- DragonBlade: The Legend of Lang
-
DragonBlade: The Legend of Lang 
Directed by Antony Szeto Produced by Stanley Tong, Wendy Choi Written by Trevor Morris Starring Karen Mok, Daniel Wu, Stephen Fung, Sandra Ng Distributed by ERA company, Kantana Animation Release date(s) January 6, 2005 Country 
Hong KongLanguage Cantonese, English, Mandarin DragonBlade: The Legend of Lang (Chinese: 龍刀奇緣) is the first 3D-CGI Chinese animated feature film from Hong Kong and directed by Antony szeto. It was produced by "DCDC" and "China Film" company, and is also considered the first 3D rendered martial arts film.
Contents
Background
The reigning all-China wushu champions gathered together in Shandong where the director and animators flew to learn more about the diversity of martial arts for the film. Although DragonBlade was completely made in Hong Kong the film was originally animated and lip-synced to English first. This is because it is technically easier to dub from English to Cantonese than the other way around.[1] The MTR transportation service promoted the movie with a Dragonblade octopus card. Since this movie is the first 3D-CG film fully rendered in Hong Kong, the card is now a rare collectible item.
Story
A town is attacked by a deadly creature, it can only be stopped with the Dragon Blade. The one person who knows where the blade is won't tell Lang, and even if he did, untold peril will fall on anyone who dares to find this legendary weapon.
Characters
Name Voiced by Ying Ying Karen Mok Hung Lang Daniel Wu, Stephen Fung Bali-Ba Sandra Ng Master Wu Jim Chim Lord Ko Doug Baker Short Youngster Sam Bobertz Mr. Hung and Guardian Spirit Stephen Bolton Sifu Simon Broad Awards
- Won the 2nd annual Hong Kong Digital Entertainment Excellence Award
- Won 2006 Special Achievement in a First Feature Film Award from ASDA (now the Australian Directors Guild)
Production notes
- Scriptwriter Trevor Morris is the brother of actress Karen Mok.
- The idea of using "outtakes" (better known as "NG"s in Hong Kong) during the end credits was used by the director as a homage to Jackie Chan films.
See also
References
External links
Categories:- 2005 films
- Chinese animated films
- Computer-animated films
- Hong Kong films
- Cantonese-language films
- Wushu films
- Martial arts fantasy films
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
