Additional screenings of Film Archive’s The Kid is Extraordinary – Remembering Bruce Lee (with photo)
​To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the passing of the martial arts superstar Bruce Lee, the Hong Kong Film Archive (HKFA) of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department organised the screening programme, The Kid is Extraordinary – Remembering Bruce Lee, to screen four films starring Lee in his childhood and teens between August and November. The screening programme has received an overwhelming response and all tickets of the five previously announced screenings have been sold out. In view of the response, additional screenings of "The Orphan" (1960) have been scheduled at 4pm on November 5 (Sunday) and at 7.30pm on November 27 (Monday), which is the birthday of Lee, at the HKFA Cinema so that more audiences can enjoy this last film of Lee before his departure for the United States.
"The Orphan" is a colour film with sync-sound, which was rare in Lee's early career. This film sees Lee and veteran actor Ng Cho-fan appearing as father and son again after "A Son is Born" (1953), telling a heartwarming story between an orphanage director and a rebellious thief. The film is in Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles.
Tickets of the additional screenings priced at $45 will be available from tomorrow (August 4) at URBTIX (www.urbtix.hk). For telephone bookings, please call 3166 1288. For programme details, please visit the website of the HKFA (www.filmarchive.gov.hk/en/web/hkfa/pe-event-2023-bl.html) or call 2739 2139.
