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Overview

User Rating:
8.0/10   15,092 votes
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Director:
Kar Wai Wong
Writer:
Kar Wai Wong (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
8 March 1996 (USA) more
Tagline:
If my memory of her has an expiration date, let it be 10,000 years...
Plot:
Wong Kar-Wai's movie about two love-struck cops is filmed in impressionistic splashes of motion and color... more | full synopsis
Awards:
7 wins & 9 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(31 articles)
Birthday Suit: Dolph 'the biggest one' Lundgren
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A Canon With More Cannons
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User Comments:
Just beautiful. more (120 total)

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)
Brigitte Lin ... Woman in blonde wig (as Ching-hsia Lin)

Tony Leung Chiu Wai ... Cop 663
Faye Wong ... Faye
Takeshi Kaneshiro ... He Zhiwu, Cop 223

Valerie Chow ... Air Hostess
Chen Jinquan ... Manager of 'Midnight Express'
Lee-na Kwan ... Richard (as Guan Lina)
Zhiming Huang ... Man
Liang Zhen ... The 2nd May
Songshen Zuo ... Man
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Chungking Express (UK) (USA)
Chongqing senlin (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
Chung King Express (Hong Kong: English title)
Chungking Jungle (literal English title)
Hong Kong Express (Europe: English title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for some violence, sexuality and drug content.
Runtime:
Hong Kong:98 min | 102 min (international version)
Country:
Hong Kong
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
4-Track Stereo
Filming Locations:
Hong Kong, China

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Trivia:
The title is an amalgamation of two "landmarks" in Hong Kong. 1) Chungking Mansions, a drug-filled, rundown hostel populated by Indians, Pakistanis and Nepalese. 2) Midnight Express, a Indian fastfood store in Lan Kwai Fong, a major bar district populated by foreign yuppies (Tony Leung vists California, a bar located directly across the street from it). more
Quotes:
Cop663: [to a shirt] Lonely? You look a mess. Cold? I'll warm you up.
[irons it]
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Posutoman burusu (1997) more
Soundtrack:
Things In Life more

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30 out of 42 people found the following comment useful.
Just beautiful., 11 January 2005
10/10
Author: prophecy_girl from United Kingdom

Awesome. Amazing film; the second half of which far outweighs the first. Beautiful. Wong Kar Wai's film fills you with the kind of warmth that only Amelie can bestow. Fast-paced but with incredible cinematography and soundtrack. Well worth checking out; if only to say you've seen one of Quentin Tarrantino's favourite films. It's this type of film that puts others to shame. This is how a film should be; exhilarating, exciting and beautiful to-boot. The stories are told with such depth that you can't help but pick out new things every time you view it. A film like this is one that never gets boring; no matter how many times you've seen it. (I'm on my 8th)

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