Sil-Metropole Organisation

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Sil-Metropole Organisation Ltd. (

co-production and distribution of films made throughout Hong Kong and China
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Background

History

After

After China's Cultural Revolution in the mid-1970s, the Chinese audience largely dried up. In 1982, the four companies decided to merge and became today's Sil-Metropole. While Sil-Metropole is a Hong Kong-registered company with an island office of around 50 people, it is managed by the

Chinese Government.[1]

Company

Sil-Metropole is given the same status as a Mainland China state-owned studio, allowing it to be the Chinese partner on co-productions. Its portfolio ranges from co-productions to distribution, as well as TV series and operating a Hong Kong studio and theater.[1]

Sil-Metropole typically works on more than 10 co-productions a year as a Chinese partner. Some of its projects include Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon, Invisible Target, Throw Down, Confession of Pain and Star Runner. The company is also involved in television series and currently produces its own projects.[1]

While its arthouse theater,

Silver Theater in Kwun Tong, Hong Kong, which it has had since 1963 under one of the original four companies.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Rothrock, Victoria (2007-02-12). "Sil-Metropole stands tall in the straddle". Variety Asia. Archived from the original on February 9, 2012. Retrieved 2007-11-16.

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