Cinema City Enterprises Co.
IndustryEntertainment
Founded1979 (1979) (as "Warriors Film Company")
FounderRaymond Wong
Karl Maka
Dean Shek
Defunct1991 (1991)
FateRenamed to Mandarin Films
Headquarters
Hong Kong
ProductsMotion pictures

Cinema City Enterprises Ltd (Chinese: 新藝城企業有限公司) also known as Cinema Capital Entertainment and Cinema City Entertainment, formerly Cinema City and Films Co. and Cinema City Company Limited was a company that specialized in Hong Kong Cinema. The company had a small catalogue of only 88 films. Their library covers genres including drama, comedy, horror.[1]

The company was established in 1979 by actors Raymond Wong, Karl Maka and Dean Shek. The company was successful throughout the 1980s, but went into financial trouble around the early 1990s. Their last film was "Blue Lightning" in 1991, produced shortly before the company shut down. They were known for producing films such as A Better Tomorrow.

History

In 1979, Warriors Film Company was founded by comedians Raymond Wong, Karl Maka, and Dean Shek. They then released their first two films, which were called Crazy Partner in 1979, and Crazy Crooks in 1980.In 1980, Warriors Film Company was renamed to Cinema City. Tsui Hark and Raymond Chow made movies like All The Wrong Clues For The Right Solution. In the 1980s, Cinema City was invested into by Golden Princess Amusement Co., Ltd. Because of this, they teamed up to eventually become the third biggest force in Hong Kong Cinema, competing with Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest for nearly a decade.

However, as Cinema City's productions slowed down, Golden Princess formed their own production company. The studio ran into some financial troubles around the early '90s, and attempts to fully revive it were unsuccessful, leaving some spin-off companies like Cinema City Enterprises/Cinema Capital Entertainment and Cinema City Entertainment. Cinema City went defunct because of this in 1991. Only Raymond Wong remained to continue making movies as Mandarin Films Limited since 1992 (later Pegasus Motion Pictures and Mandarin Motion Pictures).

List of films and production codes

1979

  • Crazy Partner directed by Karl Maka - WF01 (first movie)

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

Production code types

  • WF0X: "Warriors Film Company" production code
  • TS-XXX: New production code

References

  1. ↑ "CINEMA CITY & FILMS CO. : FILMOGRAPHY". hkcinemagic.com. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
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