"The King of Comedy" is a comedy film produced by Rastar Overseas Co., Ltd., directed by Li Lizhi and Stephen Chow, starring Stephen Chow, Karen Mok, Cecilia Cheung, etc. The film was released in Hong Kong on February 13, 1999.

The film tells the story of Yin Tianqiu, who is fond of comedy, and the dancer Liu Piaopiao gradually developed a relationship, and then with the help of Du Juaner, Yin Tianqiu finally got the opportunity to play the leading role, but fell into the whirlpool of love triangle with Liu Piaopiao and Du Juaner.

Synopsis:

Yin Tianqiu has always been obsessed with drama and wants to become an actor, in addition to doing tricks, he will also open actor training classes in the neighborhood welfare club, at this time, Miss Liu Piaopiao came here under the leadership of her mother Sang and asked to learn to act, it turned out that Liu Piaopiao had a very unpleasant experience, in the process of Yin Tianqiu's guidance to her, Liu Piaopiao gradually developed feelings for Yin Tianqiu, and at the same time she also became a popular lady in the nightclub.

After Yin Tianqiu received a lot of white eyes, he finally got the appreciation of the big star Sister Juan, and promoted him to play the leading role in the new play, but he didn't expect to suddenly change his role, which disappointed him.

The identity of the undercover police officer on the set was revealed, and Yin Tianqiu accidentally helped solve the case, and then Yin Tianqiu continued to be active in the actor training class of the Neighborhood Welfare Association.

This is an atypical Stephen Chow-esque movie, and this movie is a little "positive" compared to his other works.

"The King of Comedy" is one of Xing Ye's representative works, this movie does not have many obviously funny dialogues and howls, but in this movie, Stephen Chow is really acting, which is essentially different from the "pretend" in his early movies, such as Yin Tianqiu holding the script at the beginning of the movie, and he declared that he wanted to raise willows for a lifetime and so on.

The film's footage is beautifully handled, at least much better than some of the films that preceded Sing-Chi Chow's "The King of Comedy", with its ups and downs, and its themes clear: faith, perseverance, and goodness, and the film's music is excellent, capturing the popular musical primacy of romance films.

This is like a biographical movie, and a lot of inspiration in the film also comes from Xing Ye himself.

In the film, Yin Tianqiu was shot to death by Du Juaner after changing into a priest's costume, but until Du Juaner solved all the bad guys, Yin Tianqiu was still playing an "inner drama" in the back, and the director was so anxious that he shouted "cut".

This clip is based on Stephen Chow's experience in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". In the film, a cockroach jumped on the dead body played by Yin Tianqiu, but he still didn't move, this scene originated from the true story of Stephen Chow when he was filming the movie "Jiupin Sesame Official".

It is this kind of authenticity that makes this one-of-a-kind "The King of Comedy".

This movie is of the upper quality even among all the movies of Xingye.

However, before that, Xu Qian had no plans to make "The King of Comedy", because he had not yet reached that position, and it was undoubtedly ridiculous and generous to make a movie like "The King of Comedy" if he did not reach a certain position.

Of course, because of the particularity of "The King of Comedy", he is not the kind of movie with a great box office, and the commercial value is extremely low among all the movies of Xingye.

If an individual does not have a certain box office appeal, then "The King of Comedy" will not be able to play.

I remember that in later generations, Xing Ye also made a "New King of Comedy", Xing Ye has always been the overlord of the Spring Festival file, but that movie suffered a fiasco.

That movie is very bad, and Xu Qian, who is a fan of Xingye, also said that it was very bad.

First of all, the lines: The heroine's sentence to the rich second generation, "I treat you as a brother, you actually want to sleep with me?" is probably a popular joke on the school intranet 10 years ago.

Zhang Quandan's sentence "Snow White also has two eyes, and you also have two eyes", is also so old that he has lost his teeth.

The film was completed in two months, there were no special effects, and no big-name actors were invited, this movie was indeed not exquisite enough, and it was reasonable to hit the street in the end.

Facts have proved that if you want to forcibly use capital to simply copy the classics, no one can do it, not even Stephen Chow! This time, Xing Ye really didn't do it with his heart, hard and wide are acceptable, the story is simple and acceptable, and it's hard to say that the flowing narrative and script are hard.

The king of comedy in 1999, the twist was very abrupt, but Yin Tianqiu at the end did not become a star, and relied on Du Juan to make dramas. Halfway through the filming of the film, the money was spent, and the script was revised, but everyone believed that Yin Tianqiu's ending would not change much, he loved acting, he was dedicated enough, but he was not a good actor.

But "New" not only allowed Rumeng to successfully enter the showbiz, but also allowed her to get the actress a year later, is this really good? And from beginning to end, Rumeng only had the role reversal scene to show that her performance was passable, and the others did not...... How come it is that in just one year, she has become the god of autumn famous roller coasters!

Of course, Xing Ye actually earned it, after all, the cost of this movie is so low.

Xu Qian is writing the script for "The King of Comedy".

At the same time, his mind is still echoing with the demeanor of the star master, you can recall his high-spirited demeanor, when he appeared, he brushed his hair back, threw down the windbreaker, and walked swaggeringly.

The success of Xing Ye should be placed in the environment of the "Golden Age of Hong Kong Entertainment".

Xu Qian felt that someone had said something, and he felt that it made a lot of sense:

The reason why Stephen Chow became the later Stephen Chow is because the palace of Hong Kong comedy will naturally produce a king, and this king will be the culmination of all the characteristics of this palace, it is this palace that shapes this king, and this king reacts on this palace, and the two work together to make Hong Kong comedy reach an unprecedented height.

Now Stephen Chow has left Hong Kong comedy, and he can't go back.

You must remember that "Shaolin Football", "Tang Bohu" and "Domestic 007" have Li Lizhi, the director of "Journey to the West" The producer of "Kung Fu" is Liu Zhenwei, "The Saint of Gambling" has Wu Siyuan and Liu Zhenwei, "Gambler" and "Tricky Expert" have Wang Jing, "Da Nei Secret Agent" Gu Dezhao, don't look at them now, but Stephen Chow's excellent works are inseparable from them, and now I really feel that sentence" This king will definitely be the culmination of all the characteristics of this palace, it is this palace that shapes this king, and this king reacts on this palace, and the two work together to make Hong Kong comedy reach an unprecedented height. ”

Yes, Xing Ye is certainly a top genius, but he left the soil on which he depended, without the help of Wang Jing and others, his movies did have more "anger", and the plot was a little thin.

To get back to the point, "The King of Comedy" is a classic movie, but its commercial value is somewhat low, but with Xu Qian's strong appeal, it can bring the value of this movie to the limit.

In fact, Xu Qian's appeal at this moment is no weaker than that of the star master of another world, and the star master of the other world can earn hundreds of millions of box office with "The King of New Comedy", so how much box office can this more classic "King of Comedy" get under the drive of Xu Gan's personal appeal?

This is also why Xu Qian is only making this movie now, because in the past, he could not maximize the value of "The King of Comedy" at all, and now he can give full play to the maximum value of this movie when he is famous.

What is the biggest problem Xu Qian pondered about filming "The King of Comedy"?

It's an actor!

Yes, actors!

The hero and heroine of "The King of Comedy" are rare in a hundred years.

Stephen Chow at his peak plus Cecilia Cheung at his peak.

Needless to say, Xing Ye's movies are not so much "nonsensical" as "Stephen Chow", his personal style is too strong, it is Stephen Chow to cooperate with Wang Jing, Stephen Chow to cooperate with Liu Zhenwei, and even the movie directed by Xu Ke is still Stephen Chow.

All the supporting roles in him are actually thousands of Stephen Chow, such as flowers, senior brothers, and masters are actually his incarnations.

As for Cecilia Cheung, although she later fell into the altar because of a certain influence, when she filmed "The King of Comedy", she was at the peak of her aura and beauty.

"The King of Comedy" Xu Qian is planning to act by himself, he wants to fuse a god-level data card, in fact, Xu Qian has fused Wei Zai's data card before, Wei Zai is not only the best actor of literary films, he is also very good at comedy, Ouyang Feng in "East Becomes West" can make people laugh to death.

But Xu Qian always felt that something was missing?

Wei Zai is not a professional comedy after all, but if he plays "The King of Comedy", he is still a little behind.

"Chaplin?"

This being, who had already established himself in the pantomime era, did have a unique talent for comedy, but his art form did not match the modern era.

I thought about a few more people, but whether it was Jim Carrey, Rowan Atkinson, or Adam Sandler, they all preferred Western-style comedies, and the laughter couldn't go together at all.

One classic comedy star after another appeared in my mind, and one by one I ruled it out.

In the end, Xu Qian still sighed: "Master Xing." ”

Go around and choose Xingye.

He slowly remembered a figure in his mind, the gray-haired, but never old god of comedy in his heart.

Trend-defying, iconoclastic, exaggerated, sarcastic, self-deprecating, neurotic, disruptive, dissecting orthodoxy, playful, cynical, rebellious, structure-out of nothing, witty, ageless, vulgar and casual, whining, sensationalism.

It's all the labels of that person, and then someone summed it up in one word.

"Nonsensical!"

That's right, he is the eternal king of comedy, Zhou Xingchi!

He accompanied our childhood, so that our childhood was never short of smiles.

The demonic smile is still hovering in our minds, the exaggerated movements, the sarcastic tone, and the nonsensical performances all make us miss them immensely.

A few years ago, when we watched his films, we all laughed, but now when we look at those classics, they are still funny and funny, but the smiles have turned into tears.

The sea was surging with waves, and he shouted loudly in front of the emptiness, "Try, fight!" and slowly withdrew...... This is Zhou Xingchi, this is the Zhou Xingchi who used to work hard, and of course this is Yin Tianqiu in "The King of Comedy".

Call!!

Xu Qian's mood is slightly complicated, if it is said that it is not a burden to let him imitate stars like Jim Carrey, but imitating Zhou Xingchi makes him feel pressure.

Because Zhou Xingchi is not only a star, he is also an insurmountable monument in Xu Qian's mind.

Stephen Chow is almost a legend, and his personal appeal at the box office is almost unparalleled.

It can be said that later comedy stars such as Xu Zheng, Wang Baoqiang, Huang Bo, Deng Chao, Bai Ke, Dapeng, Yi Xiaoxing, etc. were all influenced by Stephen Chow.

None of these people have surpassed Stephen Chow in their comedy achievements.

It is no exaggeration to say that Stephen Chow's comedy level represents the highest achievement of Chinese comedy, and it can even be said that Stephen Chow represents Chinese comedy.

Although "The King of New Comedy" made Xu Qian very disappointed, Xu Qian is still looking forward to his future works, who made his name Stephen Chow?

The name already says it all!

Using such a character card that can be called a great person, Xu Qian is still looking forward to it.

When using character cards.

Xu Qian's mind instantly had a lot of things in his mind.

Supreme Treasure, Yin Tianqiu, Ling Lingqi, Tang Bohu......

"Kung Fu", "The King of Comedy", "Journey to the West", "Tricky Expert", "Ouchi Secret Agent Zero Hair", "Tang Bohu Dots Autumn Fragrance", "Truant Dragon", "Soul Night", "Shaolin Football".

He is a man who keeps up with the times.

Xu Qian always believed that even in this world, when that demonic laughter sounded and that exaggerated body language appeared, it could still cause people to be shocked.

Feng Xiaogang commented on the acting skills of Tony Leung, Andy Lau and Stephen Chow.

He thinks Andy Lau is an idol.

Tony Leung is an actor and an idol.

As for Stephen Chow's acting skills, he is not very good.

But no one can imitate it.

Although Stephen Chow's acting skills don't seem to be prominent, no one can imitate him, and no one can surpass him.

So much so that when "The Mermaid" was released.

When people see the actor played by Deng Chao, they will sigh: "It's not Stephen Chow after all." ”

So much so that when Han Geng starred in "Journey to the West III", people still exclaimed: "It's not Stephen Chow after all." ”

So much so that when "The King of New Comedy" was born, people sighed that if Xing Ye acted by himself, then this film might be on a higher level.

Stephen Chow has already become a masterpiece when filming "Kung Fu".

Although Stephen Chow, who has become a director, is still awesome.

But only when Stephen Chow, an actor, and Stephen Chow, a director, are truly combined, he is the real king of comedy.

Integrates Stephen Chow's character card.

Xu Qian is full of confidence in shooting.

He fused Xingye's data card, and he is now the king of comedy, which is something that is beyond doubt, no one can replace him, and no one can question him.

The male protagonist Xu Qian in "The King of Comedy" is played by himself, so the remaining heroine is not easy to choose, after all, it is Cecilia Cheung at her peak, and her aura and beauty are second to none.

And she is a person who combines innocence and charm, such an actress is difficult to find.

Xu Qian is preparing to hold a "casting conference", and I believe that many people will participate in it with his personal appeal.

After all, now that Xu Qian's influence is there, his movie will definitely be a hit, as long as he can participate in his movie, he will definitely be able to reach the sky in one step.

After all, "Miss Xu" is also very popular now.

However, after reading the script of "The King of Comedy", Jiang Xingyue said directly to Xu Qian: "Qianqian, I want to play this role, do you agree?"

Xu Qian

"Can I say no?"

"Yes, don't go to my bed tonight. ”

Jiang Xingyue was still smiling.

forehead

Xu Qian

In the end, Xu Qian still gave in, and the heavens will descend on the Si people, and they must first suffer their minds, strain their muscles and bones, starve their bodies and skin, empty their bodies, and act chaotically.

But Xu Qian thinks it's better to enjoy it, long live enjoyment, let me fall into my daughter's incense, and I will never recover.