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Director:
Writers:
Stephen Chow (writer)
Kan-Cheung Tsang (writer)
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Release Date:
12 July 2001 (Hong Kong) more
Genre:
Tagline:
Kick some grass! more
Plot:
A young Shaolin follower reunites with his discouraged brothers to form a soccer team using their martial art skills to their advantage. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
13 wins & 7 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(4 articles)
The Auteurs World Cup 2009
 (From The Auteurs. 18 November 2009, 1:00 AM, PST)

Call it 'Blood Simple', But Funnier
 (From CinemaSpy. 3 November 2009, 10:25 PM, PST)

User Reviews:
brilliant film, shame about the cuts & dub more (235 total)

Cast

  (in credits order)

Stephen Chow ... Mighty Steel Leg Sing
Man Tat Ng ... Golden Leg Fung (as Ng Man Tat)

Wei Zhao ... Mui
Yin Tse ... Team Evil Coach Hung (as Patrick Tse Yin)
Hui Li ... Banana Peel Girl
Cecilia Cheung ... Team Moustache Player 1

Karen Mok ... Team Moustache Player 2
Vincent Kok ... Team Puma Leader
Kai Man Tin ... Iron Shirt Tin (Third Brother)
Chi Chung Lam ... Light Weight (Small Brother)
Kwok-Kwan Chan ... Lightning Hands (Fourth Brother)
Chi Ling Chiu ... Hooking Leg - Second Brother
Ming Ming Zhang ... Little Hung
Pu Ye Dong ... Little Fung
Shi Zi Yun ... Team Evil Center
Cao Hua ... Team Evil Goalie
Li Bin Hong ... Team Evil Player 1
Zhao Yong ... Team Evil Player 2
Shi Heng Jiang ... Team Evil Player 3
Shi Heng Jie ... Team Evil Player 4
Hu Shao Qi ... Team Evil Player 5
Lam Tsz Sin ... Team Gangster Player 1
Yuan Xiao Long ... Team Gangster Player 2
Wong So Hing Kin ... Team Gangster Player 3
Lo Hoi Ying ... Team Gangster Player 4
Xian Jian Rong ... Team Gangster Player 5
Ma Jun Long ... Team Gangster Player 6
Yao Xu ... Team Gangster Player 7
Kin-Yan Lee ... Manny
Min Hun Fung ... Rebellion team leader
Tsui Na ... Sweetie
Mok Wai Man ... Hung's Driver
Sun Chang Meng ... Hung's Assistant
Lun Yeung ... Butcher
Wen Hui He ... Street Singer
Lu Wei ... Reporter
Tse Chi Wah ... General Manager of Karaoke
Sun Chi Wing ... Manager
Wong Yan Kit ... Referee
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Ling Bai ... Mui (voice)

Tom Romero ... Iron Head (voice)

Brian Tochi ... Mighty Steel Leg Sing (voice)
Yut Fei Wong ... Iron Head (First Brother)
Nicholas Tse ... Young Hung (uncredited)
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Directed by
Stephen Chow 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Stephen Chow  writer
Kan-Cheung Tsang  writer

Produced by
Kwok-fai Yeung .... producer
 
Original Music by
Jacky Chan 
Lowell Lo 
Ying-Wah Wong  (as Raymond Wong)
 
Cinematography by
Pak-huen Kwen 
Ting Wo Kwong 
 
Film Editing by
Kit-Wai Kai 
 
Art Direction by
Cyrus Ho  (as Kim Hung Ho)
 
Costume Design by
Yim Man Choy 
 
Production Management
Lik-Chi Lee .... production supervisor
Kai Man Tin .... production supervisor
Connie Wong .... production manager
 
Sound Department
Nelson Ferreira .... sound editor
Thanos Kazakos .... adr recordist: English dubbing
Chi-tat Leung .... sound
Colin McLellan .... sound re-recording mixer
Jason Perreira .... sound re-recording assistant
Nathan Robitaille .... assistant sound editor
 
Visual Effects by
Erik Dehkhoda .... digital compositor
Mark Dick Danger Devlin .... digital compositor
Christopher Dusendschon .... digital imaging supervisor: iO FILM (english version)
Chris Ervin .... digital effects artist
John Follmer .... head of production: MetroLight Studios
Adam Hawkey .... digital compositor: iOFilm
James W. Kristoff .... executive in charge of production: MetroLight Studios
Ken Law .... CG technical director
Dobbie Schiff .... executive producer: MetroLight Studios
Mike Uguccioni .... digital compositor
 
Other crew
Siu-Tung Ching .... action director
Oli Laperal Jr. .... equipment coordinator
Ailen Sit .... martial arts director
Ming-kin Wong .... martial arts director
Ron Yuan .... voice
Stephen Chow .... additional action director (uncredited)
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Shaolin Soccer (International: English title) (UK) (USA)
Shao lin zu qiu (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG for martial arts action and some thematic elements.
Runtime:
113 min | Hong Kong:102 min (DVD version) | USA:87 min | Argentina:89 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Dolby Digital | SDDS (US version) | DTS (US version)
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The film contains a vast amount of Puma product placement - almost every football boot in the film is Puma; almost all of the team shirts (other than Team Shaolin) are Puma; along with numerous Puma ads and even a football transforming into a flaming Puma when kicked at speed. more
Quotes:
[talking to a TV camera]
Sing: I want to say hello to my parents and my Kung Fu master, but they're all dead.
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Movie Connections:
Spoofed in Cheung Gong 7 hou (2008) more
Soundtrack:
Mens' Courage more

FAQ

Can someone explain to ending to me?
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20 out of 25 people found the following review useful.
brilliant film, shame about the cuts & dub, 30 November 2004
Author: Richard Cheesman from Abergavenny

This film was seen as something of a surprise. Having only heard of Shaolin Soccer on the net, and seen a teaser for the film, I thought nothing more of it until given the opportunity to go and watch the UK release. My initial disappointment with the dubbing (I am a subtitle die-hard) was soon overcome with admiration of how far HK cinema has come. Imagine the FX expertise of the Matrix with the comedy of Jackie Chan fused into a somewhat generic football film. In a word, a brilliantly scripted and often funny film. Many moments are extremely funny, with the over-the-top storyline made famous by HK, and also the very touching moments with the acne-ridden baker girl/love interest as she is only accepted for what she is. It feels as if there is more to the love story in the original cut of the film, as the story occasionally skipped in places, like a bad DVD. But the overall story is not affected, it moves sedately at first, which is good, as the excessive use of Kung-fu and Football are shown in increasingly ridiculous stages. The final goal reminds me of Hot-Shot Hamish, for those that read the comics. Worth seeing, and I can't wait for the DVD - providing it has the original cut, and subtitles.

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