nypost.com - 4/2/2008
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HARVEY Weinstein has been traveling all over Southeast Asia scouting locations because the Chinese government - wary of moviemakers after Ang Lee's graphic "Lust, Caution" - will not allow "Shanghai" to be filmed in Shanghai. "Shanghai," an Asian...
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Big Trouble In Little China: Shanghai Kicked Out Of Shanghai
At The Movies - Film News and Reviews —
... Harvey Weinstein is doing a tour of Asia! No, not just because it’s a fun thing to do for wealthy film execs. Actually, PageSix is reporting that the Weinstein Co. film Shanghai has had its permit revoked by the Chinese government, and now the studio is in search of a new location. ...
World War Weinstein Ensues as Harvey Finds Film Scuttled by Chinese Government [Chinese Democracy]
Gawker: defamer —
... and now the Chinese government, whose leery rebuke of Western cinema following the art-smut epic Lust, Caution resulted in yanked permits for his forthcoming John Cusack/Gong Li romance, Shanghai. The sudden change of heart after three months of pre-production provoked Harvey to exotically blow off some steam call an emergency scouting summit in the Far East: ...
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WHO'S THAT MAN IN THE SUNGLASSES? —
NY Post: Page Six 4/4/2008
DIRECTOR Ang Lee, who's from Taiwan, was mistakenly congratulated by fellow guests all night Wednesday during the Cinema Society and IWC bash for "My Blueberry Nights," while the film's real director, Wong Kar-wai of Hong Kong, partied three feet...
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