Korean War Movie ‘71-Into the Fire’ Released in United States

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Korean War movie ’71- Into the Fire’ has surely attracted much attention from overseas, particularly in the United States, even before its official local premiere. Having attended at a special seminar at Stanford University’s Asia-Pasific Research Center on May 27th and got a lot of praised from foreign reporters, now the movie has been shown in three cities in North America.

On Thursday, the movie’s production company Taewon Entertainment announced that special screenings for the film were held in New York, Los Angeles and Atlanta on July 27, three days ahead of its premiere in fourteen other cities in the United States.

The AMC Empire 25 theaters became the theater where ’71-Into the Fire’ was shown in New York, making it the first ever Korean film to be featured at the movie complex. In Los Angeles, the movie was shown at the MPark4, a theater that shows many Korean movies, and at the AMC Discover Mills 18 where the movie was shown in Atlanta, Georgia.

The movie will be shown in cities including New Jersey, Philadelphia, Boston, Dallas, Houston, Seattle, Chicago and Virginia once its premieres on July 30.

The movie which has accumulated over 3.3 million admissions since its local premiere on June 16, has officially been invited as the closing film for the 30th Hawaii International Film Festival in mid-October as well.

’71-Into the Fire’ directed by well-known director Lee Jae Han, is based on true story of 71 student soldiers who fought during the Korean War. The movie stars top Korean stars Kwon Sang Woo, Cha Seung Won, Kim Seung Woo, and T.O.P from idol group Big Bang.

Source: 10asia and Seoul Newspaper