Legend of the Sacred Stone (2000)

Original title

聖石傳說

Directed by

Chris Huang

Genre

drama film

Country

Taiwan

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film is a Taiwanese glove puppetry spin-off from a long-running TV series. It follows legendary heroes in a fantasy world as they protect a sacred stone from dark forces.

mythicfast-pacedwhimsicalvisually inventiveepicdramaticnostalgic

What happens

The Legend of the Sacred Stone (聖石傳說) is a 2000 Taiwanese glove puppetry feature film written and directed by Huang Chiang-hua (黃強華). A spin-off from the Pili television series, it reflects the traditional Taiwanese style of glove puppetry known as budaixi, supplemented with computer-generated imagery. With a budget of NT$300 million and three years of production time, it was a major innovation for the glove puppetry genre and marked a milestone in its cinematic development. The film pioneered cross-industry promotional strategies and became the first Taiwanese film to premiere simultaneously in all five major cinema chains across the island. Its opening week box office of NT$28 million surpassed Toy Story 2. However, despite eventually becoming the first local film to gross over NT$100 million, it was considered a box-office bomb, earning only NT$150 million against its NT$300 million budget. It was soon surpassed by Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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