Amazing (film)
2013 film by Sherwood Hu
Amazing is a 2013 Chinese sports action drama film directed by Sherwood Hu. The film stars Huang Xiaoming, Amber Kuo, Kim Ah-joong and NBA players Carmelo Anthony, Scottie Pippen and Dwight Howard.
It premiered at the Shanghai International Film Festival in June 2013 and was released in China on September 30, 2013.
Plot
Set in modern-day Shanghai, various unexpected events unfold when China's top programmer (Huang Xiao Ming) designs the world's first thought-controlled virtual reality basketball game, and finds himself at risk with the law. The film is also about the passion of sports, love and inspiration.
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Production
Shanghai Film Group approached the NBA with the idea for a film centered on basketball and video games. The production company sent director Sherwood Hu to New York to make the sales pitch. NBA officials were enthused about the idea and arranged for Anthony, Howard and Pippen to participate. Filming began in fall of 2010 in Shanghai with the scenes with the NBA players, who were available only for a few days each because of training schedules. production was halted for half a year while Hu polished the script and waited for some of his other actors to finish other films.
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