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KUNG FU HUSTLE AXN Movie Event of the Year Asia TV Premiere Thursday, 15 Dec at 9pm Only at AXN (UBC 19)
Prepare for a hilarious battle of epic proportions as Stephen Chow’s box office hit, “Kung Fu Hustle” comes smashing into your screens with mountains of wit, action and special effects!
SYNOPSIS
Set amid the chaos of pre-revolutionary China, bungling small time thief, Sing (Stephen Chow), aspires to be one of the sophisticated and ruthless Axe Gang, whose underworld activities overshadow the city. Stumbling across a crowded apartment complex aptly known as “Pig Sty Alley,” Sing’s comical attempt at extorting money from the locals inadvertently attracts the Axe Gang into the fray, and sets off a chain of events that brings the two disparate worlds face-to-face. As the inhabitants of Pig Sty fight for their lives, the ensuing clash of kung fu titans unearths some legendary martial arts masters and gives rise to a hilarious battle of epic proportions
KUNG FU HUSTLE’S ACHIEVEMENTS
With the distinction of being Asia’s number 1 Chinese movie for 2004, Kung Fu Hustle was a smash hit that broke box office records across Asia when it premiered in theatres, including, among others:
- Best opening day of all time, and #2 movie of 2004 in Malaysia
- Best opening weekend for a Chinese film, and #1 gross box office for a non-English film of all time in the Philippines
- Best opening weekend for a Chinese film of all time, and #1 Chinese movie of 2004 in Singapore
- Best opening weekend of all time in Hong Kong, China, Taiwan.
Kung Fu Hustle garnered a total of 16 nominations, and won 6 awards, at the Hong Kong Film Awards 2005 — the Hong Kong film industry’s highest honors. Wins include, among others:
- Best Picture - Best Action Choreography
- Best Supporting Actor - Best Visual Effects
CAST & CREW
STEPHEN CHOW
Director, Producer, Writer, Actor and Star of Kung Fu Hustle
Stephen Chow is Asia’s top comedy star and was declared by TIME magazine to be Asia’s most beloved entertainer. Having starred in more than 50 films, it was the success of 2001’s Shaolin Soccer that lifted him to international stardom.
Over the years, Chow has firmly established himself as Hong Kong’s undisputed king of comedy, with award-winning roles in hits such as Final Justice, All For The Winner, Justice My Foot, Saint of
Gamblers, and A Chinese Odyssey. Among Chow’s many regional accolades include the prestigious Taipei Golden Horse Award, an Asia Pacific Film Award and a Hong Kong Critics Society Award. He has also been lavishly praised by Hollywood bigwig writer-director-actor Quentin Tarantino, who describes Chow as Hong Kong’s best actor.
Kung Fu Hustle marks the realization of Stephen Chow’s dream to make a film that celebrates the many forms of martial arts. It was lovingly crafted as a homage to his idol, Bruce Lee, while still keeping his trademark brand of wry humour.
YUEN WO PING
Action Choreographer
Yuen Wo Ping is arguably the most famous movie action choreographer ever, with work on films such as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, The Matrix, Kill Bill: Volume 1 and Kill Bill 2: Volume 2. Working as Bruce Lee’s stuntman before he became an action choreographer and director himself, Yuen is now one of the world’s most influential filmmakers and has redefined Hong Kong film action with increasingly imaginative choreography. He has worked on more than 50 films, many of which are regarded as classic Hong Kong martial arts movies, such as Drunken Master, Once Upon a Time in China II and Iron Monkey.
YUEN WAH
Supporting Actor
Though he plays one of the good guys in Kung Fu Hustle, Yuen Wah is known to Hong Kong film fans as “the Magnificent Villain,” a title he earned playing evildoers as a fixture in Hong Kong cinema. One of the original “Seven Little Fortunes” — the famous Peking Opera school performing group which also included Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung — Yuen Wah began 10 years of martial arts training at six, and in the early 1970s, became Bruce Lee’s stunt double.
Yuen Wah gained notoriety playing a villain in the 1987 film ‘Eastern Condors’, and has appeared in more than 100 movies, working with top Hong Kong directors John Woo, Tsui Hark, Sammo Hung and Jeff Lau.
YUEN QIU
Supporting Actress
In Kung Fu Hustle, Yuen Qiu made a remarkable return to the screen after 28 years of retirement, at the specific request of Stephen Chow. Also one of the famous “Seven Little Fortunes”, Yuen Qui began her movie career as a stunt person and soon became one of the few well-known stuntwomen in the Hong Kong movie industry. In 1975, Yuen Qiu married and retired from the film business. Kung Fu Hustle is the first film she has made since then.
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