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Kung Fu Hustle (2004)

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Kung Fu Hustle (2004)

Directed by Stephen Chow
Action Direction by Yuen Woo-Ping
Sammo Hung

Plot:
Set in Canton, China in the 1940s, the story revolves around a hapless wannabe gangster who aspires to become a member of the notorious "Axe Gang." Other characters include an obnoxious landlady and her apparently frail husband who exhibit extraordinary powers in defending their turf.

Starring Stephen Chow
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    Re: Kung Fu Hustle (2004)

    10/31
    Kung Fu Hustle (2004)

    Release Date: March 25, 2005
    Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
    Director: Stephen Chow
    Screenwriter: Tsang Kan Cheong, Stephen Chow, Chan Man Keung
    Starring: Stephen Chow, Wah Yuen
    Genre: Action, Comedy
    MPAA Rating: Not Available
    Official Website: SonyClassics.com

    Plot Summary: A hapless wanna be gangster, Sing, must overcome his inability to wield a knife and demonstrate his mettle in order to become a member of the notorious Axe Gang. The Axe Gang, meanwhile, want to reign supreme by occupying the most coveted territory, which is a sacred street protected by an unlikely cast of characters, many of whom are highly skilled kung fu masters disguised as ordinary people. After several encounters with thugs and a fearsome adversary known as the Beast, Sing overcomes his inadequacy and realizes he is the greatest kung fu master of them all, destined to protect the sacred street.

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    Exclusive Kung Fu Hustle (2004) clips on Yahoo

    03/23
    Exclusive Kung Fu Hustle (2004) clips and pics on Yahoo:
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      Re: Exclusive Kung Fu Hustle (2004) clips on Yahoo

      03/23
      I'm getting excited about this movie. I actually saw a commercial for it on regular tv! Yay!
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        Re: Exclusive Kung Fu Hustle (2004) clips on Yahoo

        03/23
        Cool! I'm happy you're excited. it's such a wacky action packed movie.

        apparently Stephen Chow was very unhappy with the way Miramax treated Shaolin Soccer. They sat on it. spent money dubbing it. digitally changed chinese billbords to english billboards. finally fans demanded a subtitled version, so the released it again with subtitles. didn't advertise and it just faded away. Sony Pictures Classics marketed Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and seem to be doing a lot better job with Kung Fu Hustle. But the only real way American's can start seeing Asian films being treated well is if they do well opening box office weekend.

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        Worldwide, Asian films are grossing millions. Here, they're either remade, held hostage or released with little fanfare.
        - G. Allen Johnson, Chronicle Staff Writer:
        newyork.tribe.net/thread/45...8ca2ab5af6

        -- Miramax purchased the rights to "Shaolin Soccer," the top-grossing Hong Kong film of 2001. The initial strategy was to dub the film by comic master Stephen Chow as Miramax and its partner company Dimension had done to great success with Jackie Chan movies in the mid-'90s. "Rumble in the Bronx" made $32 million in 1996.

        But an Internet campaign by fans of Asian films who demanded a subtitled release caught the studio by surprise, further delaying the movie. Finally, after more than two years, Miramax released a re- edited, rescored and subtitled version of "Shaolin Soccer" complete with digitally inserted English-language billboards and newspapers. The movie opened in April to strong reviews, but without much advertising power it failed to generate even a half-million dollars. To appease fans, Miramax included the original Cantonese cut of the film as an "extra feature" on the DVD release.

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    Kung Fu Hustler [Interview with Stephen Chow]

    04/03
    Kung Fu Hustler
    Source: Edward Douglas April 2, 2005
    www.comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php

    Stephen Chow may not be as well known in the United States as Jackie Chan or Jet Li, but back home in China, he's a huge comedy star, having directed and starred in two of the country's biggest blockbusters ever. After his 2000 film Shaolin Soccer became one of China's highest grossing films, he is as famous back home as Jim Carrey or Adam Sandler are here.


    Many thought that Shaolin Soccer would help break Chow out in the States, but the movie was fumbled by its US distributor Miramax, who dubbed it in hopes of getting a younger audience and then repeatedly delayed it, before finally releasing a subtitled version in only a few cities.

    Undaunted, Chow returns to the States with his latest action-comedy, Kung Fu Hustle, in which he plays Sing, a bumbling gangster wannabe, who inadvertently starts a war between the deadly Axe Gang and the impoverished town of Pig Sty Alley. But before you put your money on the axe-wielding gangster mob, you should know that Pig Sty Alley has three kung fu masters living there in hiding, taking on rather unassuming roles as tailors and bakers.

    The film was inspired by Chow's love of martial arts films as a kid, a legacy that he hopes to carry on with this movie. "The difficulty in this film is just how to make it different from any other," he told ComingSoon.net recently, "because there's already a lot of different kinds of kung fu films." He said that it's common in these types of stories for the underdog to turn into a hero.


    Ultimately, the feud in Pig Sty Alley leads to some amazing over-the-top action sequences, for which Chow enlisted the very able aid of action choreographer Yuen Wo Ping (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, The Matrix) and the legendary Sammo Hung. "Of course, there is no need to say that Mr. Yuen is one of the best action directors in the world," Chow said. "He looks so old style and so traditional, but he actually is a person with an open mind. He can accept different kinds of opinions. No matter how crazy it is!"

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