Chicken and Duck Talk (1988)

Original title

雞同鴨講

Directed by

Clifton Ko

Genre

comedy film

Country

Hong Kong

Runtime

1h 35m

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 29 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A small roast duck restaurant owner faces new competition from a slick fried chicken chain across the street. The movie follows their battle for customers as the old restaurant struggles with health problems.

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What happens

Chicken and Duck Talk (Chinese: 雞同鴨講; Jyutping: gai1 tung4 aap3 gong2; lit. 'Chicken with Duck Talk') is a 1988 comedy film starring and co-written by Michael Hui. It is directed and co-written by Clifton Ko. The film deals with the conflict that ensues between the proprietor of an old-fashioned roast duck restaurant that is in trouble for health violations and the new fast food chicken restaurant that opens across the street. The film was the highest-grossing Hong Kong film released in 1988. Hui's screenplay and performance won him several awards, including a special award given by the American Film Institute in 1989. The film also includes a celebrity cameo by Sam Hui (Michael's younger brother), as the master of ceremonies at the grand opening of Danny's Chicken, and the screen debut of Gloria Yip in a brief appearance as Hui's son's school friend. Sam Hui (as himself) speaks the title phrase, an idiom for people not understanding each other, to cut his speech short. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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