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-- A Day at Shaw Brothers Studios --
David Vivier had the chance to visit the Shaw Studios in Clearwater Bay. It has never really changed since the reign of Sir Run Run, the 100-year-old mogul who left his entire cinema heritage into the hands of Celestial. To set up the context, here is a quick outline of the Shaw Brothers history.

- In 1957, Sir Run Run Shaw came to Hong Kong from Singapore and founded the new company, Shaw Brothers (Hong Kong) Ltd.

- In 1958, Shaw Movietown (a literal translation of the Chinese name of Shaw Studio), a new and large studio built in Clearwater Bay (Kowloon) went into operation in 1960.

- In 2000, Shaw sold its entire film library (more than 750 films) to Celestial Pictures, a subsidiary of Malaysian Conglomerate, Astro All Asian Networks. Celestial Pictures rented the legendary Shaw Building as its headquarters.

David met also with William Pfeiffer, Chief Executive Officer at Celestial, whom we warmly thank for the opportunity. Below is an exceptional guided tour within the wall of the mythic film studio.  HK Cinemagic >>More<<