All for the Winner explained

All for the Winner
Director:Jeffrey Lau
Corey Yuen
Producer:Jeffrey Lau
Corey Yuen
Screenplay:Jeffrey Lau
Story:Jeffrey Lau
Ng See-Yuen
Corey Yuen
Starring:Stephen Chow
Ng Man-tat
Sharla Cheung
Sandra Ng
Paul Chun
Corey Yuen
Jeffrey Lau
Music:Lowell Lo
Cinematography:Jimmy Leung
Chan Yuen-kai
Editing:Poon Hung
Studio:Golden Harvest Productions
Seasonal Film Corporation
Wellstreet Productions
Distributor:Golden Harvest
Runtime:101 minutes
Country:Hong Kong
Language:Cantonese
Mandarin
Gross:HK$41,326,156

All for the Winner is a 1990 Hong Kong comedy film, directed by Jeffrey Lau and Corey Yuen, and starring Stephen Chow. It was the first movie ever in Hong Kong to cross the HK$40 million(HK$41,326,156.00) mark in the Hong Kong box office.[1] It was a parody of God of Gamblers (1989), and due to its success it spawned a sequel, God of Gamblers II (1990), which featured characters from the original God of Gamblers.

Plot

Sing (Stephen Chow) is a mainland China country boy who arrives in Hong Kong to visit his Uncle "Blackie Tat" (Ng Man-tat). When Sing stays with his uncle and his friends in their apartment, Blackie soon learns of Sing's supernatural ability to see through objects and, later on, his ability to change playing cards by rubbing them. He takes advantage of this and turns Sing into the Dou Seng or the "Saint of Gamblers". After getting into a fight with several alleyway gamblers he meets the lovely Yee-mung a.k.a. "Lady Dream" (lit. trans: Beautiful Dream, but euphemistically as wet dream), a henchman for the "King of Gamblers", and becomes infatuated with her. Sing quickly becomes a rival to the King and must win his way through a world competition to prove his skill.

Cast

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Award nominations

YearAwardCategoryRecipientResult
199110th Hong Kong Film AwardsBest ActorStephen Chow
Best Supporting ActorNg Man-tat
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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1990 . HKBO . Hong Kong Box Office Ltd. . 23 March 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180409044149/http://www.hkbo.com.hk/top10.html?year=1990 . 9 April 2018 . dead .
  2. http://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=7343&display_set=eng "All for the Winner"
  3. http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/movie.asp?id=11 "All for the Winner"
  4. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104147/fullcredits#cast "All for the Winner – Cast"
  5. http://chinesemov.com/1990/All%20for%20the%20Winner.html "All for the Winner"
  6. http://www.lovehkfilm.com/reviews/all_for_the_winner.htm#awards "All for the Winner – Award"
  7. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104147/awards?ref_=tt_awd "All for the Winner – Award"