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Aug 10, 2012 · There are three sources responsible for the inaccuracies on the IMDb related to World Northal's kung fu releases. The first and most obvious is the regional release pattern of indepedent movies during the 1970s and '80s, which the ad below nicely illustrates.
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Apr 9, 2013 · the U.S. theatrical distributor and syndicated television provider of nearly 100 titles from the English language Shaw Brothers catalog of martial-arts and exploitation movies during the late ...
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Background: World-Northal Corporation, formerly known as Northal Films, was a film company by Albert Schwartz. They primarily focused on martial arts titles exported from Hong Kong and Japan, but also distributed some titles in other genres. The company went out of business in the mid-1980s.
Nickname: "The AT&T Logo"
Logo: On a black background, we see a series of yellow lines, which are thick on the left side, and get thinner on the right side. The lines zoom out to the left, revealing they are in a circle shape, looking like a yellow version of the AT&T logo. Once it finishes, "W RLD-NORTHAL CORPORATION PRESENTS" appears. The circle takes place of the "O" in "WORLD". "CORPORATION" is in a much smaller font, and is under the "THAL" part of "NORTHAL". "PRESENTS" is under the circle.
FX/SFX: The circle zooming, the text appearing.
Music/Sounds: A synthesized flute version of Modest Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition". On Quadrophenia, the logo is silent.
Music/Sounds Trivia: The music for this logo was sampled on various Wu-Tang Clan songs.
Availability: Extremely rare. Was common on English-dubbed versions of various Shaw Brothers productions until they were withdrawn from distribution in 1986. Seen on older prints of The Children before Troma Entertainment acquired distribution rights. Can be seen on the Prism VHS of Sweet William, and the Rhino VHS release of The Last Wave. It appeared on a Hulu and Shout Factory TV stream of the 114 minute U.S version of Quadrophenia, and most recently on a Cinemax print of Bruce Lee: His Last Days, His Last Nights. This logo may have been plastered by the WW Entertainment logo on some prints of the studio's films.
World-Northal Corporation, formerly known as Northal Films, was a film company of Albert Schwartz. They primarily focused on martial arts titles exported from Hong Kong and Japan, but also distributed some titles in other genres.
May 22, 2024 · World-Northal Corporation was a US based Exploitation distributor that specialized mainly in releasing Martial Arts films theatrically and on television.
Photograph: Courtesy Shaw Brothers / World Northal It’s a deep, dark perplexing story. Five anonymous kung fu students, each with a lethal supernatural style; their teacher sends his final ...
Critically drubbed at the time of its minimal theatrical release by World Northal, the regional production from two-shot director Max Kalmanowicz (who also helmed the crazy Dreams Come True) managed to earn a fan following through its occasional late night TV airings and its tenure on VHS from Vestron, complete with evocative artwork on the cover.
