From Beijing with Love

From Beijing with Love

Hong Kong film poster
Traditional 國產凌凌漆
Cantonese gwok3 caan2 ling4 ling4 cat1
Directed by Lee Lik-chi
Stephen Chow
Written by Stephen Chow
Roman Cheung
Vincent Kok
Lee Lik-chi
Starring Stephen Chow
Anita Yuen
Law Kar-ying
Lee Lik-chi
Music by William Hu
Cinematography Lee Kin-keung
Tom Lau
Edited by Ma Chung-yiu
Production
company
Distributed by Golden Harvest
Release dates
  • 14 September 1994 (1994-09-14)
Running time
 94 minutes
Country Hong Kong
Language Cantonese
Box office HK$37,523,850.00

From Beijing With Love (Chinese: 國產凌凌漆) is a 1994 Hong Kong action spy comedy film directed by Lee Lik-chi and Stephen Chow. The film is a very direct spoof of James Bond fims and stars Chow, Anita Yuen and Law Kar-ying.

Synopsis

Golden Gun steals the cranium of China's only dinosaur fossil. Chow, starring as a hawker-cum-secret-agent 007, is sent to Hong Kong by a high-ranking government official to recapture the cranium. When he arrives in Hong Kong, he meets Lee Heung-kam (Anita Yuen), who proposes to help him in his endeavor. However, Heung-kam turns out to be a subordinate of Golden Gun. Golden Gun is in actuality the government official who directs 007 to find the cranium.

Golden Gun instructs Heung-kam to send 007 on a false lead and tells him that the cranium may have been stolen by a smuggler. 007, with the help of Heung-kam, sneaks into a cocktail party held by the smuggler. Before he enters, he tells Heung-kam that he will fetch her some white roses. Heung-kam tells 007 to find evidence that the smuggler stole the cranium; meanwhile, Heung-kam hides in a tree, planning to snipe 007 from afar. The party is interrupted by a mysterious man (modeled after Jaws from James Bond) and a mysterious woman who are out to kill 007. Taking this opportunity, Heung-kam shoots 007 several times, including once in the leg with 007 thinking another assassin has shot him. 007 (who was wearing a bulletproof vest but not bulletproof trousers) escapes, grabbing three white roses on the way out. Heung-kam is touched by this gesture and saves his life. She decides to defect from Golden Gun. Together, the two destroy the organization that is behind the theft of the cranium. 007 eventually triumphs over Yuen and is rewarded with a meat cleaver emblazoned with the calligraphy of Deng Xiaoping.

Cast

[1] [2]

Salutation to other films

DVD cover.

Music

The song Stephen Chow sang while playing the piano is 李香蘭 by Jacky Cheung.

Box office

It grossed a huge HK$37,523,850 in Hong Kong.

References

  1. ↑ "From Beijing with Love". imdb.com. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
  2. ↑ "From Beijing with Love". chinesemov.com. Retrieved 29 June 2010.

External links

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