Ghosts Can't Do It - Bo Derek (1989) - Star Ferry, Victoria Harbour

I first heard about the Hong Kong connection of this movie from Jon T. Benn (Mr Big from Way of the Dragon) when he was still making visits to Hong Kong a few years back (I believe Jon is now State-side). At the time of filming Jon was asked to help chaperone Bo Derek during her HK stay and it looks as though he was given a small role in the film (at least according to IMDB - however, I can't for the life of me see him in there and suspect it may be related to the fact that a section in the middle of the film appears to have been cut).

Anyway, to cut a long story short Jon was around during the swimming pool scenes (see a later post) and swore blind that Bo gave him a longer than necessary flash of her..."equipment"...after the filming had wrapped. It's actually one of the stories he includes in his book (still available from Blacksmith books) that is well worth a read if you want to find out how he went from Russian language specialist in the US Army (I kid you not) to starring next to Bruce Lee in Way of the Dragon. The guy is certainly an interesting individual with a very colourful life.

But back to the film, shot in 1989 it is about a couple played by Derek and Anthony Quinn. Quinn has a heart attack and can no longer "do it" so he kills himself to become a ghost so he can occupy the body of someone else in order to be able to do it with his wife again...yup!

His ghost follows her around the world giving advice in various situations - including during a business deal with Donald Trump (I'm not kidding about that either) in Hong Kong.

Not too much was filmed here, but there are some shots filmed in Aberdeen and the Mandarin Oriental Hotel etc. So we'll kick this film off with a post featuring Bo Derek trying to eat noodles with chopsticks on the Star Ferry and getting noodles on her face.