Hao men ye yan (1991)

Directors:

Alfred Cheung
Tung Cho 'Joe' Cheung
(more)

Writers:

Hark Tsui (story)
Gordon Chan (story)
(more)

Release Date:

30 November 1991 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Film with a weak plot about an businessman trying to clinch a deal for the reconstruction of Kuwait after the Gulf War from a Kuwaiti prince...

Plot Keywords:

Kuwait | Father Son Relationship

Cast

Anthony Chan	...	Himself
Pak-cheung Chan	...	Man Feeding Dog
Philip Chan	...	Policeman
Sylvia Chang	...	Herself
Carol 'Do Do' Cheng	...	Mimi
Jacky Cheung	...	Jacky
Leslie Cheung	...	Himself / Little B-head
Maggie Cheung	...	Dancer
David Chiang	...	Party Guest
Siu-Tung Ching	...	Man at Dinner
Angie Chiu		(as Teresa Chiu)
Yuen Chor	...	Man on Stairs
Stephen Chow	...	Himself
Maria Cordero	...	Woman with Michael Hui
Elaine Eca Da Silva
Li Gong	...	Herself / Waitress at banquet
Kara Hui	...	Servant
Michael Hui	...	Himself
Sammo Hung Kam-Bo	...	Hung Tai-Po
Josephine Koo	...	Photographer
Eric Kot	...	English Teacher
Feng Ku	...	Man at Dinner
Hoi-Shan Kwan	...	Uncle Chicken Roll
Rosamund Kwan	...	Gigi
Teddy Robin Kwan	...	Soccer Player
Aaron Kwok	...	Little B-head's Brother
Leon Lai	...	Cook
George Lam	...	Prince Alibaba of Kuwait
Meg Lam	...	Servant
Jan Lamb	...	English Teacher
Andy Lau	...	Presenter
Billy Lau	...	Soccer Player
Carina Lau	...	Dancer / Woman at Dinner
Catherine Lau
Siu-Ming Lau	...	Wong
Heung Kam Lee
Hoi Sang Lee	...	Man at Dinner
Loletta Lee	...	Girl at Table
Waise Lee	...	Party Guest
Tony Leung Chiu Wai	...	Wai
Tony Leung Ka Fai	...	Leung
Anglie Leung	...	Policewoman
Ka-Yan Leung	...	Man at Dinner
Chia-Liang Liu	...	Master Lau / Uncle Nine
Tsun Liu
May Lo Mei-Mei	...	Waitress
Lowell Lo	...	Cab Driver
Jamie Luk	...	Vassal
Karl Maka	...	Mak
Mars	...	Man at Table (as Sing Feng)
Teresa Mo	...	Herself
Anita Mui	...	Herself
Sandra Ng Kwan Yue	...	Waitress
Lawrence Ng	...	Party Guest
Man Tat Ng	...	Cook
Richard Ng	...	Siu-Chi's Father
Hon-Lam Pau	...	Uncle Lotus Seed Bun
Michelle Reis	...	Kar-Yan Li
John Sham	...	Curly
Lydia Shum	...	Aunt Bill (as Lydia Sham)
Alan Tam	...	Prince Alibaba of Kuwait (in dream sequence)
Lung Ti	...	Waiter
Eric Tsang	...	Tsang Siu-Chu
Kenneth Tsang	...	Waiter
Bill Tung	...	Uncle Bill
Joey Wang	...	'Honey', Jacky's wife
Bak-Ming Wong	...	Forty
Barry Wong	...	Man at Table
Ching-yee Wong
Gabriel Wong	...	Vassal
Goon Chung Wong	...	Band Member
James Wong	...	Food Vendor
Ka-Kui Wong	...	Band Member
Kar-Keung Wong	...	Band Member
Kwong Leung Wong	...	Robbers
Melvin Wong	...	Party Guest
Tin-Dok Wong
Wan-Si Wong	...	Servant
Fung Woo	...	Old Man
John Woo	...	Man on Stairs
David Wu	...	Jogger
Simon Yam	...	The Gigolo
Sally Yeh	...	Herself / Relative at banquet (as Sally Yip)
Pauline Yeung	...	Party Guest
Gloria Yip	...	Party Guest
Sai-Wing Yip	...	Band Member
Fennie Yuen	...	Waitress
Woo-ping Yuen	...	Man at Dinner
Mimi Zhu	...	Party Guest

Directed by
Alfred Cheung
Tung Cho 'Joe' Cheung
Clifton Ko
Hark Tsui

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Gordon Chan		story adaptation
Tessa Choi		screenplay
Tessa Choi		story adaptation
Clifton Ko		story adaptation
Roy Szeto		story adaptation
Eric Tsang		story adaptation
Hark Tsui		story adaptation
Siu Ming Tsui		story adaptation
Barry Wong		story adaptation
Jing Wong		story adaptation

Produced by
Amy Lam	....	executive producer
Tak-Cheung Tam	....	executive producer
King-Man Tso	....	executive producer
Jacky Pang Yee Wah	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Lowell Lo

Cinematography by
David Chung
Ardy Lam
Wai-keung Lau
Kin Keung Lee
Tak-Wai Lee
Peter Pau
Chi-Wai Tam
Wing-hang Wong

Film Editing by
Ma Kam
Marco Mak
David Wu
Shao Feng Yu		(as Siu Fung)

Production Management
Kingman Cho	....	production manager (as Ging-man Cho)
Amy Lam	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Barry Chu	....	assistant director
Yat Hung Chu	....	assistant director
Yeung-Wah Kam	....	assistant director
Yung-kuang Lai	....	assistant director
Kai-Kwong Mak	....	assistant director
Wan To	....	assistant director
Lai-Ling Woo	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Kwok-Kwong Chan	....	sound effects editor (as K. K. Chan)
Wai-Leung Chan	....	sound effects editor
Wai-Tak Chan	....	sound effects editor
Chi-ping Chang	....	voice dubber: mandarin
Ching Chang	....	voice dubber: mandarin
Hsi-chuan Chang	....	voice dubber: mandarin
Hung Chang	....	voice dubber: mandarin
Yu-mei Chen	....	voice dubber: mandarin
Yuan Chen	....	voice dubber: mandarin
Hsue-fang Chiang	....	voice dubber: mandarin
Chiao Chiao	....	voice dubber: mandarin
Siu-Lung Ching	....	sound effects editor
Sze-ping Chou	....	voice dubber: mandarin
Hsue-yui Fung	....	dubbing director: mandarin
Chin-sha Hsing	....	voice dubber: mandarin
Bi-Lien Li	....	voice dubber: mandarin
Ya-chao Li	....	voice dubber: mandarin
Yan Li	....	voice dubber: mandarin
Shao-ping Lin	....	voice dubber: mandarin
Yen-chiao Sun	....	voice dubber: mandarin
Chi-Cheong Tang	....	sound effects editor
Ling-chang Tao	....	voice dubber: mandarin
Kuo-ling Ting	....	voice dubber: mandarin
Lin Tung	....	voice dubber: mandarin
Lai-yi Yuan	....	voice dubber: mandarin

Camera and Electrical Department
Shi-jun Chong	....	assistant camera
Kei Sheung Chow	....	assistant camera
Tak-Cheung Lee	....	assistant camera
Kin Fai Miu	....	assistant camera
Chun-Wah Yuen	....	assistant camera

Music Department
David Wu	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Yun-Chuen Geung	....	transportation

Other crew
Lai-heung Law	....	caterer
Yin-leung Ma	....	post-production coordinator

Production Companies

• Hitamin

Other Companies

• Alan Chan Design Company  thanks
• Artiste Training Alumni Association  thanks
• Asia Health Equipment  thanks
• Asia Television Limited (ATV)  thanks
• B. G. Lighting  thanks
• British American Tobacco  thanks
• Creator Audio-Visual Production  thanks
• Design 2000  thanks
• GP Advertising  thanks
• Golden Marble Material Supplies  thanks
• Hang Fat Furniture  thanks
• Hong Kong Fencing Association  thanks
• Hong Kong Kowloon & New Territories Motion Picture Industry Association  thanks
• Hong Kong Society of Cinematographers  thanks
• Philips China Hong Kong Group  thanks
• Showreel Film Facilities  thanks
• Sound Wave Film Post Production  thanks
• South China Film Industry Workers Union  thanks
• Standard Graphic Art & Advertising  thanks
• Swire Coca-Cola Factory  thanks
• Taclon Industries  thanks
• Tom Lee Music  thanks
• Wal Shion and Company  thanks
• Yuet Wah Music  thanks

Also Known As:

"The Banquet" - Hong Kong (English title)

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese | Mandarin | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Company:

Hitamin

An excuse for assembling its all-star cast

The occasion was Chinese flood relief, we are told in the introduction, and so this was put together even more quickly than the average Hong Kong film.

The movie is very light entertainment, but it's quite funny in spots and amiable the rest of the time. I mean, canto-pop singer George Lam as an Arab prince. It's like watching old friends clowning around in amateur theatricals. By this point, 1991, is George married to Sally Yip/Yeh, one of the film's other star cameos, or does that happen later? This is an Arab prince who speaks Cantonese, of course. Is George putting on an amusing accent? I'm guessing he is.

Some of the cameos are pretty slight. I lost track of how many lines Gong Li had. Was it two, or was it three? But she does get to look more glamorous than she does in most of her (later) Zhang Yimou pictures, where she always ends up with the entire weight of modern Chinese history on her shoulders. Sheesh.

Eric Tsang plays the main character, the tycoon who has forgotten his humble origins. Class-ridden Hong Kong society certainly is, and we get a good taste of that here, as the Rolls Royce rolls along what looks like Connaught Road in Central, and throughout the rest of the story.