I.E. Entertainment, the global distribution outfit founded and run by industry veterans Indra and Erlina Suharjono, has come on board to handle worldwide sales for Cathay Film Company’s “Coolie.”
The TV miniseries is inspired by the little-known history of enslaved Chinese ‘coolies’ in Cuba in the 1860s. It begins shooting this week in the Dominican Republic and will also include locations in Panama.
I.E. Entertainment will introduce “Coolie” to buyers for the first time at the Asia Television Forum & Market (Atf), which runs this week in Singapore.
The eight-episode English and Chinese language drama series is a global production from Meileen Choo’s Singapore-based Cathay Film Company and features a multinational ensemble cast from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Cuba and Colombia.
Arvin Chen is directing. In-Ah Lee (“Land of Plenty,” “Don’t Come Knockin’” “The Way I Spent the End of the World”) is the series’ executive producer. Ed Buhr...
The TV miniseries is inspired by the little-known history of enslaved Chinese ‘coolies’ in Cuba in the 1860s. It begins shooting this week in the Dominican Republic and will also include locations in Panama.
I.E. Entertainment will introduce “Coolie” to buyers for the first time at the Asia Television Forum & Market (Atf), which runs this week in Singapore.
The eight-episode English and Chinese language drama series is a global production from Meileen Choo’s Singapore-based Cathay Film Company and features a multinational ensemble cast from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Cuba and Colombia.
Arvin Chen is directing. In-Ah Lee (“Land of Plenty,” “Don’t Come Knockin’” “The Way I Spent the End of the World”) is the series’ executive producer. Ed Buhr...
- 12/4/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Arvin Chen is to direct “Coolie,” a limited series featuring enslaved Chinese workers in 19th century Cuba.
The eight-part series is the first to emerge from Cathay Film Company, a recent production venture launched by Singapore-based industry veteran Meileen Choo.
In the mid-1800s, when the African slave trade was outlawed throughout the Americas, plantation owners in Cuba instead began trafficking indentured servants from China and other parts of Asia. These, so-called coolies were often treated as slaves, but some integrated into Cuban society and joined the country’s fight for independence from Spain. The provided a low-cost workforce for farms, restaurants, factories and were instrumental in setting up Chinatowns across the world.
With Hong Kong actor Louise Wong in the lead role as a young woman who departs from southern China to marry a political exile working on a sugarcane plantation in Cuba, the narrative sees her join forces...
The eight-part series is the first to emerge from Cathay Film Company, a recent production venture launched by Singapore-based industry veteran Meileen Choo.
In the mid-1800s, when the African slave trade was outlawed throughout the Americas, plantation owners in Cuba instead began trafficking indentured servants from China and other parts of Asia. These, so-called coolies were often treated as slaves, but some integrated into Cuban society and joined the country’s fight for independence from Spain. The provided a low-cost workforce for farms, restaurants, factories and were instrumental in setting up Chinatowns across the world.
With Hong Kong actor Louise Wong in the lead role as a young woman who departs from southern China to marry a political exile working on a sugarcane plantation in Cuba, the narrative sees her join forces...
- 10/19/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
This Morning isn't one to shy away from any topic, big or small, so it's no surprise that yesterday's (October 23) programme tackled the issue of penis size.
Actor Patrick Moote was on the show to talk about his documentary UnHung Hero, after an unfortunate incident with an ex-girlfriend.
Three years ago he proposed to his lover at a basketball game in front of hundreds of people, but she turned him down.
When he asked her why, she said that his penis was too small for her.
"I told my friend Brian Spitz, who directed the film, what she had said and that started a conversation between us about what it was really about," he explained.
"Does it matter? Is it important? What is average? What is a reasonable expectation as a man and what isn't?"
Even though Moote says the film helped him deal with his insecurities, he still believes that size does matter.
Actor Patrick Moote was on the show to talk about his documentary UnHung Hero, after an unfortunate incident with an ex-girlfriend.
Three years ago he proposed to his lover at a basketball game in front of hundreds of people, but she turned him down.
When he asked her why, she said that his penis was too small for her.
"I told my friend Brian Spitz, who directed the film, what she had said and that started a conversation between us about what it was really about," he explained.
"Does it matter? Is it important? What is average? What is a reasonable expectation as a man and what isn't?"
Even though Moote says the film helped him deal with his insecurities, he still believes that size does matter.
- 10/24/2014
- Digital Spy
Portmanteaus like "bookaholic" and "herogram" made it into the Oxford English Dictionary in 2014, and if a Los Angeles-based comedian has his way, we'll see a few similar neologisms enter the public lexicon in 2015. Patrick Moote is the man behind Word of the Week, where he invents new sayings to cover common situations. Moote's words often relate to common web series topics like male bonding and dating mishaps. For each one, he and co-writer Dan Brown (no, not that one) craft a two-minute scene that explains the definition of the word and paints a situation where it might come into play. It's like a spelling bee for twenty-something city dwellers. Moote is no stranger to portmanteaus; his most well known project is UnHung Hero, a film about his status among the less-than-well-endowed. The movie's subtitle calls it a "cockumentary", a term that could very well take its place alongside "Dishagreement", "Textlation...
- 9/6/2014
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
Based on its title, you might not realize that Unhung Hero (available on DVD today) is a documentary. You might think that it's a hokey comedy about a dude with a small dick. And in that case, you're half right – Patrick Moote suffered one of life's greatest embarrassments when his marriage proposal was rejected and the video went viral. Then came the reason: his girlfriend rejected him because of his miniscule penis. Rather than suffer the fate of the Gods, Moote linked up with documentarian Brian Spitz to find out if,...
- 11/26/2013
- Rollingstone.com
The documentary about penis size, Unhung Hero, plays tonight as part of the St. Louis International Film Festival. When Patrick Moote’s girlfriend rejects his marriage proposal at a UCLA basketball game on the Jumbotron, it unfortunately goes viral and hits TV networks worldwide. Days after the heartbreaking debacle, she privately reveals why she can’t be with him forever: Patrick’s small penis size. “Unhung Hero” follows the real-life journey of Patrick as he boldly sets out to expose this extremely personal chapter of his life by confronting ex-girlfriends, doctors, anthropologists, and even adult film stars. From witch doctors in Papua, New Guinea, to sex museums in Korea, Patrick has a lot of turf to cover on his globe-trotting adventure to finally answer an age-old question: Does size matter?
Unhung Hero plays Monday, Nov 18th at 8:45pm at the Frontenac Theater as part of the St. Louis International Film Festival
For ticket information,...
Unhung Hero plays Monday, Nov 18th at 8:45pm at the Frontenac Theater as part of the St. Louis International Film Festival
For ticket information,...
- 11/18/2013
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
While most documentaries tend to take the serious route when chronicling important events, subjects, controversies and more, director Brian Spitz decided to turn his lens towards another story, but not necessarily a soft one. Patrick Moote went viral in the worst way possible. He proposed to his girlfriend on a jumbotron at a UCLA basketball game and the video went viral, hitting TV stations everywhere. Apparently one of the reasons was because he has a small penis. And so, Moote sets out in a documentary called Unhung Hero to determine whether or not the size of the male member really matters. Watch now! Here's the trailer for Brian Spitz's Unhung Hero, originally from Breaking Glass Pictures (via Film Stage): When Patrick Moote's girlfriend rejects his marriage proposal at a UCLA basketball game on the jumbotron, it goes viral. Days after she privately reveals why: Patrick’s small penis size.
- 11/14/2013
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
DVD Release Date: Nov. 26, 2013
Price: DVD $17.99
Studio: Breaking Glass
Patrick Moote (ctr.) stretches to extreme lengths to compensate for his shortcomings in UnHung Hero.
Described in its press release as “the world’s first “cockumentary,” the 2013 documentary film UnHung Hero follows a young man as he sets off on a quest to learn more about that most vital, fascinating and arguably enigmatic of male appendages.
Said young man is one Patrick Moote, whose marriage proposal is rejected before an arena full of people—and millions of YouTube viewers—along with his ex tells him that his equipment is too small to satisfy her. This sets him off to get to the root of his biggest—and smallest—problem. The film features Moote’s worldwide travels to find answers, his experiments with ‘enlargement methods’ such as pumps, pills and a stretching technique called ‘jelqing,’ and interviews with such notables as porn...
Price: DVD $17.99
Studio: Breaking Glass
Patrick Moote (ctr.) stretches to extreme lengths to compensate for his shortcomings in UnHung Hero.
Described in its press release as “the world’s first “cockumentary,” the 2013 documentary film UnHung Hero follows a young man as he sets off on a quest to learn more about that most vital, fascinating and arguably enigmatic of male appendages.
Said young man is one Patrick Moote, whose marriage proposal is rejected before an arena full of people—and millions of YouTube viewers—along with his ex tells him that his equipment is too small to satisfy her. This sets him off to get to the root of his biggest—and smallest—problem. The film features Moote’s worldwide travels to find answers, his experiments with ‘enlargement methods’ such as pumps, pills and a stretching technique called ‘jelqing,’ and interviews with such notables as porn...
- 10/15/2013
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Documentary about whether “size matters” proved a hit at SXSW.
Breaking Glass Pictures has struck a North American deal in Toronto to distribute Brian Spitz’s SXSW documentary hit Unhung Hero.
Breaking Glass CEO Rich Wolff brokered the deal with Film Sales Company president Andrew Herwitz and sales director Jason Ishikawa.
Unsung Hero charts a humiliated man’s fact-finding journey as he consults porn stars, doctors and anthropologists to learn whether the size of one’s manhood matters.
The film will get a limited theatrical release this autumn followed by nationwide DVD and VOD release.
Thomas Brettschneider and Lynn Shmitz of greenskyFILMS produced.
Breaking Glass Pictures has struck a North American deal in Toronto to distribute Brian Spitz’s SXSW documentary hit Unhung Hero.
Breaking Glass CEO Rich Wolff brokered the deal with Film Sales Company president Andrew Herwitz and sales director Jason Ishikawa.
Unsung Hero charts a humiliated man’s fact-finding journey as he consults porn stars, doctors and anthropologists to learn whether the size of one’s manhood matters.
The film will get a limited theatrical release this autumn followed by nationwide DVD and VOD release.
Thomas Brettschneider and Lynn Shmitz of greenskyFILMS produced.
- 9/12/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The 7th annual Sydney Underground Film Festival, which runs this year on September 5-8 at the Factory Theatre, opens with a real bang when they will screen cult filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky’s latest cinematic odyssey, The Dance of Reality. This is Jodorowsky’s first film in over twenty years and is an imaginative and playful quasi-autobiography.
The rest of the four-day celebration is packed with more film oddities and excursions into surreal and transgressive territory. One particular highlight that is not to be missed is Don Swaynos’ incredibly crowd-pleasing comedy Pictures of Superheroes, about a slacker cleaning woman’s descent into an absurd world she can’t escape. Read the Underground Film Journal’s review of Pictures of Superheroes here.
Other twisted fiction films screening include Drew Tobias’s sick and twisted See You Next Tuesday, Cody Calahan’s apocalyptic Antisocial and Lloyd Kaufman’s highly-anticipated sequel Return to Nuke ‘Em High: Vol.
The rest of the four-day celebration is packed with more film oddities and excursions into surreal and transgressive territory. One particular highlight that is not to be missed is Don Swaynos’ incredibly crowd-pleasing comedy Pictures of Superheroes, about a slacker cleaning woman’s descent into an absurd world she can’t escape. Read the Underground Film Journal’s review of Pictures of Superheroes here.
Other twisted fiction films screening include Drew Tobias’s sick and twisted See You Next Tuesday, Cody Calahan’s apocalyptic Antisocial and Lloyd Kaufman’s highly-anticipated sequel Return to Nuke ‘Em High: Vol.
- 8/15/2013
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
My first day of SXSW 2013 began Friday afternoon with a preview of the Mondo Gallery exhibition of original Game of Thrones artwork (pictured at right) sponsored by HBO, which also included samples of the new Brewery Ommegang's new "Game of Thrones" beer. Look for Katy Daiger Dial's coverage of the exhibit, with more photos, later in the week on Slackerwood.
Although I had planned to catch opening-night movie The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, I decided at the last minute to skip it in favor of a documentary at the Topfer Theatre that I wouldn't have another chance to see, Unhung Hero.
Directed by Brian Spitz, it follows actor Patrick Moote through his rejected Jumbotron marriage proposal that garnered 10 million YouTube hits in four days ... and the subsequent journey he undertakes after being told by his ex-girlfriend that her rejection was due to his extremely small penis.
In spite of his shortcomings,...
Although I had planned to catch opening-night movie The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, I decided at the last minute to skip it in favor of a documentary at the Topfer Theatre that I wouldn't have another chance to see, Unhung Hero.
Directed by Brian Spitz, it follows actor Patrick Moote through his rejected Jumbotron marriage proposal that garnered 10 million YouTube hits in four days ... and the subsequent journey he undertakes after being told by his ex-girlfriend that her rejection was due to his extremely small penis.
In spite of his shortcomings,...
- 3/11/2013
- by Mike Saulters
- Slackerwood
The premise of this Brain Spitz's new documentary, Unhung Hero, is enough to make any man cringe. When Patrick Moote proposes to his girlfriend at a basketball game and is very publicly rejected, the video of the event goes viral. However, even though having his shame shared with millions around the globe might seem devastating enough, it is the reason his ex gave that spurred on this film. Apparently, Patrick Moote's penis was just too damned small for her, and that was enough reason for her to end the relationship. This kick in his undersized crotch was enough to send Moote on a worldwide search for a solution to his problem, and along the way he finds more than a solution, he finds solace.Even though...
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- 3/9/2013
- Screen Anarchy
So, here's the eternal question: does size matter? Ladies, is it important what your guys are packing or just how they use it? Dudes, are you confident with what god gave you down there? It's a discussion as old as time, but one nervy filmmaker is using his own undersized story to try and get a final answer. Premiering at SXSW which kicks off today, "Unhung Hero" puts Patrick Moote right in front of camera as the subject of what he calls a "cockumentary." After making a very public marriage proposal to his girlfriend, she turned him down, citing the size of his penis as the reason she couldn't spend the rest of her life with him. And thus begins a journey in "Unhung Hero" in which Moote hopes to finally answer the question as to whether or not size matters. In this exclusive clip, he lays out the set up for the documentary,...
- 3/8/2013
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
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