Cheung Gong 7 hou (2008)

Director:

Stephen Chow

Writers:

Stephen Chow (written by) &
Vincent Kok (written by) ...
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Release Date:

30 January 2008 (China)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Family | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

It's out of this world.

Plot:

A poor Chinese laborer learns important lessons after his son gets a strange new toy. |

Plot Keywords:

Cartoon Reality Crossover | Construction Worker | Fall From Height | Brought Back To Life | School

Awards:

3 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Stephen Chow	...	Ti
Jiao Xu	...	Dicky
Lei Huang	...	Johnny
Kitty Zhang Yuqi	...	Miss Yuen (as Kitty Zhang)
Chi Chung Lam	...	Boss (as Tze Chung Lam)
Shing-Cheung Lee	...	Mr. Cao (as Sheung Ching Lee)
Wen Xue Yao	...	Storm Dragon
Min Hun Fung	...	P. E. Teacher
Yong Hua Han	...	Maggie
Yu Lei	...	Johnny's Entourage
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Cole Barba	...	Johnny (voice: English version)
Qing Dong	...	Classmate
Hang-Sang Poon	...	Reporter (as Hang Sang Poon)
Tristan Price	...	Dicky (voice: English version)
Qian Shen	...	Classmate
Shun-Yee Yuen	...	Farmer (as Shun Yi Yuen)

Directed by
Stephen Chow

Writing credits
Stephen Chow		(written by) &
Vincent Kok		(written by) &
Kan-Cheung Tsang		(written by) (as Tsang Kan Cheong) &
Sandy Shaw		(written by) (as Sandy Shaw Lai King) &
Chi Keung Fung		(written by) (as Fung Chih Chiang) &
Fung Lam		(written by) (as Lam Fung)

Produced by
Stephen Chow	....	producer
Po Chu Chui	....	producer (as Chui Po Chu)
Sanping Han	....	producer (as Han San Ping)
Vincent Kok	....	co-producer
Dong-ming Shi	....	co-producer (as Shi Dong Ming)
Connie Wong	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Ying-Wah Wong		(as Raymond Wong)

Cinematography by
Hang-Sang Poon		(director of photography) (as Poon Hang Sang)

Film Editing by
Angie Lam

Production Design by
Oliver Wong

Costume Design by
Dora Ng

Production Management
Alice Chow	....	production manager
Angie Lam	....	post-production manager

Art Department
Chung Kim Wai	....	property master

Sound Department
Steve Burgess	....	sound re-recording mixer
Steve Burgess	....	supervising sound editor
Chris Goodes	....	sound editor
Robert Mackenzie	....	sound effects editor
Jiajia Mok	....	sound effects editor
Terry Tu	....	sound mixer
Sam Wang	....	sound editor

Visual Effects by
Yan Chan	....	lead compositor
Marco Iozzi	....	look development artist
Sting Lau	....	lighting artist
Ken Law	....	visual effects consultant
Keith Leung	....	digital compositor
Eddy Wong	....	visual effects supervisor
Victor Wong	....	visual effects supervisor

Stunts
Huan-Chiu Ku	....	action choreographer (as Ku Huen Chu)
Shun-Yee Yuen	....	action choreographer (as Yuen Shun Yi)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Kar Yan Yip	....	assistant costume designer

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia
• Beijing Film Studio
• China Film Group
• Star Overseas

Distributors

• Sony Pictures Classics (2008) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (2008) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2008) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2008) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• LK-TEL (2008) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (worldwide) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2008) (Argentina) (all media)

Special Effects

• Menfond Electronic Art & Computer Design Company

Other Companies

• Kodak (Hong Kong) Ltd.  film supplied by
• Salon Films  equipment provided by
• Showreel Film Facilities  ADR recording
• Soundfirm  sound post-production
• Technicolor Creative Services  opticals
• Technicolor Thailand  film processing
• Technicolor Thailand  subtitles
• Technicolor Thailand  titles

Also Known As:

A Hope (Hong Kong: English title) (working title)
CJ7 (International: English title)
Chang Jiang 7 hao (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
Long River 7 (Philippines: English title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for language, thematic material, some rude humor and brief smoking.

Runtime:

86 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Singapore:PG | USA:PG | Malaysia:U | UK:PG | Hong Kong:IIA | South Korea:All | Argentina:Atp | Netherlands:6 | Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Company:

Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia

Trivia:

Xu Jiao, who plays Stephen Chow's son in this movie, is actually a girl.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When the Dad is cutting the rotten part of the apple, he is cutting with the wrong side of the knife.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Dicky: Good morning, sir.
Mr. Cao: Dicky Chow! Just look at yourself. You're covered in dirt.
Dicky: [stepping forward] I just...
Mr. Cao: [stepping back] Don't move. And don't give me the usual routine. Why are you always so untidy?
Miss Yuen: What's the matter, Mr. Cao?
Mr. Cao: [to Dicky] Explain yourself!
Miss Yuen: Let me talk to him. Where did the dirt come from, Dicky?
Dicky: Well, on my way to school, I slipped and fell over.
Miss Yuen: Don't your mom or dad bring you to school?
[...]

Movie Connections:

References "Poketto monsutâ" (1997)

Soundtrack:

Masterpiece

What a Gem!

Funny and moving, in different parts and just really appealing. Who doesn't like boy-and-his-dog stories? Well, with this interesting sci-fi twist it adds humor and adventure and makes the story more than the usual.

Definitely one of the funniest things is what he IMAGINES the 'dog' can do versus the reality. (You'll have to watch to find out.) My family and I were laughing our heads off.

I accidentally rented this, not realizing it would be in a foreign language. I do not speak Cantonese, but I don't think this effected my enjoyment to a great degree. And it didn't effect my children's enjoyment either, as I read the subtitles aloud to them and we laughed along to much of the movie together.

There were a couple moments that I thought were lame, but they didn't weigh down the otherwise great acting and inventive script.

It was completely worth my time and I'd absolutely watch it again. (And by the way, non-Cantonese parents, this is a way you may not have thought of before, to show your children that reading can be fun. We may do it again, and this time on purpose!)