Paper Marriage
Paper Marriage is a 1988 Hong Kong action comedy-drama film directed by Alfred Cheung and starring Sammo Hung and Maggie Cheung.
Paper Marriage | |
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Film poster | |
Traditional | 過埠新娘 |
Simplified | 过埠新娘 |
Mandarin | Guò Bù Xīn Niáng |
Cantonese | Gwo3 Fau6 San1 Neong2 |
Directed by | Alfred Cheung |
Produced by | Choi Wing-cheong |
Written by | Alfred Cheung Keith Wong |
Starring | Sammo Hung Maggie Cheung |
Music by | Joseph Koo Sherman Chow |
Cinematography | Jimmy Leung |
Edited by | Peter Cheung |
Production company | |
Release date |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
Country | Hong Kong |
Language | Cantonese |
Box office | HK$13,405,571 |
Plot
Set in the United States, a down-on-his-luck Chinese boxer named Bo Chin (Sammo Hung) accepts promise of payment to marry a Hong Kong woman named Jade Lee (Maggie Cheung) so she can get American citizenship. They realize too late that they have been set up in a complicated plan to cheat them out of the woman's money. Their adventures begin when Bo is forced back into the ring and Jade tries her hand at mud wrestling.
Production
Although Paper Marriage is set in Los Angeles, California, the film was shot in Edmonton, Alberta. The opening sequence was shot at Northlands Park, while the final action sequence being shot at the West Edmonton Mall.[1]
Cast
- Sammo Hung as Bo Chin
- Maggie Cheung as Jade Lee
- Joyce Godenzi as Bo's ex-wife
- Alfred Cheung as Peter
- Meg Lam as Home Immigration Control officer
- Billy Chow as Thai Boxer (doubled by Chin Ka-lok)
- Dick Wei as White Suit kicker
- Philip Ko as Crazy Eyes
- Chin Ka-lok as White Suit's Thug
- Tony Morelli as White Suit's thug
- Rainbow Ching as Immigration Officer Chin
- Hsiao Hou as White Suit's thug in clown disguise
- Lee Chi-kit as Debt Collector
- Rocky Li
References
- "Guo bu xin lang (1988)". Guo bu xin lang. Guo bu xin lang. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
External links
- Paper Marriage at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
- Guo bu xin lang at IMDb
- Paper Marriage at Hong Kong Cinemagic
- Best Edmonton Mall's review on Paper Marriage