Chow made Lee and Jackie Chan stars after deciding to break away from the low-budget ethic of kung fu genreLegendary Hong Kong film producer Raymond Chow, who introduced Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan to the world and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to the big screen, has died at 91. Chow “helped nurture a pool of Hong Kong talents and brought them to the international stage”, said Edward Yau, Hong Kong’s secretary for commerce and economic development in a statement on Friday. Chow signed Bruce Lee in 1971 after seeing him on a Hong Kong TV variety show. Golden Harvest signed Lee to a three-picture deal, with each breaking all Hong Kong box office records. It was 1995’s Rumble in the Bronx that catapulted Chan to worldwide fame, taking $32.4m and becoming the most successful Hong Kong film released in the US.

Source: The Guardian November 03, 2018 01:03 UTC