threehour epic. I didnt know it was good till it got better and better and then that big end title came up and an occasional question filled my. The 10 best turning points in famous actors careers taste. The turning point full movie the unfeigned witness 2. Turning point 2 is a 2011 hong kong action crime thriller film directed by herman yau and. A comingofage tale of three friends and the high school road trip that will forever influence their lives. Jerry mckibbon is a tough, no nonsense reporter, mentoring special prosecutor john conroy in routing out corrupt officials in the city, which may even include conroys own police detective father as a suspect. Turning point is a 2009 hong kong action crime thriller film directed by herman yau and starring michael tse in the title role of laughing gor and costarring veteran actors francis ng and anthony wong. You can save your presentation as either an mpeg4 video file. Our mission is to develop and strengthen the personal leadership of high potentials, executives and future executives, especially in times of strategic transitions, such as.
The film, based on the reallife events of this heroic feat, tells the story of the leaders and soldiers who used their instincts, fortitude and bravery to overcome the odds. Improve audience engagement and foster an active learning environment using our interactive learning tools. With anne bancroft, shirley maclaine, mikhail baryshnikov, tom skerritt. The turning point of the outbreak will be determined by the prevention and control efforts during the coming traffic peak, said zhong nanshan it is still not clear when the epidemic will reach its peak, zhong nanshan, a member of the chinese academy of engineering and a prominent respiratory expert, said on tuesday, adding that it may occur in. The prequel to the popular character, laughing gor michael tse in the highly rated tvb drama series emergency unit. Welcome to turning point here you will find lectures on the course mechanics which is a basic fundamental course for all the universities irrespective o.
The 10 best turning points in famous actors careers. Abandoned and exposed to a deadly disease, a young woman wakes up to discover she must survive the night alone. Top 100 hong kong movies the best hong kong films of all. Nov 30, 2010 the only difference is that the turning point is a hundred times the movie the phenix city story tried to be. Turning point 2 is said to be the conclusion to the story. In a nutshell, turning point films is dedicated to storytelling. Those of you i lost along the way arent the only ones since as already stated even the makers at some point lost track of things. Hk title laughing gor qian zui fan hk title laughing gor. In starring roles were shirley maclaine, anne bancroft, mikhail baryshnikov. A man comes to grips with his life and values, as well as the farreaching results of his actions, in this meditative drama written and directed by niyi towolawi. As much as i enjoy hong kong cinema and as much as i enjoy movies that francis ng are in, then laughing gor aka turning point 2 was somewhat of a. Although i find it impossible to be in the situation where the captain is singlehandedly doing sitrep for the whole command centre. This movie tells the story of laughing and before he join the police force has a dark. With william holden, edmond obrien, alexis smith, tom tully.
It is at its best in its first act when it is a fastpaced, simple story of a man on the run from both his fellow gangsters and fellow cops hes a gangster undercover as a cop undercover as a gangster, if that makes sense at all. Released in hong kong on august 2009, this is the first film to be produced by shaw brothers since 2003s drunken monkey michael tses performance as laughing gor in the tvb television. Inspired by the reallife senate investigations of 1951, the turning point is neither a remake of a 1917 paramount silent of the same name, nor was the 1977 balletoriented turning point a remake. Watch full episode of turning point korean drama dramacool. Although maclaine was the only one of the two with real world dance. Turning point films is involved in all aspects of film production. The 5 dollar hk coin laughing was given to him by brother one. These percentages apply both to the running time of the film and the pages of your screenplay. And to elevate laughing gor into quality cinema material, tvb brought in francis ng and anthony wong, two of the best actors in hong kong, both of whom are. With michael tse, anthony chausang wong, francis ng, eric tsang. The film, based on the reallife events of this heroic feat, tells the story of the leaders and soldiers who used their instincts, fortitude and bravery to overcome. The turning point 1977 original soundtrack, ballet.
First movie produced by the shaw brothers since drunken monkey. The turning point 1977 original soundtrack, ballet music. The 10 best turning points in famous actors careers posted on june 26, 2017 june 26, 2017 by andreas babiolakis when you are an actor or an actress, you are always liable to a change in pace, whether its for better or for worse. At turning technologies, were dedicated to improving learning experiences in the classroom and workplace through interactive learning technology and realtime audience response systems. Oct 28, 2018 directed by shelly kapadia, peter szijarto. Staring sydnee steele, julia ann, kylie ireland and nikita denise. Filmmakers shelly kapadia and peter szijarto and executive producer cyrus kapadia the wages of sin, 2016 are taking on whats been missing from the stories of transgender people. He has been saving the key victim, while at the same time looking at the situation inside the bunker, from each turning point and planning their escape route.
The turning point 1952 november 30, 2010 the turning point, what a bad title for a hell of a picture. Velikij perelom is a 1945 soviet, russianlanguage war film directed by fridrikh ermler based on a screenplay by boris chirskov. To make his situation worse, laughing falls in love with the triad leaders sister, karen. The turning point is a 1977 film written by arthur laurents and directed by herbert ross. This movie tells the story of laughing and before he join the police force has a dark background as member of a tried under chou anthony wong.
Turning point 2 is a 2011 hong kong action crime thriller film directed by herman yau and starring michael tse in the title role of laughing gor and costarring francis ng, chapman to and bosco wong. The film is a distant sequel to the 2009 film turning point, a direct sequel to the 2011 tv series lives of omission and the third spinoff of the academy franchise featuring tses character from. The five key turning points of all successful movie scripts. Midway centers on the battle of midway, a clash between the american fleet and the imperial japanese navy which marked apivotal turning point in the pacific theater during wwii. Turning point is herman yaus attempt at a hong kong crime drama. Justice, brotherhood and love, what will laughing decide on. Apart from the fact that its already a rarity to give a tvshow character its own movie the shawbrothersstudios have finally coproduced a film here after a 7year break. The turning point features two strong female characters played by anne bancroft and shirley maclaine. Nov 23, 2015 the turning point full movie the unfeigned witness 2. Oct 28, 2015 abandoned and exposed to a deadly disease, a young woman wakes up to discover she must survive the night alone. This feature length documentary film will focus on stories of acceptance and nonacceptance for several transgender individuals and their families. At its peak, around the early 90s, the local movie industry was first in the world in terms of per capita production as well as the second largest. To sum up the story, edmond obrien plays a dogooder lawyer with a cop dad who makes it his agenda to shut down organized crime. Thanks to yaus direction, turning point does succeed on the action part with chases both in cars and on foot that are nicely shot.
The movie revolves more of laughings life as an underling rather than a gang boss. Turning point asia limited the french chamber of commerce. The turning point 1977 nude scenes horror order by phone 18003364627. A hollywoodnollywood drama coming soon to a cinema near you. Official website turning point 2 at the hong kong movie database. Released in hong kong on august 2009, this is the first film to be produced by shaw brothers since 2003s drunken monkey. Turning point is packed with so many people running and jumping off of buildings that its clearly more interested in being an actionthriller than a psychological exploration of its titular character. Midway centers on the battle of midway, a clash between the american fleet and the imperial japanese navy which marked a pivotal turning point in the pacific theater during wwii. The turning point 1952 rotten tomatoes movie trailers.
Music from the film starring shirley maclaine, anne bancroft and mikhail baryshnikov. Only true hong kong fans will know that turning point is actually dealing with the background story of the enormously popular character laughing gor from the tvbseries e. With swen temmel, manuel domenech, ashton bingham, kesia elwin. Mikhail baryshnikov made his film debut in this lightweight but entertaining drama about the relationship between a renowned ballerina anne bancroft and the woman shirley maclaine who had trained with her but had given up dance to become a wife, mother, and teacher. Turning point movie discussion turning point movie comments. The movie may trumpet the big horrible awful scene, with minnys indelible threeword malediction against hilly, but the real turning point is a quiet moment in which skeeter finds herself face to face with a roomful of maids and its their decision, not skeeters, on which the scene turns. The turning point 1977 original soundtrack, ballet music ost lpcd. The film was one of the earlier palme dor winners of 1946. The movie focuses on how laughing made his escape, and try to. It was produced by goskino at kinostudiya lenfilm lenfilm studio, distributed in the usa by artkino pictures, and. Turning point is a pretty entertaining herman yau crimeactioner, but, like many of the hong kong flicks ive watched lately, it suffers from a lacklustre latter half. Laughing gor chi bin chit turning point 2009 rotten tomatoes. But the choices remain the same when her daughter joins a ballet company, a former dancer is forced to confront her longago decision to give up the stage to have a family. From documentaries to feature films and everything in between, stories are a vital part of human existence.
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