Gigolo of Chinese Hollywood (1999)

Original title

電影鴨

Directed by

Chung Shu-kai

Genre

comedy film

Country

Hong Kong

Runtime

1h 25m

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 3 voters

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 comedy follows five out-of-work Hong Kong film industry people in 1999. They struggle to raise money for a movie. The men end up becoming male escorts to get funding from wealthy women.

sillysatiricalfranticgoofyslapstickabsurdlight-heartedcheeky

What happens

《電影鴨》（）是1999年由是由鍾澍佳导演，羅嘉良、曾志偉、陳百祥、關秀媚、張錦程等主演的一部港產片喜劇。 這是一部以香港影壇的空前困境為題材的影片。開頭列舉九十年代港片賣座紀錄狂跌，實在觸目驚心。然後拍攝影人紛紛失業，明星無工開，編劇無飯吃。男星周鬆弛（羅嘉良飾）、女星朱淇（關秀媚飾）、編劇谷一招（張錦程飾）、導演陳果辛（曾志偉飾）、監製徐屈（陳百祥飾），這五人組千方百計準備開戲，那知大老闆破產跳樓，又訓練朱淇施展美人計，終於四個男影人要去做鴨，討好富婆，謀取拍戲資金。五人組開拍《春光早泄》，後來該片奇績地成功得獎，五人被邀進軍好萊塢，那知被勒索，搞出一大段錯摸鬧劇。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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