Gold (2024)

Directed by

Adrian Teh Kean Kok

Genre

drama

Country

Malaysia

Runtime

2h 06m

Rated

P13

Rating

4.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film follows a Malaysian badminton player as he trains and competes to win a gold medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games. It focuses on his personal struggles and the support he receives from his family and coaches along the way.

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What happens

Gold is a 2024 Malaysian biographical sports drama film based on Cheah Liek Hou's journey on winning gold medal in 2020 Paralympic Games in badminton (category SU5). Produced by Astro Shaw and ACT 2 Pictures with distributed by GSC Movies, the film directed and produced by Adrian Teh with screenplay by Tan Pik Yee, known for screenplay Ola Bola (2016) and Adrian himself. It starring Jack Tan as Liek Hou, Farid Kamil as Rashid Sidek, Yasmin Hani as Rashid's wife, Wan Raja as Misbun Sidek, Rashid's brother, Freddie Ng as Liek Hou's father, Lynn Lim as Liek Hou's mother, Josiah Hogan as Nova Armada and Fabian Loo as Guan Teng. Pre-production began in 2023 when Adrian began building a set for Rashid Sidek's bronze medal moment in 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. The set was built in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia based on Georgia State University Gymnasium. Official principal photography ran for two months also in Kuala Lumpur starting in March 2023 with Astro Shaw and ACT 2 Pictures as main producer with the support of APACS Sports. Later in post-production, One Cool Films, who known for The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021) production and Clover Films announced as associate producers with GSC Movies announced as distributor for Malaysia market. The film was released in Malaysia and Brunei on 11 July 2024 with Singapore release on 1 week later (18 July 2024). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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