A 2’9” footnote in cinematic history is investigated to surprisingly rewarding ends in “The Search for Weng Weng.” Andrew Leavold’s documentary pokes at the puzzle of a long-neglected novelty Filipino ...
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. To make an independent film, you need an obsession or a dream. Andrew Leavold, the director of the new Australian documentary The Search ...
When Australian film buff and filmmaker Andrew Leavold first watched the 1981 Filipino action flick and James Bond spoof, “For Y’ur Height Only,” on a fuzzy VHS tape 20 years ago, he had no idea that ...
Aanand L Rai’s December 21 release Zero will see Shah Rukh Khan as the vertically challenged Bauaa Singh, who is caught in a love triangle between a scientist (Anushka Sharma) and a movie star ...
The world’s shortest leading man at 2’9”, actor Ernesto de la Cruz is better known as “Weng Weng,” the star of ’80s James Bond-esque low-budget flicks that made him a star in the Philippines and a ...
All lifelong obsessions have to start somewhere. Mine? Seeing a two-foot nine James Bond use a three-foot villain named Mr Giant as a punching bag. The film was “For Y'ur Height Only,” and the ...
In 2010, Mark Hartley followed up his tribute to Australia’s trashy film past Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation with Machete Maidens Unleashed, a look at Filipino ...
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