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===Gar Bo Motion Picture Company=== In 1978 Sammo Hung formed Gar Bo Motion Picture Company, a subsidiary of [[Orange Sky Golden Harvest|Golden Harvest]],<ref>{{cite web | title= Gar Bo Motion Picture Company | url=http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/studio.asp?id=69 | publisher = Hong Kong Cinemagic | access-date=2007-09-12 }}</ref> with director [[Karl Maka]] and former actor-choreographer [[Lau Kar Wing]] (brother of actors [[Lau Kar-leung]] and [[Gordon Liu]]). The company's name consists of the "Gar" sound from Lau '''''Kar''''' Wing and Karl Maka (Mak '''''Kar'''''), and "Bo" from Hung Kam '''''Bo'''''.).<ref name=OddCouple>{{cite video|title=''[[Odd Couple (1979 film)|Odd Couple]]'', Bey Logan audio commentary|medium=DVD|publisher=[[Hong Kong Legends]], UK|orig-year=1979|date=2005}}</ref> The company disbanded in 1980, when Maka moved on to form [[Cinema City & Films Co.]] with [[Raymond Wong (film director)|Raymond Wong]] and [[Dean Shek]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Jongo Knows | work = Sammo Hung (ๆดช้ๅฎ) | url = http://knows.jongo.com/res/article/14749 | access-date = 2008-08-29 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090115230842/http://knows.jongo.com/res/article/14749 | archive-date = 15 January 2009 | df = dmy-all }}</ref> Gar Bo released two films, both starring Hung and Lau: * ''[[Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog]]'' (1978) * ''[[Odd Couple (1979 film)|Odd Couple]]'' (1979)
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