Sunday, February 19, 2012

Flatfoot in Hong Kong - Bud Spencer (1975) - Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong

I have a big thank you to say to Dan who writes the excellent Hong Kong On Film blog and actually sent me a copy of this film.

A quick summary: Bud Spencer (real name Carlo Pedersoli, who sadly died in June 2016) plays a surly and burly Napoli cop, Rizzo, who has a penchant for smacking people on the top of their heads with his fist in order to subdue them. He is framed by a cop traitor and has to chase various bad guys around the world (in this case Italy, obviously, Bangkok and Hong Kong and Macau) to prove his innocence and catch the bad guy. Obviously we shall focus on the Hong Kong and Macau scenes for this blog but if anyone is interested in Bangkok in 1975 then it's probably also well worth a look.

Anyway, the opening Hong Kong scene (when Rizzo first arrives in HK from Thailand) is a panning helicopter shot high above the harbour. The scene lasts for quite sometime and takes in an almost 360 degree view so we get a good look at the whole area.


3 comments:

Jesus Manuel said...

I don't deserve your nice words..I have too much to learn about blogging, about locations...etc, How I wish I could write & explain the pics as you do!
Looking forward more entries about the locations of this movie.

Daniel Thomas said...

Great work Phil and thanks from me to Jesus, as well, for bringing this film to our attention...

Phil said...

Of course you do Jesus! I would say you are doing a damn fine job with your Golden Ninjas. :-)

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