Journalists injured at launch ceremony of Zhao's Orphan
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Police arrive at the launch ceremony of "Zhao's Orphan" after a platform collapse injured several journalists on in Yangquan, Shanxi Province, on Saturday, February 13, 2010. [Sohu.com.cn] |
A one-meter-high platform temporarily raised for news media collapsed at a ceremony to mark the start of filming "Zhao's Orphan", leaving several journalists injured, according to various reports.
The ceremony was held in a small town in Shanxi Province on Saturday afternoon. With the movie's star-studded cast in attendance, it attracted hundreds of reporters from all over the country and a local audience of thousands.
Soon after director Chen Kaige started to give a speech, spectators crammed onto the media platform to get a better view of the celebrities.
Photographers and TV cameramen at the front fell, injuring themselves and damaging equipment. About six were rushed to hospital by ambulance, sina.com reported.
Producer Chen Hong later apologized and said they will take responsibility for those hurt.
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Police arrive at the launch ceremony of "Zhao's Orphan" after a platform collapse injured several journalists on in Yangquan, Shanxi Province, on Saturday, February 13, 2010. [Sina.com.cn] |
Cast member Ge You said he had never seen so many spectators at a movie's launch ceremony before.
The movie also features A-listing actress Fan Bingbing, TV heartthrob Huang Xiaoming, veteran actor Wang Xueqi and Zhang Fengyi who starred in Chen Kaige's 1993 Oscar-nominated film "Farewell, My Concubine."
Originally an ancient Chinese play, "Zhao's Orphan" has seen many stage incarnations in Chinese opera houses. It tells the story of a rural doctor saving the newborn son of the chancellor of the Jin Kingdom whose family is executed because of political slander. The doctor decides to raise the boy so he can avenge his family.
A 25-acre ancient city will be built for the filming in east China's Zhejiang Province, according to earlier reports.
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