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This is a list of films produced in Hong Kong ordered by decade and year of release in separate pages. For film set in Hong Kong and produced elsewhere see List of films set in Hong Kong . Zhuangzi Tests His Wife (1913), the first Hong Kong narrative film
A still-functioning Panavision PSR 35mm camera used to film Star Wars (1977) went for $625,000 in the December 2011 Reynolds auction, breaking records for Star Wars memorabilia and vintage cameras. [60] In June 2017, an R2-D2 droid "compiled from parts" used during filming of the trilogy sold for $2,760,000, setting the record for Star Wars ...
Film memorabilia are objects considered of value because of their connection to the cinema. These include costumes, props , advertising posters , and scripts , among other things. Fans have always coveted memorabilia, but in recent years, what was once a hobby has mushroomed into big business, with millions of dollars changing hands in auctions ...
Five Golden Dragons (1967) – movie 100% located in Hong Kong with opening footage set in the cross-harbor car ferry; Gambit (1966) Up to His Ears (1965) Lord Jim (1965) Road to Hong Kong (1962) The World of Suzie Wong (1960) – includes footage of the Star Ferry; Ferry to Hong Kong (1959) – starring Orson Welles and includes footage of the ...
0–9. List of Hong Kong films of 1950; List of Hong Kong films of 1951; List of Hong Kong films of 1952; List of Hong Kong films of 1953; List of Hong Kong films of 1954
Wong, Cindy Hing-yuk; McDonogh, Gary W. (2001). "Consuming Cinemas: Reflections on Movies and Market-places in Contemporary Hong Kong". In Mathews, Gordon; Lui, Tai-lok (eds.). Consuming Hong Kong. Hong Kong University Press. pp. 81– 116. ISBN 9789622095465. See p. 111 for the number of cinemas for the years between 1952 and 1996.
Unlike many film industries, Hong Kong has enjoyed little or no direct government support, through either subsidies or import quotas. It is a thoroughly commercial cinema: highly corporate, concentrating on crowd-pleasing genres like comedy and action, and relying heavily on formulas, sequels and remakes.
The history of Chinese-language cinema has three separate but intertwined threads of development: Cinema of China, Cinema of Hong Kong and Cinema of Taiwan. See also the categories for the cinema of China and Taiwan. For building structures for Cantonese opera and film, see Category:Cinemas in Hong Kong and category:theatres in Hong Kong