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Episode Details: The Arrival of Multiplexes and Asian Mainstream

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The Arrival of Multiplexes and Asian Mainstream

Series: The Story of Film: An Odyssey

Season: Season 1

Episode Number: 11

Air Date:

Duration: 63 min

Star Wars, Jaws and The Exorcist created the multiplexes, but they were also innovative. In India the world’s most famous movie star, Amitabh Bachchan, shows how Bollywood was doing new things in the seventies too. And we discover that Bruce Lee movies kick-started the kinetic films of Hong Kong, where master Yuen Woo-ping talks exclusively about his action movies and his wire fu choreography for The Matrix.

★ 8.3 / 10 (3 votes)

Cast and Guests

Portrait of Stanley Kwan Kam-Pang

Stanley Kwan Kam-Pang

Self
Portrait of Yuen Woo-Ping

Yuen Woo-Ping

Self
Portrait of Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan

Self
Portrait of Youssef Chahine

Youssef Chahine

Self
Portrait of Tsui Hark

Tsui Hark

Self
Portrait of Sharmila Tagore

Sharmila Tagore

Self
Portrait of Javed Akhtar

Javed Akhtar

Self
Portrait of Mercedes McCambridge

Mercedes McCambridge

Self

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