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MB_ “Moorupak Dosa”
August 7 2009, http://kpculture.wordpress.com/
Ha Jung Woo Reveals Family Matters
Press and VIP Premiere on July 23. Ha caught a severe cold but attended all premieres and press interviews in spite of worries of people.
Review
July 24 2009, Joongang Daily
Final 30 minutes saves overdone sports flick
Aug 04 2009, KOFIC
HA Jung-woo becomes a national ski jumper
Korean filmmakers have discovered a new-found love in sports dramas. Next is 200 Pounds Beautydirector KIM Yong-hwa who lined up HA Jung-woo as an Olympic ski jumper. The underdog sports drama Take Off is based on real life events.
A ski jumping team is required for North Jeolla’s Muju’s 2002 Olympic winter games bid. A ski instructor with no ski jumping knowledge assembles a ragtag outfit who are as unlikely contenders as they come in underdog sports dramas.
HA’s main character is an adoptee who is searching for his biological parents. He is reluctant to represent Korea because he feels betrayed by the Korean people. Another man joins because he is smitten with the pretty daughter of the coach. A third member wants to escape from his overbearing father, and the fourth hopes of success as a national athlete to avoid military duty because he is the breadwinner of the family.
The sports drama contains the recognisable elements of the genre, like the team building process, and the struggle of unfit people who turn into contenders. KIM is a comedy specialist and he strategically places humoristic moments throughout the film. Take Off is to jump off the screen from 29 July.
Yi Ch’ang-ho (KOFIC)
June 3 2009, Joongang Daily
Tale of Korea’s ski jumpers flies onto the big screen
I think we’ve come out with an excellent piece worthy of the film’s title.’- Ha Jung-woo
Nov 4 2008, Variety Asia
Korea’s Showbox takes a “Ski Jump”
Written by Han Sunhee
Korean distributor Showbox has boarded “Ski Jump”, a sports actioner starring “The Chaser” protagonist Ha Jung-woo.
Helmed by Kim Yong-hwa(“200 Pounds Beauty”), pic tells the story of a national ski jumping team. KM Culture is currently producing the pic.
Showbox has agreed to handle all the library titles of KM Culture. Previously KM Culture held and represented international sales rights for their films, but have recently consigned the internatioanl business to Showbox.
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