Structured entries
- VANISHING SON
3/3/94
w/ Russell Wong; Chi Muoi Lo
The rotating series Action Pack kicks up its heels with Vanishing Son, a martial-arts drama about a Chinese political dissident (Russell Wong) who flees to California, where he receives ample opportunity to display his diverse talents (he's a violinist as well as a kicker and chopper). Oscar winner Haing S. Ngor ("The Killing Fields") has a cameo as a Vietnamese drug kingpin. —8 PM 13 (Kind of a cross between "Kung Fu" and "The Fugitive.")
- VANISHING SON II
7/20/94
Movie: It vanished months ago after one Action Packed appearance, but tonight the 1994 martial-arts drama Vanishing Son II returns with a first-run outing that finds hero Jian Wa (Russell Wong) kicking up his heels in Louisiana, where trouble is brewing between American and Vietnamese fishermen. Dean Stockwell costars. —8 PM 13
- VANISHING SON III
7/27/94
Wago's gang.
- VANISHING SON IV
10/12/94
w/ Dee Wallace Stone
Hit by drunk driver. Guest: Dee Wallace Stone.
- VANISHING SON Series
Debut: Dance of the Dust 1/18/95 HOLY GHOSTS 1/28/95 BIRDS OF PARADISE. 2/4/95 SINGLE FLAME. 2/11 martial arts-trained actor plays a Chinese fugitive who shares his Taoist philosophy and kicks a little butt as he seeks his brother's killer ("The Killing Fields" Oscar winner Haing S. Ngor). Sound familiar? "Vanishing Son is not Kung Fu," Wong says emphatically as he lists the differences—not the least of which is that the lead character is actually Chinese, and the kung fu is real." Jian-Wa Chang shot. 2/25/95
- Dance of the Dust 1/18/95
- HOLY GHOSTS 1/28/95
- BIRDS OF PARADISE. 2/4/95
- SINGLE FLAME. 2/11
- BIOGRAPHY: BRUCE LEE:
8/29/96
(A&E) (2 Hours) (1940-73)
- LADY KUNG FU: MICHELLE YEOH:
- THE HEROIC TRIO.
- HEROIC TRIO 2: THE EXECUTIONERS
- WING CHUN.
- THE LOST EMPIRE.
3/11 & 3/12/01
w/ Thomas Gibson; Bal Ling.
(Battle among Chinese gods).
- CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON.
(2001)
w/ Michelle Yeoh; Chow Yun-Fat; Gang Zip Li; Chang Sihung.
- KUNG POW.
(2002)
w/ Steve Oedekerk.
(Incredible special effects & outrageous king foolishness, this martial arts mockery delivers knockout laughs.)
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184E. VANISHING SON. 3/3/94
w/Russell Wong & Chi Muoi Lo.
The rotating series Action Pack kicks
up its heels with Vanishing Son, a martial-
arts drama about a Chinese political
dissident (Russell Wong) who flees to
California, where he receives ample
opportunity to display his diverse talents
(he's a violinist as well as a kicker and
chopper). Oscar winner Haing S. Ngor
("The Killing Fields") has a cameo as a
Vietnamese drug kingpin. —8 PM 13
(Kind of a cross between "Kung Fu"
and "The Fugitive.")
VANISHING SON II. 7/20/94
Movie: It vanished months ago af-
ter one Action Packed appearance, but
tonight the 1994 martial-arts drama Van-
ishing Son II returns with a first-run
outing that finds hero Jian Wa (Russell
Wong) kicking up his heels in Louisiana,
where trouble is brewing between Amer-
ican and Vietnamese fishermen. Dean
Stockwell costars. —8 PM 13
VANISHING SON III. 7/27/94
Wago's gang.
VANISHING SON IV. 10/12/94
Hit by drunk driver.
Guest: Dee Wallace Stone.
184F. VANISHING SON Series:
Debut: Dance The Kung Fu-gitive
of the Dust Russell Wong, whose syn-
1/18/95 dicated Vanishing Son de-
HOLY GHOSTS buts Jan. 16, may be the first
1/28/95 Asian-American with his own
BIRDS OF drama series, but he shrugs at the
PARADISE. status. "I have my own show, and
2/4/95 that's great," he says. "I have
SINGLE my own standards; if peo-
FLAME. 2/11 ple place an extra burden
martial arts-trained actor plays a Chinese fugitive who on me because I'm Asian,
shares his Taoist philosophy and kicks a little butt as he that's their thing." The
seeks his brother's killer ("The Killing Fields" Oscar winner Haing S. Ngor). Sound familiar? "Vanishing Son is not Kung Fu," Wong says emphatically as he lists the differ- ences—not the least of which is that the lead char- acter is actually Chinese, and the kung fu is real."
Jian-Wa Chang shot. 2/25/95
BIOGRAPHY: BRUCE LEE: 8/29/96
(A&E) (2 Hours) (1940-73)
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184G. VANISHING SON: Series:
LONG AGO & FAR AWAY. 5/6/95
FLEE TO AMERICA. 5/13/95
SWEET SIXTEEN. 5/20/95
BIOGRAPHY: Jackie Chan. 10/8/96
GHOST WRITTER. (1984)
w/Hiroshi Fujioka & John Calvin.
THE PERFECT WEAPON. (1991)
w/Jeff Speakman, John Dye & Mako.
184H. KUNG FU: LEGEND CONTINUES:
A SHAOLIN TREASURE. 11/2/96
MAY I TALK WITH YOU? 1/4/97
CIRCLE OF IRON. (1978)
w/David Carradine & Roddy McDowall.
THE PROTECTOR. (1985)
w/Jackie Chan & Danny Aiello.
SEVEN BLOWS OF THE DRAGON. (1973)
(Chinese) w/David Chiang.
184I. LADY KUNG FU: MICHELLE YEOH:
THE HEROIC TRIO.
HEROIC TRIO 2: THE EXECUTIONERS
WING CHUN.
184J. THE LOST EMPIRE. 3/11 & 3/12/01
w/Thomas Gibson & Bal Ling.
(Battle among Chinese gods).
CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON.
w/Michelle Yeoh, Chow Yun-Fat,
Gang Zip Li, Chang Sihung. (2001)
KUNG POW. (2002)
w/Steve Oedekerk. (Incredible
special effects & outrageous king
foolishness, this martial arts
mockery delivers knockout laughs.)
Wong: Martial arts
for art's sake.
