Four Oddballs of Saigon explained

Four Oddballs of Saigon Tứ quái Sàigòn
Director:	La Thoại Tân Nguyễn Đức Quỳnh Kỳ
Producer:	Quách Thoại Huấn Quách Thoại Chi
Screenplay:	Vũ Đức Duy
Starring:	La Thoại Tân Thanh Việt Khả Năng Tùng Lâm Kim Cương Thẩm Thúy Hằng
Music:	Nguyễn Minh
Cinematography:	Trần Đình Mưu
Production Companies:	Lido Films
Distributor:	Thúy Nga Productions
Runtime:	101 minutes
Country:	Vietnam
Language:	Vietnamese

Four Oddballs of Saigon or The Saigon Fabulous Four (Vietnamese: Tứ quái Sàigòn) is a 1973 Vietnamese 35mm Eastmancolor film directed by La Thoại Tân.

Production

The film was produced in Saigon in 1973. The football match scene was imitated by Stephen Chow in his 2001 film, Shaolin Soccer.

Art

• Sound : Nguyễn Linh, Nguyên Vũ
• Costume : Thiết Lập Tailor-shop
• Make-up : Âu Ân Bình

Cast

• La Thoại Tân as Lúa / Riz
• Thanh Việt as Râu / Barbe
• Khả Năng as Mập / Graisse
• Tùng Lâm as Lùn / Nain^{[1] [2] [3]}
• Kim Cương as Nhài / Jasmin
• Thẩm Thúy Hằng as Yến / Hirondelle
• Văn Giai as Tycoon
• Pauline Ngọc as Bar singer^[4]
• Túy Hoa as A lady who organizes the play "Love story of Lubu and Diaochan"
• Bảo Lâm
• Hùng Phương
• Tùng Phình
• René
• Ngọc Oanh
• Văn Hiếu
• Minh Chánh
• Tư Rọm
• Chí Hiếu
• Đức Phú
• Hoài Mỹ
• Quách Phát
• Hải Thần
• Nguyễn Văn Tầm
• Hoài Dung
• Nguyễn Huỳnh Phước
• Thanh Hồng
• Hoàng Lương
• Tám Trống
• Hải Linh

Release

The movie was released around Asia in the 1974 Lunar New Year with Chinese, English and French subtitles.

See also

• Five Bumpkins
• Shaolin Soccer
• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)
• "Beautiful Sunday" (song)

References

• • Four Oddballs of Saigon on EncycloCine
• Four Oddballs of Saigon on FilmWeb
• Sovereignty, Surveillance and Spectacle in The Saigon Fabulous Four
• Four Oddballs of Saigon of La-thoại-Tân in 1973
• Four famous comedians of Four Oddballs of Saigon
• Tứ quái Sài Gòn – Hơn 40 năm tiếng cười chưa tắt
• Cho đời một chút vui

Notes and References

1. http://giaitri.vnexpress.net/tin-tuc/san-khau-my-thuat/san-khau/dien-vien-tu-quai-sai-gon-khoc-khi-tai-ngo-nsnd-kim-cuong-3528464.html Four Oddballs of Saigon star cries for meeting again actress Kim Cương
2. Web site: Tùng Lâm một thời quái kiệt . 2017-07-21 . 2016-10-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161023201253/http://tranquanghai.info/p3256-dang-tien-giang-:-tung-lam,-mot-thoi-....%22quai-kiet%22.html . dead .
3. https://thanhnien.vn/van-hoa/quai-kiet-tung-lam-sau-nhung-lan-tu-than-go-cua-354592.html Quái kiệt Tùng Tâm sau những lần tử thần gõ cửa
4. http://clublai.blogspot.com/2015/02/pauline-ngoc.html About Pauline Ngoc