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Chapter 181 Annual Summary (Optional)
Let's forget about Da Chun's poem and talk about movies!

This year is also worth mentioning.

Perhaps having tasted success with "Mountain City Forest" last year, Wong Kar-wai made "Fallen Angels" this year, which can be considered a sister film.

The cast is impressive, although Xia Tian declined and didn't participate. But they still approached Leon Lai!
Other notable celebrities include Li Jiaxin, Karen Mok, Takeshi Kaneshiro, and Charlie Yeung.

However, the film's box office performance was only so-so, only seven million.
Then there's An-Hua Hsu's "Woman, Forty," which won six awards at the Hong Kong Film Awards, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actor.

Winning all five major awards, he's considered the biggest winner!
In the history of Hong Kong cinema, only two films have won the title of "Biggest Winner," and both are works by An-hua Hui.

In addition, at the Berlin Film Festival, Josephine Siao (Miao Cuihua, the mother of Fong Sai-yuk) also won the Best Actress award—the second Berlin Best Actress after Zhang Manyu.

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This year, we must mention Rumble in the Bronx, which also starred Meryl Streep.

The film grossed HK$5700 million in Hong Kong and, thanks to the efforts of Shenlong Pictures, earned US$4300 million in North America!
Big Nose Dragon went straight into the Hollywood market.

He also has a movie this year called "Thunderbolt," which is about racing.

Because of the outstanding performance of "Rumble in the Bronx", the investment was increased again and again, eventually reaching HK$2 million!
The production team traveled to Sendai and Tokyo in Japan, and Los Angeles and New York in the United States to film on location, using and destroying more than 100 top-of-the-line racing cars, making it a model of large-scale production.

Big-nosed Dragon himself also loves racing cars.

The Big Nose Dragon Cup Celebrity Charity Race was held every year, and a host of Hong Kong celebrities came to support it.

However, the film's box office performance was mediocre, ranking second in Hong Kong for the year with HK$4600 million. Its global box office was approximately US$2000 million.

The industry insiders estimate that they lost 1 million!

Golden Harvest had barely enjoyed the money they made from "Rumble in the Bronx" before they had to use it to cover the losses from "Thunderbolt".

However, there will still be revenue from DVD sales, at least they bought the domestic DVD rights in the summer.
(Actually, the contract included the online video copyright! And it's for 30 years!)

Besides Big Nose Dragon, we also have to talk about Stephen Chow.

He has had quite a few films this year, including "The God of Cookery," which grossed 3500 million at the box office. The film also stars Uncle Da and Xu Jinjiang.

With its blend of elements including school life, gangsters, and science fiction, the film's subject matter is suspected of copying the style of "The Mask."

"A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box" grossed 2500 million yuan, and "A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella" grossed 2100 million yuan. Together, they didn't even recoup their production costs!
This doesn't even include the percentage of revenue the movie theaters take; it's a huge loss!
"Out of the Dark" grossed 1600 million, ranking tenth for the year.

This year, Li Lianjie has a film called "High Risk," directed by Wong Jing. The film also stars Zhang Xueyou and Chingmy Yau, among others.

This film boldly parodies Bruce Lee and Big Nose, for example, Big Nose claims he doesn't use a stunt double, which is exposed in the movie.
There's also "A Letter to Dad," which can be considered a fulfillment of Wang Jing's dream of making art films.

Yu Rongguang: You're only making a few hundred yuan a month, why are you risking your life like that!
Ah Rong and Wu Qianlian starred in a movie called "Midnight Song," which was filmed in Yanjing.

Huang Lei, who is now a teaching assistant at Yandian University, played a supporting role in the film.

The cast of "The Golden Age," including Ah Rong, Zhao Wenzhuo, and Kenny Bee, visited the set in the summer. It grossed 3100 million.

Zhao Wenzhuo's film "The Blade" (also known as "The Broken Blade") is also worth mentioning. It is said that during filming, actor Xiong Xinxin was knocked unconscious... twice, almost to death!
"Full Throttle," a film starring Andy Lau. It was previously competing with "The Caveman." It grossed 3100 million at the box office.

"Peace Hotel" grossed 2480 million HKD. After filming this movie, Chow Yun-fat went to Hollywood to work with Ng Pak-ko, and from then on, he was no longer involved with Hong Kong films.

However, his attempts in Hollywood failed, and he eventually stopped making films.

His era has passed.

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Speaking of mainland Chinese films... there's not much to say.

Zhang Yimou used the same team behind last year's "To Live" to make "Shanghai Triad".

However, after filming wrapped, Zhang Yimou and Gong Li broke up. The following February, Gong Li married Mr. Huang, the Asia-Pacific president of British American Tobacco.
Then there are "In the Heat of the Sun," "The King of Masks," "Red Cherry," and "The Clever Escape"...

The story of "Clever Escape" needs some discussion, including Huang Hong, Sima Yi, and San Dezi (Zhao Liang).

They performed the classic song "Cotton Fluffing".
Wool fluffing, cotton fluffing

Half a pound of cotton can be turned into eight ounces and eight ounces!

Old cotton has been fluffed into new cotton!
The girl who had just finished fluffing the cotton quilt was getting married.
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Finally, let's talk about American films. *The Lion King* was released in the US last year and in China this July. It's the first Hollywood animated film to be shown on the big screen in China!
Mr. Mi dragged Xiao Xu and Zhang Li through the movie again and again, and eventually they memorized all the lines!
Toy Story will be released in the United States in November. It is produced by Disney and Pixar Animation Studios, the latter of which was the computer animation division of George Lucas's film company.

In 79, due to the huge success of the Star Wars movies, Lucasfilm established a computer graphics department.

Steve Jobs, who was ousted from Apple’s board of directors in 86, acquired the company for $1000 million and founded Pixar Animation Studios.

Toy Story was the first fully computer-animated film, grossing $3.6 million worldwide, ranking second in global annual box office and number one in the US box office!
It was only a few million dollars less than the number one film, "Die Hard 3," and after several re-releases in the following years, it finally took the throne from the top.

The director also received the Oscar Special Achievement Award!

Because of the success of this animated film, Steve Jobs, who had been kicked out of Apple, was invited back, which led to the later development of the iPhone.

It has essentially changed the course of global technology.
David Fincher's "Seven," starring Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt.

Pitt Bragg also starred in a well-known film this year called "12 Monkeys," which was adapted from a short film called "The Levee."

It tells a story about the butterfly effect caused by multiple time travels, and it's quite mind-bending.

Tom Hanks, who played Forrest Gump last year, plays an astronaut this year in Apollo 13.

It is said that the technical details are very complete, like a documentary.

Tom Hanks truly deserves his status as one of Hollywood's top actors; his acting skills are superb.

Of course, it's no wonder people say the American moon landing was filmed in a studio; there's some truth to that.
Waterworld, a movie that made Universal Pictures lose its shirt, probably a loss of over $100 million!
Although the film itself didn't make money, the entire set was preserved and turned into a theme park, so it ultimately made money!

Warner Bros.' translation of the movie title "The Bridges of Madison County" is simply classic!
It's a movie about extramarital affairs, and it's said that the divorce rate in the United States increased after the movie was released! A phenomenal film.

Paramount's *Braveheart*, directed and starring the same actor, with French actress Sophie Marceau as the female lead. A patriotic anti-British drama.
Although it doesn't quite conform to historical facts, it is a classic from an epic perspective.

He also won five awards at the 68th Academy Awards!

The Scottish bagpipe accompaniment is another highlight.

The Colombian film "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle," with a budget of $6000 million, grossed $2.6 million worldwide!
20th Century Fox's "Die Hard 3" is getting better and better at the box office, grossing 3.66 million and becoming the highest-grossing film of the year!

This year is indeed a great year for movies, not much worse than last year!
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Let's talk about TV dramas!

Ye Daying, the director of the previous film "Red Cherry", made a film called "Bloody Childhood".

The female lead is Mei Ting, and the male lead is Lu Yi...

Mei Ting also appeared on last year's Spring Festival Gala, performing the skit "The Great Transformation of a Living Person" with Chen Xiaoer and Zhu Shimao.

Summer heard about it; she said that she and Ye were becoming friends.
This year, there's a Hong Kong version of "The Return of the Condor Heroes" starring Louis Koo.

This TV series was introduced to mainland China in 98, and it was a household name!

However, there is also a martial arts TV series in mainland China this year – "The White-Browed Hero".

The theme song is amazing: What kind of knife is it? A golden-ringed broadsword!
This year, a Japanese drama series, "Tokyo Love Story," was also imported to mainland China.

They've done a cultural export—Tokyo, with its bustling streets and dazzling lights under the night sky, has become a shared aspiration for the whole of Asia.

However, this year's top-rated TV drama is "Wu Zetian," starring Liu Xiaoqing and Chen Baoguo, which achieved a peak viewership rating of 34.7%.
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There are quite a few animated films this year—with Mr. Mi around, there's no doubt that animated films won't be missed.

For example, "Haier Brothers"!
A series of animated films co-produced by Haier Group and a computer animation production company in Beijing.

It aired from 95 to 2001, with a total of 212 episodes!
Later, it's estimated that he'll be banned for being improperly dressed.

Theme song "Leo's Song": Thunder and rain, Leo~
And then there's "Big Head Son and Small Head Dad," Uncle Wang from next door is hilarious!
Theme song: "The Thief Son and the Thief Father"
A master thief son and a thief father. A pair of skilled pickpockets, frequenting every house. The son's methods are skillful, while the father steals less and is less adept.

Big thieves and small thieves, never afraid of the police. Sneaking, sn ...
There are also "Moon Street" and "Heroes Have Always Emerged from Among the Young".

There was also the imported "Slam Dunk" – which was imported by ATV in Hong Kong and then transferred to local TV stations in Guangzhou and Shenzhen for broadcast.

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There are also many classic songs; here's the playlist...

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