The Touch (2002)

Note des utilisateurs:

4.5/10   

Réalisateur:

Peter Pau

Writers:

Julien Carbon (writer)
Laurent Courtiaud (writer)
(suite)

Release Date:

1 août 2002 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Aventure | Action | Romance

Plot:

A sister and brother, the last heirs of a family of acrobats, are called upon by a Buddhist monk sect to retrieve an artifact that their ancestors have protected throughout the ages. |

Plot Keywords:

Martial Arts | Acrobat | Flaming Arrow | Buddhism | Artifact

Awards:

2 wins & 2 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Genre movie without big surprises

Ensemble

Michelle Yeoh	...	Pak Yin Fay
Ben Chaplin	...	Eric
Richard Roxburgh	...	Karl
Sihung Lung	...	The Monk-Dun Huang
Brandon Chang	...	Pak Yeuk Tong
Margaret Wang	...	Lily
Dane Cook	...	Bob
Emmanuel Lanzi	...	Draco
Kenneth Tsang	...	Ping
Gabriel Harrison	...	Sam (as Gabriel Hoi)
Winston Chao	...	Yin's Father
Zhenghai Kou	...	Silvio
Liu Chang Sheng	...	Pang
Hua Qin	...	Fat-Wah
Sua Lang Rao Deng	...	The monk - 700 Yrs. Ago
Dawangdui	...	Tibet Senior Lamas
Ya Dong Duo Ji	...	Tibet Senior Lamas
Zhong Bian Ba Ci Ren	...	Tibet Senior Lamas
Zha Xi Dun Zhu	...	Tibet Senior Lamas
Li Qin Long	...	Henchman A

Réalisé par
Peter Pau

Scénaristes (in alphabetical order)
Julien Carbon		writer
Laurent Courtiaud		writer
J.D. Zeik		writer

Produit par
Thomas Chung	....	co-producer
Michelle Yeoh	....	executive producer

Musique originale
Basil Poledouris

Image
Peter Pau

Montage
Marshall Harvey

Distribution des rôles
Amanda Harding
Mindy Marin

Création des décors
Thomas Chong

Direction artistique
Second Chan

Directeur de production
Helen Li	....	production supervisor

Assistant réalisateur
Louis Jong	....	first assistant director
Sylvia Liu	....	first assistant director

Technicien du son
Lee Alexander	....	sound mixer
Chris Barron	....	digital sound transferer (as Christopher Barron)
Steve Boeddeker	....	sound designer
Steve Boeddeker	....	sound re-recording mixer
Karen Brocco	....	assistant adr editor
Karen Brocco	....	assistant dialogue editor
Tim Burby	....	digital sound transferer
Lisa Chino	....	assistant supervising sound editor
John Countryman	....	digital sound transferer
Frank E. Eulner	....	supervising sound editor (as Frank Eulner)
Sue Fox	....	adr editor (as Suzanne Fox)
Jonathan Greber	....	digital sound transferer
Scott Guitteau	....	sound effects editor
James Likowski	....	foley editor
Carolyn Motyer	....	boom operator
John Motyer	....	location sound mixer
Chris Quilty	....	boom operator
Gary Rizzo	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Gary A. Rizzo)
Robert Shoup	....	foley editor (as Bob Shoup)
Daniel Sperry	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Marshall Winn	....	dialogue editor

Visual Effects
Joel Matthew Clifton	....	visual effects supervisor
Jose Miguel Cordoba	....	visual effects supervisor
Laurence Lok	....	digital compositor
Aaron M. Ross	....	visual effects supervisor

Cascadeur
Jacky Yeung	....	stunt coordinator

Music Department
Stuart Balcomb	....	orchestrator
Tim Boyle	....	score mixer
Todd Haberman	....	composer: additional music

Divers
Nina Huang Fan	....	production coordinator
Philip Kwok	....	action choreographer

Production Companies

• Aruze Corporation
• China Film Co-Production Corporation
• Han Entertainment
• Media Asia Films
• Mythical Films
• Pandasia Entertainment
• Tianjin Film Studio

Distributors

• Gala Film Distribution (2002) (Hong Kong) (theatrical)
• Mega Star Video Distribution (2002) (Hong Kong) (DVD)
• Buena Vista International (2005) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Central Partnership (Russia)
• Highlight Film (2005) (Germany) (DVD)
• Lolafilms Distribución (Spain)
• Miramax Films
• Nikkatsu (2005) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Nikkatsu (2005) (Japan) (DVD)
• RCV Film Distribution (Belgium)
• RCV Film Distribution (Luxembourg)
• RCV Film Distribution (Netherlands)
• Solar Films (2002) (Philippines) (theatrical)

Technicien des effets spéciaux

• Asia Legend

Other Companies

• Centro Digital Pictures Ltd.  video dailies
• Cine Art Laboratory  color
• Cine Art Laboratory  negative processing
• CineDigit  ADR recording studio
• Kodak (Hong Kong) Ltd.  film supplied by (uncredited)
• Mandarin Laboratory (International) Ltd.  subtitles: Hong Kong version (uncredited)
• Salon Films  cameras
• Salon Films  chapman camera dollies
• Salon Films  lighting equipment
• Skywalker Sound  post-production sound services

Autre(s) titre(s) :

Tian mai chuan qi (China: Mandarin title)
Talisman, Le (France) (video title) [fr]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violence.

Durée:

China:103 min

Pays:

China | Hong Kong | Taiwan | Japan

Langue:

Anglais | Mandarin

Couleur:

Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Son:

Dolby Digital

Classification:

Iceland:16 | Netherlands:16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Philippines:PG-13 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | USA:PG-13

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Beijing, China

Company:

Aruze Corporation

Guillemet:

Karl: I'd offer you a drink, but that would be completely out of character.

Genre movie without big surprises

"The Touch" is an adventure movie in the tradition of "Raiders of the Lost Ark". It tells the story of a Chinese family of artists who specialized in difficult jumps for many generations. Only such a jump, seeming impossible to anyone else, will make it possible to obtain a holy treasure. Two family members are kidnapped by a treasure hunter (Richard Roxburgh) to get the treasure for him. Yin (Michelle Yeoh), being the head of the family after the demise of her father, pursues them into the desert.

Genre movie without big surprises, but well made (except for the final fight which looks like computer game inspired green screen effects), featuring a female star who successfully avoids any Lara Croft similarities and uses her scarf both as a weapon and a swing rope. "The Touch" was shot in places where nobody else was allowed to film before. The landscapes of Tibet are impressive and make the movie more memorable than the thin plot deserves.