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CJ7 (2008) 長江七號
(Cantonese: Cheung Gong Chat Ho || Mandarin: Chang Jiang Qi Hao)
SYNOPSIS:
Ti (Stephen Chow) is a poor father who works all day, everyday at a construction site to make sure his son Dicky Chow (Xu Jian) can attend an elite private school. Despite his father's good intentions to give his son the opportunities he never had, Dicky, with his dirty and tattered clothes and none of the "cool" toys stands out from his schoolmates like a sore thumb.
Ti can't afford to buy Dicky any expensive toys and goes to the best place he knows to get new stuff for Dicky - the junk yard! While out "shopping" for a new toy for his son, Ti finds a mysterious orb and brings it home for Dicky to play with. To his surprise and disbelief, the orb reveals itself to Dicky as a bizarre "pet" with extraordinary powers. Armed with his CJ7, Dicky seizes this chance to overcome his poor background and shabby clothes and impress his fellow schoolmates for the first time in his life. But CJ7 has other ideas and when Dicky brings it to class... chaos ensues.
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MOVIE TIDBITS: CJ7 is the latest comedy feature from director and star Stephen Chow following his worldwide hit, "Kung Fu Hustle." "Kung Fu Hustle," the second highest grossing film in Hong Kong history after "Titanic", was nominated for a Golden Globe, and won a total of 5 awards, including Best Film and Best Director, at Asia's equivalent of the Oscars, the Golden Horse Awards. CJ7 marks the second collaboration between Sony Pictures Entertainment and Chow's Star Overseas. |
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Chow's inspiration for the story started over
twenty years ago when as a young man he saw
Steven Spielberg's "E.T." at the theatre. "I
went back to see "E.T." over and over again,"
Stephen Chow reveals, "and was amazed that
science fiction could be filmed like this! I
knew then that I wanted to make a movie like
that. Steven Spielberg's work inspired me to
become a director."
Always an original,
Stephen Chow admits that CJ7 is a
slight departure from his previous comedies.
"This type of story is new to Chinese movies
but I hope audiences will like it."
EXTRA
TIDBITS:
:
Stephen
Chow's
son
is
played
by a
9
year
old
girl
named
Xu
Jiao
CJ7
was
previously
known
by a
series
of
working
titles
-
Alien,
Yangtze
River
VII,
Long
River
7
and
most
notably,
A
Hope.
CJ7 Cast
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Stephen Chow |
Xu Jiao |
Kitty Zhang |
Lam Chi Chung |
CJ7 Trailer
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