Wednesday, February 25, 2009

WENG WENG and RAMON ZAMORA, 1982 MIFF BEST SELLERS


The year: 1982

Three action films starring local midget black-belter Weng Weng were sold to a German producer-distributor based in Frankfurt, Germany, Kurt Palm. The films--- Agent 00, For Your Height Only and Wild Wild Weng--- were sold at $20,000, $30,000 and $40,000 respectively, according to Peter Caballes, executive producer of Liliw Productions, owner-producer of the films. The third movie is still to be filmed.

The sale, one of the first, if not the very first, successful deals closed by a Filipino producer at the MIFF (Manila International Film Festival) film market, was confirmed by PMPPA officials.
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see: Weng Weng: The Pinoy Midget James Bond



Return of the Dragon, a Ramon Zamora starrer produed in 1974 by FGO Productions, was among the hottest selling kungfu flicks at the MIFF film market. Four deals were closed with foreign buyers, while several more are still under negotiation, according to Felipe G. Ortega, FGO executive producer.
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See Ramon Zamora: The Original Pinoy Bruce Lee




Starwatch/ January 25, 1982
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1 comment:

  1. Rodolfo SamonteFebruary 26, 2009 at 4:56 AM

    Simon,
    Of course Gabriel "Flash" Elorde should come under this category. But you've already published that before. I can think of at least one actor who did it the other way, that is turn from actor to sports hero. Well, not sports hero in the usual sense, but Carlos Padilla Jr. is the only Pinoy actor to become a world renowned boxing referee and as you well know refereed the Ali-Frazier bouts in Manila.
    Rod

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