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Tony Leung * Faye Wong * Wei Zhao * Chen Chang
Wong Kar-Wai Presents
CHINESE ODYSSEY 2002
A film by Jeffrey Lau
Winner of the Best Actress and Best Film Awards from the Hong Kong Film
Critics Society, Jeffrey Lau's Chinese Odyssey 2002 is a unique martial arts
comedy-romance that sends up Shakespeare, the Shaw Brothers, Beijing Opera
high-wire thrills, and even producer Wong Kar-Wai's signature stylistic
excess.
A movie that "packs a lot of laughs and action into a beautifully
shot 105 minutes" (Variety), Chinese Odyssey 2002 follows royal heirs
Princess Wushuang (Asian pop diva and Chungking Express heroine Faye Wong)
and future Emperor Zheng De (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon's Chen Chang) as
they escape the Forbidden City to taste life among Ming Dynasty China's
have-nots. But in a gender-bending twist, the princess disguises herself as
a fierce male warrior who proves equally beguiling to both martial arts
master King Bully (In the Mood for Love star Tony Leung, cast hilariously
against type) and his sister Phoenix (Shaolin Soccer scene stealer Wei
Zhao). When King Bully plays family match-maker, the foppish (and
afro-wigged!) young emperor is forced to compete with his own sister for the
beautiful commoner's hand.
Combining swordfights, slapstick, satire, songs, and genuine sentiment
into a lightning-paced big-screen farrago of "identity changes and gender
confusions; plot contortions, clever puns and a great punchline" (Time Out
London), Chinese Odyssey 2002 may be the mother of all mo lei tau films
the crazy-quilt Hong Kong super-farces recently popularized in the West by
Stephen Chow.
2002 Hong Kong 90 min. Color Letterboxed (1.85:1)
Enhanced for 16x9 TVs
In Cantonese with optional English subtitles
WONG KAR-WAI presents a film by JEFFREY LAU
CHINESE ODYSSEY 2002 (Tian xia wu shuang)
starring TONY LEUNG, CHIU WAI, FAYE WONG, WEI ZHAO, CHEN CHANG, ROY CHEUNG, ATHENA CHU, REBECCA PAN and the voice of JAN LAMB
cinematographer PETER NGOR
production design TONY AU
costumes WILLIAM CHANG
editing WING-MING WONG
original music FRANKIE CHAN ROEL A. GARCIA associate producers HING-MAN
LAW ZHENG ZHONG
co-producer JACKY PANG YEE WAH
executive producers WAI-CHUNG CHAN YONGDE ZHU
produced by WONG KAR-WAI
written and directed by JEFFREY LAU
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