· A B-film fanatic, driven by his obsessive curiosity about the fate of a miniature 007-imitator, ends up in the Philippines on a trip through film history. The Search for Weng Weng – Book Launch Event Screening (2013, dir. Andrew Leavold, w/ Tikoy Aguiluz, Roy Arabejo, Tilman Baumgaertel, Don Gordon Bell). Popular right now. Tom Cruise and Company Head to Sydney for the Premiere of The Mummy Sydney is the first stop on the Ancient Evil World Tour. 1,100 views. The Search For Weng Weng. One night in 1. 99. Australian cult video store owner- turned- guerrilla filmmaker Andrew Leavold dreamt he was in the Philippines directing a documentary about Weng Weng, the long- dead Filipino midget James Bond. Ten years later, he’s actually in Manila making a deal with the forces of chaos and following his two- decade obsession to its logical conclusion. It’s just the beginning of a very strange adventure, and as fate would have it, it’s all captured on film in The Search For Weng Weng. Armed only with a Mini- DV camera and with a head full of gloriously bad B- movies, Leavold fearlessly leaps into the trenches of the Philippines’ once thriving film industry and allows blind chance and serendipity to point the way. He discovers a schizophrenic Asia- cum- America dotted with shopping malls and a scale model of Hollywood now a disaster zone, symptomatic of a country attempting to claw its way out of its post- colonial malaise, yet curiously on the verge of a digital filmmaking revolution. As for Weng Weng: he remains ……. WofengwangWe don't have enough data to suggest any movies based on The Search for Weng Weng. You can help by rating movies you've seen. Find out where to watch this on. · THE SEARCH FOR WENG WENG (AUS, 2013) Dir- Andrew Leavold. Out NOW from Monster Pictures UK. Exploitation cinema can offer up some surprises and. · DVD REVIEW: THE SEARCH FOR WENG WENG / CERT: 15 / DIRECTOR: ANDREW LEAVOLD / SCREENPLAY: ANDREW LEAVOLD, DANIEL HAIG / STARRING: WENG WENG. · The Search For Weng Weng. Fantasia Film Festival 2014 Review Monster Pictures; 92 minutes. Director: Andrew Leavold. Written by Amanda Waltz on August. · Andrew Leavold’s impressive documentary into the diminutive cult Filipino star of James Bond inspired B movies Australian Video Shop owner Andrew.
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