The Grandmaster (2013)

"The Grandmaster (2013)," is a film which chronicles the life of Wing Chun master, IP Man.  The movie is an outstanding mix of director Wong Kar-Wai's poetic use of light, color and music combined with fantastic Kungfu fight sequences choreographed by the renowned Yuen Woo-ping.  Director Wong visited many schools of Kungfu in China during his research.

The Grandmaster was released on January 8th, 2013 in China. It was the opening film at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival in February 2013. The film was selected as part of the 2013 Hong Kong International Film Festival.

On August 2013, The Weinstein Company has acquired the international distribution rights for the film. The Grandmaster premiered in selected cities (7 theaters) on Friday, August 23, 2013 in USA.  It opened nationwide (749 theaters) on Friday, August 30, 2013 in USA. 

On the week of September 6th, 2013, the Grandmaster film screened at more than 804 theaters in the USA.  On the week of September 20th, 2013, the film screened at 473 theaters.  On the week of September 27th, 2013, the film screened at 143 theaters.  On the week of October 4th, 2013, it screened at 35 theaters.  The film has been selected as the Hong Kong entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards.

Interview Articles:

7-22-2013, Wong Kar-wai (Oscars)
7-25-2013, Wong Kar-wai (China Daily)
8-14-2013, Zhang Ziyi (Wmagazine)
8-15-2013, Zhang Ziyi, Wong Kar-wai and Tony Leung (Examiner)
8-15-2013, Tony Leung (Indie Wire)
8-19-2013, Tony Leung (Wall Street Journal)
8-20-2013, Tony Leung (Flicks and Bits)
8-22-2013, Zhang Ziyi (NPR)
8-23-2013, Wong Kar-wai (AP)
8-23-2013, Wong Kar-wai (Wall Street Journal)
8-23-2013, Wong Kar-wai, Tony Leung and Zhang Ziyi (Twitchfilm)
8-24-2013, Wong Kar-wai (Hollywood Reporter)
8-24-2013, Wong Kar-wai (Boston Globe)
8-25-2013, Wong Kar-wai (Metro US)
8-26-2013, Tony Leung (Hollywood Chicago)
8-27-2013, Tony Leung (Vancouver Online)
1-16-2014, William Chang Suk Ping (Hollywood Reporter)
1-29-2014, Philippe Le Sourd (New York Times)
2-18-2014, Philippe Le Sourd (South China Morning Post)
2-18-2014, William Chang Suk Ping (Los Angeles Times)
2-27-2014, William Chang Suk Ping (Wall Street Journal)

Movie Reviews & New Releases:

1-9-2013, Hollywood Reporter Reviews
8-8-2013, Variety Reviews
8-22-2013, New York Times Reviews
8-28-2013, USA Today Reviews
8-29-2013, The Wrap Covering Hollywood
8-30-2013, Philadelphia Inquirer
10-9-2013, Blue-ray and DVD in November
12-4-2013, Time Entertainment Yearly Reviews
5-8-2014, 3D film on The Grandmaster
12-6-2014, The Grandmaster released in United Kingdom
1-5-2015, The Grandmaster 3D released in China

Nominations & Awards:

9-23-2013, Hong Kong submission to Oscars
10-1-2013, Taiwan Golden Horse Film Awards Nominations
11-23-2013, Taiwan Golden Horse Film Awards Results
11-29-2013, Asian Pacific Film Awards Nominations
12-13-2013, Asian Pacific Film Awards Results
12-20-2013, Oscars Foreign Film Short Lists
1-14-2014, Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards
1-16-2014, Oscars Nominees
2-5-2014, Hong Kong Film Awards Nominations
2-12-2014, Asian Film Awards Nominations
3-2-2014, Oscars Results
3-5-2014, Hong Kong Directors' Guild Awards
3-28-2014, Asian Film Awards Results
4-14-2014, Hong Kong Film Awards Results, Gallery Photos
4-30-2014, Chinese Hundreds Flowers Film Awards Nominations
9-27-2014, Chinese Hundreds Flowers Film Awards Results

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Tony Leung Chiu-Wai in the Grandmaster

Actor Tony Leung, who portrays the legendary IP Man in the film, studied Wing Chun for four long and hard years before making the epic. Leung's character, which dominates the first part of the film, is based on a real life master of the same name who developed the Wing Chun school of martial arts and counted Bruce Lee among his students.

Zhang Ziyi in the Grandmaster

Starring regular collaborator Zhang Ziyi as Gong Er, the heavily-stylized picture is a story of honour, principle, betrayal and forbidden love all set in a time of turmoil. Gong Er's character gradually takes a central role, and her repressed longing for Ip Man brings to the Wong's mastery of melancholy, which he showed so memorably in his best known film to date 'In the Mood for Love' also starring Leung.

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