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| Shaolin Soccer | |
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| Traditional | 少林足球 |
| Mandarin | Shàolín Zúqiú |
| Cantonese | Siu3Lam4 Zuk1Kauiv |
| Directed by | Stephen Chow |
| Written past |
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| Produced past | Yeung Kwok-Fai |
| Starring |
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| Cinematography |
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| Edited by | Kai Kit-Wai |
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| Production |
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| Distributed by | Universe Amusement Ltd. |
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| Running time | 112 minutes[i] |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese |
| Budget | U.s.$x million[2] |
| Box function | United states of america$42.8 1000000[three] |
Shaolin Soccer (Chinese: 少林足球) is a 2001 Hong Kong sports one-act picture show directed by Stephen Chow, who too stars in the atomic number 82 role. A onetime Shaolin monk reunites his five brothers,[note ane] years after their master'southward expiry, to apply their superhuman martial arts skills to play football and bring Shaolin kung fu to the masses.
Plot [edit]
Sing is a master of Shaolin kung fu, whose goal in life is to promote the spiritual and practical benefits of the martial fine art to modern lodge. He experiments with diverse methods, merely none bear positive results. He then meets "Golden Leg" Fung; a legendary Hong Kong soccer star in his mean solar day, who is at present walking with a limp, post-obit the expose of a former teammate, Hung, now a rich businessman. Sing explains his desires to Fung, who in turn offers his services to coach Sing in soccer. Sing is compelled by the thought of promoting kung fu through soccer, and agrees to enlist his former Shaolin brothers to form a team under Fung'south management. Sing and Fung attempt to put together an unbeatable soccer team. After some failed attempts, Sing'south brothers all hold to participate in the team. Fung invites a savage team to play against them for a scrimmage, and the thugs go on to give the Shaolin Team a literal chirapsia. When all seems lost, the Shaolin disciples reawaken and utilize their special powers, dismantling the other squad'due south rough play easily. The thugs and then requite up and ask to join Sing's team.
Sing meets Mui, a baker with severe acne who uses Tai chi to broil mantou. He takes her to look at very expensive dresses at a high-cease section store after hours. She soon forms an attachment to Sing and even gets a makeover in an endeavor to print him. Still, this backfires and when Mui reveals her feelings to him: he tells her he but wants to be her friend. This revelation, coupled with the constant bullying from her overbearing boss, leads Mui to disappear.
Team Shaolin enters the open cup competition in Hong Kong, where they chalk up consecutive and often ridiculously i-sided victories due to their special Shaolin techniques. They end up meeting Team Evil in the final, owned by none other than Hung. Squad Evil had been injected with an American drug, granting them superhuman force and speed, making them practically invincible, and they bring Team Shaolin dorsum to reality when Team Evil's amazing capabilities bear witness more than than a match for them. After Squad Evil takes out Team Shaolin'southward 2 goalkeepers, Mui, who has shaved her hair and improved her face, reappears to be a goalkeeper for Team Shaolin.
In their final attack, Team Evil's striker leaps into the sky and kicks the ball with enormous strength towards Mui, who prevents him from scoring with her tai chi. Mui and Sing combine their martial skills and rocket the ball downfield. The ball plows through Team Evil'southward goal post, thereby scoring the winning goal. Sing is then thrown into the air in celebration every bit the trophy is presented to him and his team.
A newspaper article then shows Hung being stripped of his championship of soccer chairman and sentenced to jail for v years, while the players of Team Evil are permanently banned from playing soccer professionally. Sing goes out for a morning jog and feels joy at seeing the people around him practicing Kung Fu and implementing it into their daily lives, his lifelong dream having become a reality. The camera pans to a big poster of Sing and Mui, who accept since married and became famous for winning a world championship in bowling, amidst other things.
Bandage [edit]
- Stephen Chow as Sing / Mighty Steel Leg (#10):
A Shaolin kung fu practitioner and former monk who wants to promote the martial arts form to the world. He is the squad's striker and uses his extremely powerful legs to produce unstoppable soccer shots. - Ng Man-tat as Fung / Golden Leg:
A homeless man and former soccer player from the 1980s who became bedridden afterward being beaten by an angry mob after a match, which he deliberately lost subsequently taking a ransom from Hung, the coach of Squad Evil. - Wong Yat-fei every bit Iron Head (#xi):
The eldest of the Shaolin monk brothers, who is now working in a lodge. His style of kung fu utilizes his immensely hard head, and he specializes in headers during matches. - Mok Mei-lam as Hooking Leg (#ii):
The second eldest of the Shaolin monk brothers, who is now working equally a dishwasher. As the team's full-back, Hooking Leg's Shaolin skills resemble ground tumbling boxing, which he uses to go on the ball abroad from the opponent and confuse them. - Tin Kai-homo as Iron Shirt (#three):
The third of the Shaolin monk brothers, who is at present working equally a businessman. As the team'due south total-back, Iron Shirt can absorb blunt force attacks without injuries, likewise as hold and propel the ball with his belly. - Danny Chan Kwok-kwan every bit Empty Hand / Lightning Mitt (#1):
The fourth of the Shaolin monk brothers, who is now unemployed and job-hunting. Empty Hand resembles Bruce Lee to the point of wearing his yellow and blackness jumpsuit from Game of Death. As the team's goalkeeper, his fast easily and powerful arms permit him to instantly and accurately catch objects thrown at him. - Lam Chi-chung as Light Weight Vest (#six):
The 6th and youngest of the Shaolin monk brothers, who has go obese and gluttonous later being diagnosed with a pituitary affliction. He is the team's winger. Despite his illness, he is capable of utilizing his fashion of kung fu to leap incredible heights, giving the illusion of flight. - Zhao Wei every bit Mui:
A bakery and Sing's love interest, who is skilled at manipulating objects with tai chi. She rarely speaks Cantonese, but everyone else even so understands her and vice versa. - Patrick Tse every bit Hung:
The coach of Team Evil and Fung's former teammate, who has maintained a rivalry with Fung afterwards forcing him to have a bribe during a friction match in the 1980s. - Shik Zi-yun as Team Evil's striker (#9), who can dorsum flip and soar into the heaven to kick a fiery ball to its target.
- Cao Hua equally Team Evil's goalkeeper (#21), who can guard his goalpost with one hand in his pocket. His incredibly strong easily tin crush a thick metallic batten.
- Cecilia Cheung and Karen Mok as Team Dragon players #seven & #11, who can run so fast that they appear to exist inches above the footing.
- Fung Min-hun as the captain of Team Rebellion, a vicious mobster who wields a crescent wrench and steel mallet every bit weapons.
- Vincent Kok as the captain of Squad Tofu, the team that Squad Shaolin faces in the preliminary match.
Production [edit]
Inspiration [edit]
The inspiration for Shaolin Soccer came from Chow wanting a unique premise for a martial arts activeness film.[4] According to an interview with Premiere Magazine, Chow stated,
Really the 'over the top' CG and kinetic soccer moves were an inspiration that came from the classic Japanese manga series Captain Tsubasa. The blitheness was very big in Hong Kong over x years ago when it swept kids of all ages and even adults loved it. It has a cult following in Europe as well. Merely it was only possible with pen and ink dorsum then, now with the advent of CGI, it tin really exist done....(the idea of combining it with Kung Fu was in my caput for many years but we had to wait for the CG technology to mature)[v]
Chow had intended for this film to appeal to a global audience, stating, "I can't rely on the local market, because information technology's likewise small, so since Shaolin Soccer information technology's ever my ambition to go international".[6]
Casting [edit]
Apart from several veteran actors, Grub stated in an interview with Premiere mag that he cast several people in his entourage who had no prior acting experience before Shaolin Soccer. For case, Lam Chi Chung (Light Weight) had worked every bit Chow's screenwriter and Danny Chan Kwok-kwan (Empty Hand) was the dance choreographer hired to design the "Michael Jackson trip the light fantastic number" that followed Sing and Mui'southward first meeting early on in the film. Grub comments he made Chan vesture Bruce Lee'south yellow-and-blackness tracksuit considering only the goalkeeper "can habiliment a special uniform." Tin Kai-human being (Iron Shirt) had been Chow's production manager on several movies, but had acted in numerous small-scale roles in previous films.[7] For instance, he played a young wanna-be Triad member in Chow'southward preceding movie, Male monarch of Comedy. Cecilia Cheung and Karen Mok, who briefly appear equally Team Dragon Players 7 & eleven in Shaolin Soccer, had major roles in King of Comedy. Grub defends his conclusion to hire non-actors, maxim, "In terms of finding talent, I endeavour to bring out the funniest thing I observe well-nigh them during casting, if it made us express joy at the casting, it will also do on the large screen."[eight]
Zhao Wei, who played the Mandarin-speaking Mui, said it was a different step for her to star in a Hong Kong production. Even so, Zhao admitted that she was not impressed with her look with less makeup because she is easily recognisable for her beautiful appearance.
Iii of the main bandage members appeared in Chow's Kung Fu Hustle: Danny Chan Kwok-kwan (Empty Hand) portrayed Blood brother Sum, boss of the "Axe Gang"; Tin Kai-homo (Iron Shirt) portrayed the loud-mouthed counselor of Brother Sum; and Lam Chi-chung (Low-cal Weight) portrayed Bone, Grub's sidekick and partner in picayune crime. Fung Min-hun (Squad Rebellion Captain) briefly appeared equally Cecilia Cheung's abusive young man in King of Comedy and the Four Eyes Clerk who beats upwardly both Sing and Bone when they make fun of him on the bus in Kung Fu Hustle.[9]
Home media [edit]
In Hong Kong, the film was released on DVD[ten] and Video CD on 14 September 2001.[11] The DVD release was shortened past ten minutes, with the option for viewers to access the deleted scenes in the middle of the film. The scenes deleted from the DVD version are the trip the light fantastic sequence in front of Mui's baker, much of the conversation over Mui'south makeover and the blooper reel before the cease credits. Viewers tin can as well access the making of key special effects scenes also.
The film was also released in UMD format for the Sony PSP on 23 December 2005.[12]
The 2004 U.s.a. DVD release past Miramax Films deleted 23 minutes of footage from the original cut; the omitted footage includes "Golden Leg" Fung's flashback opening sequence and Sing's interactions with Mui. This version features an English dub with Chow dubbing his own phonation and Bai Ling every bit the voice of Mui. In addition, the DVD gives viewers the pick to play the original Hong Kong version.[thirteen]
In the United kingdom, the motion picture was released on Blu-ray by Optimum Releasing on 26 January 2010.[fourteen]
The Japanese version of the film was released by Pioneer LDC on 22 November 2002.[xv] It was reissued by The Clockworks Group on 21 December 2003.[16]
The Italian dub of the film features the voices of professional person footballers Damiano Tommasi (as Mighty Steel Leg Sing), Vincent Candela (as Empty Manus), Marco Delvecchio (as Iron Caput), Sinisa Mihajlovic (equally Hooking Leg), Giuseppe Pancaro (as Iron Shirt) and Angelo Peruzzi (every bit Light Weight Belong).
Reception [edit]
Box office [edit]
At the Hong Kong box part, Shaolin Soccer grossed HK$60,739,847, making it the highest-grossing film in the region'southward history at the time. Information technology held the record until 2004 when it was topped by Stephen Chow's adjacent feature Kung Fu Hustle. Shaolin Soccer earned a worldwide gross of US$42,776,760.[three]
Critical response [edit]
On Rotten Tomatoes, the motion-picture show has a 90% blessing rating based on 93 reviews; the average rating is 7.ten/x. The site'south disquisitional consensus reads: "The plot is utterly ridiculous, and the soccer in the movie is different any ever played anywhere on Globe, but watching Shaolin Soccer, yous will probably observe it impossible to intendance."[17] On Metacritic, the motion-picture show has a score of 68 out of 100 based on 24 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews."[18]
Prc ban [edit]
China'due south Land Administration of Radio, Film and TV rejected Shaolin Soccer from theatrical and DVD/VCD release, because Stephen Chow did non employ for Chinese permission for public screenings in Hong Kong.[nineteen]
Accolades [edit]
| Consequence | Category | Nominee | Result |
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| Blue Ribbon Awards | All-time Foreign Language Film | Won | |
| 2nd Chinese Flick Media Awards | Best Picture | Nominated | |
| Best Actor | Stephen Chow | Nominated | |
| All-time Extra | Zhao Wei | Nominated | |
| 38th Golden Horse Awards | Best Action Choreography | Ching Siu-tung | Won |
| Best Visual Furnishings | Centro Digital Pictures Ltd. | Won | |
| 7th Gold Bauhinia Awards | All-time Moving picture | Won | |
| Best Director | Stephen Chow | Won | |
| Best Supporting Actor | Wong Yat-fei | Won | |
| 21st Hong Kong Film Awards | Best Picture | Won | |
| Best Director | Stephen Chow | Won | |
| Best Young Director | Stephen Chow | Won | |
| All-time Screenplay | Stephen Chow Tsang Kan-cheung | Nominated | |
| Best Thespian | Stephen Chow | Won | |
| Best Supporting Actor | Wong Yat-fei | Won | |
| Best Action Choreography | Ching Siu-tung | Nominated | |
| Best Cinematography | Kwan Pak-suen Kwong Ting-wo | Nominated | |
| Best Costume & Brand Upwards Design | Choi Yim-man | Nominated | |
| Best Editing | Hai Kit-Wai | Nominated | |
| Best Sound Result | Kinson Tsang | Won | |
| All-time Visual Effect | Frankie Chung Ken Constabulary Ronald To | Won | |
| Best Original Picture show Score | Raymond Wong | Nominated | |
| Best Original Film Song | Kick to the Futurity (song) Jacky Chan (composer) Andy Lau (lyricist/performer) | Nominated | |
| Hong Kong Motion picture Critics Guild Awards | All-time Picture | Won |
Media adaptations [edit]
Comic books [edit]
Chinese [edit]
The get-go of a iv volume Shaolin Soccer manhua was published in Hong Kong roughly nine months after the movie originally premiered in 2001. The characters were drawn with large manga-like optics and cartoonish bodies, merely the artists were careful to retain the likenesses of each histrion who portrayed them.[20] [21]
American [edit]
ComicsOne approached noted comic book creative person Andy Seto with the idea of creating a ii volume manhua-style graphic novel accommodation of the feature motion-picture show. Seto fastened himself to the project because the picture show was very popular and, therefore, had "a certain level of marketing value".[22] The project was officially announced on 30 June 2003 and the release of vol. one was scheduled to coincide with the film's US premiere in August, merely the movie was pushed dorsum.[23] The Miramax film corporation bought the American film rights to Shaolin Soccer before its release in Cathay,[24] and then they helped publish the comic book along with 2 Chinese pic companies who originally produced the picture show.[25] Volumes 1 (ISBN 1-58899-318-iii) and two (ISBN 1-58899-319-one) were released in August and November 2003 and sold for U.s.a.$13.95 each. Their suggested reading level was age thirteen and above.[25] [26]
Seto worked to make the novel as faithful to the film every bit possible but he admits that Stephen Grub's brand of Mo lei tau one-act does non translate well into illustrations.[22] He stated in an interview that "the Shaolin Soccer comic is 80% motion picture adaptation with 20% new content."[22] This new content includes a backstory nigh Steel Leg'south grooming in Shaolin before the expiry of his principal, besides equally completely rewriting entire sections of the movie. For example, in the film a group of bar thugs beat upwardly Sing and Iron Head after listening to their lounge-fashion tribute to Shaolin kung fu. The following solar day, Sing seeks out the group and uses his Shaolin skills to beat the thugs using a soccer ball. Fung sees the brawl and comes upward with the idea of fusing kung fu and soccer. Still, in the comic book, Sing is meditating in the park when he gets hit in the head with a soccer ball. The cocky players mock him and destroy a stone statue of his deceased master. Sing proceeds to use the soccer ball as a weapon.
Some other example is the fact the characters are visually different from the moving-picture show. All of their comic book personas look to be in their twenties to thirties, with highly toned athletic physiques (with the exception of Light Weight); even Iron Head, who was the eldest of the six brothers, appears younger than he should.
Several online reviews have criticised the American adaptation for its apparent lack of story line coherence, mixture of realistic and cartoonish drawing styles, and bad Chinese-to-English translation, among other problems. In regards to the translation, one reviewer stated, "It's almost as if the book was translated with a first-year English student referencing a Chinese-to-English dictionary, with strangely assembled sentences and strange bursts of dialogue peppering the pages."[27] Another common complaint was that the comics seemed to be geared towards those people who had previously seen the movie. Without this familiarity, a newcomer would lose track of the storyline because of the overcrowded pages and speedily shifting plot.[27] [28] [29]
Legacy [edit]
- Stephen Chow produced Shaolin Girl, a Japanese film inspired by Shaolin Soccer.
- Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, co-creators of the Avatar: The Last Airbender animated television series, stated in an interview that "Shaolin Soccer is ane of our favorite movies. It has tons of fantastic activeness and lots of funny moments. Some of the effects provided inspiration for how angle (the art of decision-making the elements) might await on the evidence."[30]
- One episode of Keroro Gunso had a soccer theme which parodied this film.
- The music video for the American R&B singer-songwriter and rapper Lumidee's song "Trip the light fantastic" launched and the 2006 FIFA World Loving cup album soundtrack has scenes of the flick.
- A clip of Shaolin Soccer was played on the big screen of the venue before the friction match Ivory coast vs Serbia and Montenegro in 2006 FIFA Globe Loving cup.[31]
See also [edit]
- Four Oddballs of Saigon
- Shaolin Girl, a picture inspired by Shaolin Soccer
Notes [edit]
- ^ "Brothers" here does not mean biological brothers, but "principal-brothers", aka boyfriend disciples in martial arts nether the same main. Therefore the "biggest brother" is the first one to be adopted past his mentor (the "master-father"), not necessarily the oldest ane.
References [edit]
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- ^ Lootens, Kristin (6 December 2003). "Q&A: Stephen Grub – Page ii". Premiere.com. Archived from the original on 27 May 2008.
- ^ Gilchrist, Todd (20 April 2005). "Interview: Stephen Chow". IGN . Retrieved 4 Apr 2019.
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- ^ Pollard, Mark (22 Baronial 2005). "Kung Fu Hustle (2004)". Kung Fu Picture palace. Archived from the original on 9 March 2009. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
- ^ "'Shaolin Soccer' (Extended Version) (Hong Kong Version) DVD". YESASIA.com.
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- ^ "HK$300 meg funded to develop local motion-picture show manufacture". MOFCOM. 6 July 2007. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011.
- ^ "赵薇俏丽可人--漫画版《少林足球》造型曝光" [Zhao Wei is pretty and mannerly--the comic version of "Shaolin Soccer" is revealed]. SINA.com (in Chinese). 26 October 2001.
- ^ "《少林足球》漫画第二册：周星驰有型赵薇可爱" ["Shaolin Soccer" Book 2: Zhou Xingchi has a manner, Zhao Wei is cute]. SINA.com (in Chinese). 25 December 2001.
- ^ a b c Podvin, Thomas (August 2003). "Kung fu comic creator / Interview with Andy Seto". HKcinemagic. Archived from the original on 29 June 2007.
- ^ "Cult Film 'Shaolin Soccer' To Get Comic Adaptation". Comic Book Resources. 30 June 2003.
- ^ "'Shaolin Soccer' Scores Winner at HK Film Awards". People'southward Daily Online. 22 April 2002.
- ^ a b Seto, Andy (2003). Shaolin Soccer (Vol. 1). Fremont, CA: ComicsOne Corp. ISBNi-58899-318-3.
- ^ Seto, Andy (2003). Shaolin Soccer (Vol. ii). Fremont, CA: ComicsOne Corp. ISBN1-58899-319-1.
- ^ a b McElhatton, Greg. "Shaolin Soccer Vol. one". Icomics.com. Archived from the original on 26 March 2006.
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Further reading [edit]
- Leong, Anthony (2003). "Shaolin Soccer". Asian Cult Cinema. 38 (1st quarter): 8–11.
External links [edit]
- Official website
- Shaolin Soccer at IMDb
- Shaolin Soccer at Box Part Mojo
- Shaolin Soccer at Rotten Tomatoes
- Shaolin Soccer at Metacritic
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaolin_Soccer
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