Worlds Biggest Happy (1988)

Original title

天下一大樂

Directed by

Chu Yen-ping

Genre

comedy

Country

Taiwan

Runtime

1h 29m

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This Taiwanese film tells three stories set in the 1980s underground lottery craze. It follows small-time characters like a conman and his son who chase quick riches. The movie uses comedy to mock the gambling fever and warns that dreams of easy money end in nothing.

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What happens

《天下一大樂》是一部以1980年代台灣地下賭博遊戲“大家樂”熱潮為背景的電影，呈現當時台灣眾人皆有夢的情況，夢醒皆成空，以歡樂的喜劇諷刺當時瘋大家樂的社會，勸戒觀眾千萬別賭博。 此片由延平電影工作室製作，學甫有限公司出品，學冠有限公司發行，出品人蔡松林（學者有限公司老闆），監製祥全，導演朱延平，編劇林煌坤，演員有豬哥亮、倪敏然、廖峻、卓勝利、朱慧珍、澎澎、小多多、劉嘉芬、林光寧、澎恰恰、顏正傑、陳松勇、鄭進二。主題曲〈什麼樂〉由蔡振南作詞作曲、蔡秋鳳主唱、愛莉亞唱片發行，蔡秋鳳在片尾客串遊覽車車掌小姐。 《天下一大樂》分為三個故事，男主角分別是豬哥亮、廖峻、卓勝利。豬哥亮在本片中飾演一個無所事事、帶著兒子騙吃騙喝的小人物，以鄉土形式詮釋類似朱延平電影《天生一對》中許不了的角色。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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