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The Bounty find His Missing Daughter Cho Is on the Case and His Eye Is on the Prize! 31 Southampton Row, London WC1B 5HJ Tel: 0203 585 1396 Web: fetch.fm PRESS RELEASE Cho (Chapman To) is an optimist - but a little crazy. As a Hong Kong bounty hunter, skilled in martial arts, he’s always in the thick of it and this time his target is a low life thief with a $400,000 bounty on his head. But when a rich businessman offers him a bounty of $100,000,000 to The Bounty find his missing daughter Cho is on the case and his eye is on the prize! PRODUCED BY CHAU CHEOK WA ALEX DONG STARRING CHAPMAN TO FIONA SIT GUEST STARRING ALEX MAN CO-STARRING NICK WANG MAX ZHANG LAI MAAN@RUBBERBAND CHARMAINE FONG PUNNY WONG GUEST APPEARANCE ERIC KOT SPECIAL STARRING RAYMOND WONG HUGO WON SIRE MA STEPHANIE CHENG NO.6@RUBBERBAND LAW WING CHEONG DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY KO CHIU LAM (H.K.S.C) ACTION CHOREOGRAPHY JACK WONG PRODUCTION DESIGNER CHET CHAN ART DIRECTOR CHARLIE CHOI ARAMIS YEUNG COSTUME DESIGNER CECILIA CHIK EDITOR MATTHEW HUI MUSIC RUBBERBAND PATRICK LUI VISUAL EFFECTS ENOCH CHAN ASSOCIATE PRODUCER GILBERT FUNG PRODUCTION MANAGER ERICA MAK LINE PRODUCER LEE PO CHEUNG SCREENPLAY FUNG CHIH CHIANG EXECUTIVE PRODUCER CONNIE WONG PRODUCER PACO WONG DIRECTOR FUNG CHIH CHIANG SUN ENTERTAINMENT CULTURE LIMITED FILM DEVELOPMENT FUND OF HONG KONG DADI CENTURY (BEIJING) LIMITED PRESENT INER LIMITED PRODUCTION SUN ENTERTAINMENT CULTURE LIMITED INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION © 2012 SUN ENTERTAINMENT CULTURE LTD. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ASPECT RATIO SOUNDTRACK LANGUAGE REGION DISC FORMAT SINGLE 5.1 STEREO 2.0 STEREO 16:9 FEATURE LENGTH: 100 MIN WIDESCREEN Chinese LAYERED PAL FORMAT, COLOUR 1.78:1 English Subtitles dvd-5 © Sun Entertainment Culture Limited/the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2012. All rights reserved. Warning: All rights reserved. For private home use only. Any other use, copying, reproduction, Contains strong violence broadcast or performance in public in whole or in part is expressly prohibited. www.mvm-films.com MLA2025 RELEASE INFORMATION Distributor MVM ________________________________________________ A bounty hunter never Certificate 15 quits... ________________________________________________ Release date 6th January, 2014 ________________________________________________ On DVD from Monday 6th Jan. 2014 Running time 99 minutes ________________________________________________ Fast Sell: Extras Trailers ________________________________________________ The writer of crossover hit “Shaolin Soccer” brings us a Hashtag #HongKongClouseau rumbustious roundhouse kick to the senses with “The Bounty”. Prepare to be dazzled by this visually stunning Hong KEY TALENT INFORMATION Kong action-comedy. Director Fung Chih Chiang Key talent: ________________________________________________ Stars • Chapman To Fung Chih Chiang, Writer-Director (Shaolin Soccer) • Alex Man • Fiona Sit Chapman To (Infernal Affairs; Initial D) CONTACT/ORDER MEDIA Alex Man (As Tears Go By) Les Pitt - [email protected] Fiona Sit (2 Young; Break Up Club) Synopsis: Incompetent bounty hunter Cho is given a chance to land a big score from the police if he can catch a most-wanted fugitive criminal. His excursion takes him to a small island in which he finds himself stuck at the bizarre “Lazy Inn” inhabited by an imaginative yet unstable maid, her awkward father and a cowardly coconut man… Cho is thrown into a comedy of errors, in which misunderstandings run as much riot as the local triads. He’s not only looking for answers, he’s looking to escape. He’s having to fight the local gangs and get to grips with the people looking after him in this rollercoaster ride of laughs, action and drama! We like it because: We feel that Writer/Director Fung Chih Chiang takes no time reminding us of why his debut “Shaolin Soccer” made such a splash here in the West. He continues to excel in a unique style of storytelling that harks back to the likes of “The Three Stooges”. With Jackie Chan focusing on more dramatic projects, the likes of Chapman To can fill his boots easily with his warm brand of humour. Comedies like this are becoming harder to find, so it’s great to see someone holding the torch for this slapstick style. “The Bounty” is genuinely one of the most imaginative, energetic and truly laugh out loud action-comedies and a true original that needs to be seen to be believed! Special Features: Trailers.
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