During the filming of Australia’s first martial arts film,director Brian Trenchard-Smith set himself on fire to prove a point. Starring Jimmy Wang Yu and George Lazenby, the Man from Hong Kong holds up well The song jazzing up the opening credits of the director Brian Trenchard-Smith’s highly energetic 1975 action film The Man from Hong Kong is British pop group Jigsaw’s disco tune Sky High. The chorus crescendos with the words “you’ve blown it all sky high, or ” which might as well be an anthem for the film-maker’s colourful career – forged in the fire of SFX-laden genre pics of the ’70s and ’80s,including Turkey Shoot, Dead discontinuance Drive-In and Stunt Rock.
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Source: theguardian.com