For Your Height Only
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For Your Height Only is a 1981 Filipino
comedy/action movie starring Weng Weng
. Its title is a play on words on "For Your Eyes Only
", the title of the James Bond
film released that same year. A sequel was produced in 1982, titled The Impossible Kid
. Weng Weng is known as the shortest man to ever be a lead in an action film
/martial arts film
; he stands at 2'9" (less than one meter).
, while 00 is a midget
.) He befriends a woman who, still in the grip of the organization, works as a mole for him. This leads to many battles between 00 and the villain's henchmen.
The plot shifts to Mr. Giant's true goal: using the N-Bomb. Created by Dr. Kohler, it is a weapon that does something that is never really explained. Always the company man, Agent 00 takes this story swing in stride and continues to fight the villains.
One part early on has him sneaking up on people throughout, which is easy given that he exists just below most people's peripheral vision
. Another has him taking on Samurai
and with a conveniently-scaled katana
sword
.
has released this movie on DVD in a two-pack with Challenge of the Tiger, a less gimmicky action film starring Richard Harrison
and Bruce Li
. It was also written and directed by Li.
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
comedy/action movie starring Weng Weng
Weng Weng
Ernesto de la Cruz , better known as Weng Weng, was a Filipino actor and martial artist. Only 83 cm tall, he is listed in the Guinness World Records as the shortest adult actor in a leading role...
. Its title is a play on words on "For Your Eyes Only
For Your Eyes Only (film)
For Your Eyes Only is the twelfth spy film in the James Bond series and the fifth to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. It marked the directorial debut of John Glen, who had worked as editor and second unit director in three other Bond films. The screenplay by Richard Maibaum...
", the title of the James Bond
James Bond
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...
film released that same year. A sequel was produced in 1982, titled The Impossible Kid
The Impossible Kid
The Impossible Kid is a Kung Fu movie made in 1982, starring Filipino actor Weng Weng. This movie is a sequel to For Your Height Only. Part of the comedic premise of this film involves the viewer’s suspension of disbelief during the fight scenes...
. Weng Weng is known as the shortest man to ever be a lead in an action film
Action film
Action film is a film genre where one or more heroes is thrust into a series of challenges that require physical feats, extended fights and frenetic chases...
/martial arts film
Martial arts film
Martial arts film is a film genre. A sub-genre of the action film, martial arts films contain numerous fights between characters, usually as the films' primary appeal and entertainment value, and often as a method of storytelling and character expression and development. Martial arts are frequently...
; he stands at 2'9" (less than one meter).
Plot
In the film, Weng stars as Agent 00, who is sent to stop the drug trade and its mysterious warlord Mr. Giant. (Giant is a dwarfDwarfism
Dwarfism is short stature resulting from a medical condition. It is sometimes defined as an adult height of less than 4 feet 10 inches , although this definition is problematic because short stature in itself is not a disorder....
, while 00 is a midget
Midget
A midget is a short person with relatively average bodily proportions in comparison with other human beings. The term is often improperly used to describe a person with the medical condition dwarfism. The two terms are often used synonymously because both terms originate as words defining small...
.) He befriends a woman who, still in the grip of the organization, works as a mole for him. This leads to many battles between 00 and the villain's henchmen.
The plot shifts to Mr. Giant's true goal: using the N-Bomb. Created by Dr. Kohler, it is a weapon that does something that is never really explained. Always the company man, Agent 00 takes this story swing in stride and continues to fight the villains.
One part early on has him sneaking up on people throughout, which is easy given that he exists just below most people's peripheral vision
Peripheral vision
Peripheral vision is a part of vision that occurs outside the very center of gaze. There is a broad set of non-central points in the field of view that is included in the notion of peripheral vision...
. Another has him taking on Samurai
Samurai
is the term for the military nobility of pre-industrial Japan. According to translator William Scott Wilson: "In Chinese, the character 侍 was originally a verb meaning to wait upon or accompany a person in the upper ranks of society, and this is also true of the original term in Japanese, saburau...
and with a conveniently-scaled katana
Katana
A Japanese sword, or , is one of the traditional bladed weapons of Japan. There are several types of Japanese swords, according to size, field of application and method of manufacture.-Description:...
sword
Sword
A sword is a bladed weapon used primarily for cutting or thrusting. The precise definition of the term varies with the historical epoch or the geographical region under consideration...
.
Gadgets
Agent 00 has gadgets that are made for only one purpose, used once and then never mentioned again.- Anti-Poison Ring- a ring that changes color not when one's mood does, but when it is placed in proximity to poison. Agent 00 needs this to avoid a strychnine-related death.
- Remote-Control Hat- a hat used midway through the film to avoid a beating by said henchmen.
- Tiny Jetpack- used by 00 to get to Mr. Giant's island in the finale.
- Quick-Assembly, Small-Scale Machine Gun- a special machine gun, made to scale, to use in battle.
Release history
Mondo MacabreMondo film
A mondo film is an exploitation documentary film, sometimes resembling a pseudo-documentary, usually depicting sensational topics, scenes, and situations...
has released this movie on DVD in a two-pack with Challenge of the Tiger, a less gimmicky action film starring Richard Harrison
Richard Harrison (actor)
Richard Harrison is an American B-movie actor and occasionally a writer/director/producer.Harrison was very prolific and worked with most of the better-known names in European B-movies during the 1960s and 1970s, branching out to exploitation films shot all over the world in the early 1970s...
and Bruce Li
Bruce Li
Bruce Li is one of the stage names of Ho Chung Tao , a Taiwanese martial artist and Bruce Lee imitator who starred in martial arts movies from the Bruceploitation movement.-Early life:...
. It was also written and directed by Li.
Cast
- Weng Weng - Agent 00
- Max Alvareado - Columbus (uncredited)
- Mike Cohen - Professor Kohler (uncredited)