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It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World

Original title: Fu gui bi ren
  • 19871987
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
317
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69,239
11,970
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World (1987)
ComedyFamilyFantasy
In the mist of the misadventures of Bill and his family, their luck and lives ultimately change when Bill's wife suddenly wins the lottery.In the mist of the misadventures of Bill and his family, their luck and lives ultimately change when Bill's wife suddenly wins the lottery.In the mist of the misadventures of Bill and his family, their luck and lives ultimately change when Bill's wife suddenly wins the lottery.
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
317
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
69,239
11,970
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    • Director
      • Clifton Ko
    • Writers
      • Yuk-ming Chow
      • Clifton Ko
      • Kwok-ming Lai
    • Stars
      • Bill Tung
      • Lydia Shum
      • Elsie Chan
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Clifton Ko
    • Writers
      • Yuk-ming Chow
      • Clifton Ko
      • Kwok-ming Lai
    • Stars
      • Bill Tung
      • Lydia Shum
      • Elsie Chan
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    • 3User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World (1987)
    It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World (1987)
    It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World (1987)
    Elsie Chan, David Chiang, Loletta Lee, Lydia Shum, Eric Tsang, and Bill Tung in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World (1987)

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    Bill Tung
    Bill Tung
    • Bill
    Lydia Shum
    Lydia Shum
    • Mrs. Bill
    Elsie Chan
    Elsie Chan
    • Da-Dai
    Loletta Lee
    Loletta Lee
    • Wai-Dai
    Eric Tsang
    Eric Tsang
    • Siu Kou-Joe
    David Chiang
    David Chiang
    • John
    Wing-Cho Yip
    Wing-Cho Yip
    • Chan
    • (as Teddy Yip)
    Pauline Kwan
    Pauline Kwan
    • Zhiu-Dai
    San Leung
    • Miss Lui Mor
    Danny Summer
    • Joe's Friend
    • (as Shiu Sing Ha)
    Mo-Hau Cheung
    • Joe's Friend
    Shu-Kei Wong
    Shu-Kei Wong
    • TV Boy
    Fan Hui
    Fan Hui
    • TV Boy's Mother
    Siu Ping Cheng
    Siu Ping Cheng
    • Aunt Nam
    Ying-Ying Hui
    Ying-Ying Hui
    • Bill's Neighbor
    Ngan-Ying Poon
    • Bill's Neighbor
    Hak-Shun Leung
    • Sam
    Kingman Cho
    • Relative
    • (as Ging-man Cho)
    • Director
      • Clifton Ko
    • Writers
      • Yuk-ming Chow
      • Clifton Ko
      • Kwok-ming Lai
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    • Trivia
      The scene in which the youngest daughter participates in a school science fair but realizes her project is heavily out-shined by her classmates' science fair exhibits is an almost direct, dialogue-for-dialogue homage to a scene in The Cosby Show (1984) episode Vanessa's New Class (1985) in which the daughter Vanessa (played by Tempestt Bledsoe) participates in a school science fair but realizes that her minimal effort on her project is heavily lacking compared to her classmates' projects.
    • Connections
      Features Batman (1966)

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    10/10
    A laugh-out-loud comical Hong Kong classic!
    In this Hong Kong classic comedy, TV news reporter Bill (Bill Tung) tries to make ends meet to support himself, his wife (Lydia Sum) and three daughters (Elsie Chan, Loletta Lee and Pauline Kwan) in urban Hong Kong. In the mist of their misadventures, Bill and his family's luck change when Bill's wife suddenly wins the lottery.

    The acting was excellent in the movie, from the fast-talking and wise-cracking Bill Tung to the acid wit and no-nonsense Lydia Shum. All the characters, especially Bill and Lydia, delivered a unique brand of laugh-out-loud humor and deadpan comedy. It's entertaining seeing each of the family members go through misadventures in their lives while, despite hard times, staying as a close-knit family. Even with the lottery winning, the characters learns that consequences follow and there is nothing more priceless than family.

    The plot is solid and fast-paced and you'll be thoroughly entertaining by this family comedy from start to finish!

    Grade A
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    • Release date
      • January 28, 1987 (Hong Kong)
    • Country of origin
      • Hong Kong
    • Languages
      • Cantonese
      • Mandarin
    • Also known as
      • It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World Part One
    • Production company
      • D & B Films Co. Ltd.
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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