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the promise

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The Promise (Simplified Chinese: 无极; Traditional Chinese: 無極; pinyin: Wújí; literally "Limitless") is an epic fantasy movie directed by Chen Kaige and starring Jang Dong-gun, Hiroyuki Sanada, Cecilia Cheung and Nicholas Tse.

It was first released in mainland China on December 15, 2005,[1] as well as Hong Kong and Singapore. The Weinstein Company adapted it for North American distributions and 3-day preview screenings, but they sold the movie to Warner Independent Pictures. While under the holds of TWC, they trimmed down 19 minutes of scenes and renamed it Master of the Crimson Armor. Eventually, it was released on May 5, 2006 as The Promise.

When it was released in Asian markets, the crowd reactions were mixed. In China however, public response was largely negative. Its commercial performance was unknown, but it was rumored to make USD$9 million dollars in mainland China in the opening week and HK$8 million dollars in Hong Kong. [1] The budget was rumored to be CN¥282~340 million yuan (USD$35~$42 million dollars), surpassing the cost of Hero. [2]

Despite that it received negative buzz and was never yet released in the US, it was one of the two Chinese movies, along with international hit Kung Fu Hustle, to receive the Best Golden Globes Foreign Language Film nomination in the history. Both eventually lost to Paradise Now in an awards ceremony.


now and then


Now and Then is a 1995 film directed by Lesli Linka Glatter and starring Demi Moore, Melanie Griffith, Rosie O'Donnell and Rita Wilson, which tells the story of four friends that have been busy with their lives until an important event reunites them in their home town of Shelby, Indiana. Most of the film, however, is a flashback to the summer of 1970, in which the 12-year-old girls (played by Christina Ricci, Thora Birch, Gaby Hoffmann and Ashleigh Aston Moore) divide their time between gathering money to buy a treehouse in search for "independence" and investigating a local mystery. Both happy and unfortunate events occur, which help them realize they're growing up. Once they achieve their goal and buy the treehouse they make a promise to be there for one another. The film was released on October 20, 1995 and was not a big hit at the time, but did moderately well and has gone on to become a cult favorite, hailed as a "Stand by Me for girls". This film is based on the town of Winchester, Indiana and mentions many sights and sounds around this Midwestern city. The city council and many city leaders suppressed the inclusion of the name of Winchester in the film for fear it may have an adverse impact on the city.

Tagline: A summer when four friends made a promise to return anytime they needed each other. Twenty years later, that time has come.