| Chungking Express (1996)
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| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| Brigitte Lin |
Woman in blonde wig (as Ching-hsia Lin)
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| Tony Leung Chiu Wai |
Cop 663
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| Faye Wong |
Faye
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| Takeshi Kaneshiro |
He Zhiwu, Cop 223
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| Valerie Chow |
Air Hostess
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| Chen Jinquan |
Manager of 'Midnight Express'
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| Lee-na Kwan |
Richard (as Guan Lina)
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| Huang Zhiming |
Man
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| Liang Zhen |
The 2nd May
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| Zuo Songshen |
Man
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| Faye Wang |
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| Tony Leung |
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| Plot |
| Chungking Express tells two stories loosely connected by a Hong Kong snack bar. In one story, a cop who's been recently dumped by his girlfriend becomes obsessed with the expiration dates on cans of pineapple; he's constantly distracted as he tries to track down a drug dealer in a blond wig (played by Brigitte Lin, best known from Swordsman II and The Bride with White Hair). Meanwhile, another cop who's recently been dumped by his girlfriend (Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, from John Woo's Hard-Boiled and A Bullet in the Head) mopes around his apartment, talking to his sponge and other domestic objects. He catches the eye of a shop girl (Hong Kong pop star Faye Wang) who secretly breaks in and cleans his apartment. If you're beginning to suspect that neither of these stories has a conventional plot, you're correct. What Chungking Express does have is loads of energy and a gorgeous visual style that never gets in the way of engaging with the charming characters. The movie was shot on the fly by hip director Wong Kar-Wai (Happy Together, Ashes of Time), using only available lighting and found locations. The movie's loose, improvisational feel is closer to Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless than any recent film--and that's high praise. Quirky, funny, and extremely engaging, Chungking Express manages to be experimental and completely accessible at the same time. --Bret Fetzer |
| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Comedy; Drama; Foreign; Mystery; Romance |
| Director |
Kar Wai Wong; Wong Kar-Wai |
| Producer |
Chan Ye Cheng |
| Writer |
Kar Wai Wong; Wong Kar-Wai |
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| Studio |
Disney / Buena Vista |
| Country |
Hong Kong
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| Language |
Chinese |
| Audience Rating |
PG-13 |
| Running Time |
102 mins |
| Movie Release Date |
3/8/1996 |
| Color |
Color |
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| Personal Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
625 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
| Purchase Date |
5/15/2006 |
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| Product Details |
| Region |
Region |
| Screen Ratio |
 1.85:1 |
| Layers |
Single Side, Dual Layer |
| UPC (Barcode) |
786936177350 |
| Chapters |
20 |
| Release Date |
5/21/2002 |
| Subtitles |
English |
| Packaging |
Keep Case |
| Audio Tracks |
 CHINESE: Dolby Digital Stereo |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Extra Features
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Theatrical Trailer
Original Hong Kong Trailer
Quentin Tarentino Introduciton
Quentin Tarentino Wrap-up
Original Language Track (Chinese)
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