Chungking Express

Original title: Chung Hing sam lam

19941994
PG-13PG-13
1h 42min

Chung Hing sam lam (1994)

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Comedy Crime Drama

Two melancholy Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious female underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal waitress at a late-night restaurant he frequents.Two melancholy Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious female underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal waitress at a late-night restaurant he frequents.Two melancholy Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious female underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal waitress at a late-night restaurant he frequents.

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Awards
- 10 wins & 23 nominations

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Chung Hing sam lam (1994)

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Faye Wong in Chung Hing sam lam (1994)

Brigitte Lin in Chung Hing sam lam (1994)

Chung Hing sam lam (1994)

Brigitte Lin and Faye Wong in Chung Hing sam lam (1994)

Chung Hing sam lam (1994)

Takeshi Kaneshiro and Brigitte Lin in Chung Hing sam lam (1994)

Takeshi Kaneshiro, Brigitte Lin, and Faye Wong in Chung Hing sam lam (1994)

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Brigitte Lin in Chung Hing sam lam (1994)

Faye Wong in Chung Hing sam lam (1994)

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8.2

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Wong Kar-Wai's movie about two love-struck cops is filmed in impressionistic splashes of motion and color. The first half deals with Cop 223, who has broken up with his girlfriend of five years. He purchases a tin of pineapples with an expiration date of May 1 each day for a month. By the end of that time, he feels that he will either be rejoined with his love or that it too will have expired forever. The second half shows Cop 663 dealing with his breakup with his flight attendant girlfriend. He talks to his apartment furnishings until he meets a new girl at a local lunch counter. —Tad Dibbern <DIBBERN_D@a1.mscf.upenn.edu>

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Taglines
- If my memory of her has an expiration date, let it be 10,000 years...
Genres
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated PG-13 for some violence, sexuality and drug content
Parents guide

Trivia
Since 'Chungking Express' was filmed in sequence or "like a road movie" as Kar-Wai Wong has said, Wong wrote each scene either the night before or in the morning of the day of filming.

Goofs
When Faye (Faye Wong) delivers a letter to Policeman 663 (Tony Leung Chiu-Wai), said letter is being held in a way that makes the front side point down. However, in the following cut, it is held straight.

Quotes
He Zhiwu, Cop 223: If memories could be canned, would they also have expiry dates? If so, I hope they last for centuries.

Alternate versions
The original Hong Kong release ran 98 minutes. 'Kar Wai Wong' made several changes to the international version, bringing the running time to 102 minutes:
The international version expands the scenes where The Blonde prepares for the smuggling trip and later searches for the smugglers.
Indian music plays during the smugglers' arrival at the airport in international prints; in the Hong Kong version, the title theme plays.
The international version includes the kidnapping of an Indian girl, which does not occur in the Hong Kong version.
The sequence with Zhiwu loitering outside his girlfriend's window appears earlier in the international edit.
In the Hong Kong version, the Faye Wong cover of "Dreams" plays over the shot of 663 drinking coffee. The international version strips out the music (leaving only ambient noise), although "Dreams" still appears at the end of the film. The international cut is Wong's preferred version and has been used for most home video releases. The Hong Kong cut was released on VHS/laserdisc by World Video and on VHS/LD/DVD by Mei Ah.

Connections
Edited into 365 Days, also Known as a Year (2019)

Soundtracks
Dream Person
Written by Dolores O'Riordan and Noel Hogan
Performed by Faye Wong
(cover of "Dreams" by The Cranberries)

Top review

10/10

Just beautiful.

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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Gross US & Canada
- $600,200
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $32,779
- Mar 10, 1996
Gross worldwide
- $1,419,155

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Runtime
- 1h 42min
Color
- Color
Sound mix
- 4-Track Stereo
- Dolby SR
Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1(original ratio)

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