Tuen Mun mansion film set and demolition-1

Mon, 09/22/2014 - 22:45
In the 1980s property developers discovered the large mansions with lots of land hidden along the coast stretching out towards Tuen Mun (Castle Peak) and gradually they were redeveloped into low/high rise multiple occupancy sites. This mansion with the green tiled roof situated above Cafeteria Old Beach and Kadoorie Beach was used as a film set and painted blue before it was noisily blown up and set on fire around 1986. Does anyone know what the movie's title was? The scenes were shot over a number of evenings and nights, so presumably they were plenty of night scenes in the film of the distinctive blue walls. After filming finished, the wreckers quickly moved in and the site cleared of trees for construction to commence. It is now occupied by the Bayview Terrace complex.
Date picture taken
15 Jun 1986

Comments

Hi IDJ - it's been pointed out to me by a friend that the film you may have witnessed being shot was Rich and Famous (aka 江湖情) and its sequel Tragic Hero (英雄好漢), both starring Chow Yun Fat. They were released in 1987 so were probably shot around the time in question. The building was painted blue for Tragic Hero, so it was more likely that one that you saw (it also gets blown up and set on fire at the end of that film).

As of writing you can watch the films on Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVyDdX6Fz78&t

and here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qaNaTnUO5Y

Phil