The Contract | |||||||||||||||
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Director: | Michael Hui | ||||||||||||||
Producer: | Raymond Chow | ||||||||||||||
Screenplay: | Michael Hui So Chi-hung[1] | ||||||||||||||
Starring: | Michael Hui Samuel Hui Ricky Hui | ||||||||||||||
Music: | Samuel Hui | ||||||||||||||
Cinematography: | Tom Lau | ||||||||||||||
Editing: | Peter Cheung | ||||||||||||||
Studio: | Golden Harvest | ||||||||||||||
Distributor: | Golden Harvest | ||||||||||||||
Runtime: | 96 minutes | ||||||||||||||
Country: | Hong Kong | ||||||||||||||
Language: | Cantonese | ||||||||||||||
Gross: | HK$7,823,019[2] |
The Contract is a 1978 Hong Kong comedy film written, directed by and starring Michael Hui. The film also co-stars Hui's brothers, Samuel Hui and Ricky Hui. It was very successful at the Hong Kong box office being the highest-grossing film there at the time.[3]
The Contract was a commercial success, earning HK$7,820,019 at the box office[4]
In The Hong Kong Filmography, 1977-1997, John Charles described The Contract as "totally disarming and one of The Hui's Brothers most consistently amusing efforts"[5] while Stephen Teo in his book Hong Kong Cinema: the Extra Dimensions wrote "Michael Hui ended the decade with arguably his best film".[6]
The film was nominated for three Golden Horse Awards in 1978, and was Michael Hui's first and last nomination for a Golden Horse Award, until his nomination for Best Actor for his work in the 2016 film Godspeed at the 53rd Golden Horse Awards.[7]
Award | Date | Category | Recipient(s) and nominee(s) | Result | |
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15th Golden Horse Awards | 1978 | Best Film Editing | [8] | ||
Best Director | |||||
Best Feature Film | Golden Harvest (HK) Limited |
The Contract is Sam Hui's fifth Cantopop album with the title track being the film's theme song. In Asia soundtrack has shifted 500,000 units.[9]
The Contract 賣身契 | |
Type: | studio |
Artist: | Sam Hui |
Cover: | The Contract (1978) Album Cover.jpg |
Released: | July 1978 |
Genre: | Cantopop |
Language: | Cantonese |
Label: | PolyGram |
Prev Title: | The God of Wealth Has Arrived 財神到 |
Prev Year: | 1978 |
Next Title: | 79 Summer Song Collection 79夏日之歌集 |
Next Year: | 1979 |