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Happy Times (2000 Film)
''Happy Times'' () is a 2000 tragicomedy film directed by China, Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou, starring Zhao Benshan and Dong Jie. It is based loosely on the short story, ''Shifu, You'll Do Anything for a Laugh'' () by Mo Yan; the story appears in English translation in the collection of the same title translated by Howard Goldblatt. Though the story and the film share a common opening, they begin to diverge almost immediately. Plot In the city of Dalian, an old and laid-off factory worker (played by Zhao Benshan) seeks to marry an obese and divorced middle-aged woman (Dong Lifan), who he hopes will bring him warmth and comfort in life. So he sets out desperately to find a way to make money for the posh wedding he has promised. The hapless man and his friend (Fu Biao) decide to renovate a broken bus on top of a hill that is popular for romantic couples. He turns this bus into a small dwelling he names "Happy Times Hotel," which he will rent to willing couples visiting the hill. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhang Yimou
Zhang Yimou (; born 14 November 1950) is a Chinese filmmaker.Tasker, Yvonne (2002). "Zhang Yimou" i''Fifty Contemporary Filmmakers'' Routledge Publishing, p. 412. . Google Book Search. Retrieved 21 August 2008. A leading figure of China's Cinema of China#Rise of the fifth generation, Fifth Generation directors, he made his List of directorial debuts, directorial debut in 1988 with ''Red Sorghum (film), Red Sorghum,'' which won the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival. Zhang has won numerous awards and recognitions, with three Academy Awards nominations for Best Foreign Language Film for ''Ju Dou'' in 1990, ''Raise the Red Lantern'' in 1991, and ''Hero (2002 film), Hero'' in 2003; a Silver Lion, two Golden Lion prizes and the Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award, Glory to the Filmmaker Award at the Venice Film Festival; Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival), Grand Jury Prize, Prize of the Ecumenical Jury and Vulcan Award, Technical Grand Prize at the Cannes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filmmaker
Filmmaking or film production is the process by which a Film, motion picture is produced. Filmmaking involves a number of complex and discrete stages, beginning with an initial story, idea, or commission. Production then continues through screenwriting, Casting (performing arts), casting, pre-production, Principal photography, shooting, Sound recording and reproduction, sound recording, post-production, and screening the finished product before an audience, which may result in a film release and exhibition. The process is nonlinear, in that the filmmaker typically shoots the script out of sequence, repeats shots as needed, and puts them together through editing later. Filmmaking occurs in a variety of economic, social, and political contexts around the world, and uses a variety of technologies and cinematic techniques to make theatrical films, episodic films for television and streaming platforms, music videos, and promotional and educational films. Although filmmaking originally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Review Aggregator
A review aggregator is a system that collects reviews and ratings of products and services, such as films, books, video games, music, software, hardware, or cars. This system then stores the reviews to be used for supporting a website where users can view the reviews, sells information to third parties about consumer tendencies, and creates databases for companies to learn about their actual and potential customers. The system enables users to easily compare many different reviews of the same work. Many of these systems calculate an approximate average assessment, usually based on assigning a numeric value to each review related to its degree of positive rating of the work. Review aggregation sites have begun to have economic effects on the companies that create or manufacture items under review, especially in certain categories such as electronic games, which are expensive to purchase. Some companies have tied royalty payment rates and employee bonuses to aggregate scores, and s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes is an American review aggregator, review-aggregation website for film and television. The company was launched in August 1998 by three undergraduate students at the University of California, Berkeley: Senh Duong, Patrick Y. Lee, and Stephen Wang. Although the name "Rotten Tomatoes" connects to the practice of audiences throwing rotten tomatoes in disapproval of a poor Theatre, stage performance, the direct inspiration for the name from Duong, Lee, and Wang came from an equivalent scene in the 1992 Canadian film ''Léolo''. Since January 2010, Rotten Tomatoes has been owned by Flixster, which was in turn acquired by Warner Bros. in 2011. In February 2016, Rotten Tomatoes and its parent site Flixster were sold to Comcast's Fandango Media, Fandango ticketing company. Warner Bros. retained a minority stake in the merged entities, including Fandango. The site is influential among moviegoers, a third of whom say they consult it before going to the cinema in the U.S. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fan Wei (actor)
Fan Wei (born 2 September 1962) is a Chinese actor known for his roles in Chinese sketch comedies, sitcoms, and films. He gained fame through performances with Zhao Benshan and Gao Xiumin (actress), Gao Xiumin in CCTV New Year's Galas since 1995. He has been featured in films such as ''Cell Phone (film), Cell Phone'' (2003), ''A World Without Thieves'' (2004), ''If You Are the One (film), If You Are the One'' (2008), and ''City of Life and Death'' (2009). He has also acted in several television series produced in mainland China such as ''Ma Dashuai'' (2003-2006) and ''The Long Season'' (2023). Early life Fan was born in Dadong District of Shenyang, Liaoning, on 2 September 1962. His father was a publicity officer in a factory and his mother was a salesperson. He has an elder sister and a younger brother. In 1978, by age 16, Fan studied xiangsheng under mentor Chen Lianzhong (), a xiangsheng actor of Shenyang Ballad Singers Troupe, which Fan officially joined five years later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sun Honglei
Sun Honglei ( zh, s=孙红雷; born 16 August 1970) is a Chinese actor. His critically acclaimed television series '' Lurk'' (2008) earned him the Best Actor trophy at the three most prestigious Chinese-language television awards including the Feitian Award, the Golden Eagle Award and the Magnolia Award. Early life Sun was born in Harbin, Heilongjiang, on 16 August 1970. Sun developed an interest in acting and performances at a young age. He often skipped school to learn breakdancing on the streets and eventually gave up his studies entirely to pursue dancing as a career, eventually performing with a modern dance troupe for several years. Later, Sun became a popular local nightclub singer and host before going into acting. In 1995, Sun attended the Central Academy of Drama, where he graduated in 1997. He has since gone on to star in numerous TV dramas and films, winning many awards for his stage work. Sun is probably best known to Asian cinema fans for his supporting perform ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tao Hong (actress, Born 1972)
Tao Hong (; born 15 January 1972) is a Chinese actress and former synchronised swimmer. A National Games of China champion, Tao was part of the Chinese national team at several synchronised swimming competitions from 1987 to 1991, including the 1991 World Aquatics Championships. As an actress, Tao has received wide acclaim for films like '' Colors of the Blind'' (1997) and '' Forgetting to Know You'' (2013), though she is better known for hit TV dramas like '' Sunny Piggy'' (2000), ''Nothing in the Mirror'' (2002), ''Chuncao'' (2007) and ''The Red'' (2014). Internationally, Tao is probably best known for her small role in the Academy Award-winning film ''The Red Violin'' (1998). Athletic career Tao Hong began practicing with the Beijing Synchronized Swimming Team in 1983 when she was 11. In 1984, she officially made the team. She made the national team for the first time in 1987. At the 1991 World Aquatics Championships, China finished 6th, which would remain China's best f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niu Ben
Zhang Xuejing (张学景; born 1935), stagename Niu Ben (牛犇) is a Chinese film actor. Biography He lost both of his parents at the age of six, then lived with his oldest brother, who worked as a driver at the third film factory in Beijing. In 1946, 11-year-old Ben was chosen to act as a village boy "little ox" and became a child star. His stage name Niu Ben is composed of Niu the Chinese character of "牛" (ox, a common surname) and Ben ":wikt:犇, 犇" (three oxen together, a less common personal name). He later played child roles in old Chinese films, and went to Hongkong. After the foundation of People's Republic of China, he returned to mainland China and became an actor of the Shanghai Film Studio, and one of the members of the 5th China Film Association. In his 60-year career, he has been in hundreds of films and TV plays, and is still active in Chinese film. Personal Awards * Golden Rooster Awards = Best Supporting Actor1983 ''The Herdsman'' * Hundred Flowers Awar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Li Xuejian
Li Xuejian (; born February 20, 1954) is a veteran Chinese actor, best known for portraying Song Jiang in '' The Water Margin'' television series, CCTV's 1998 adaptation of the classical novel of the same title. Li also played the various historical military and political figures in the Chinese Civil War The Chinese Civil War was fought between the Kuomintang-led Nationalist government, government of the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China and the forces of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Armed conflict continued intermitt ..., and acted in the 2006 film '' The Go Master'' based on the biography of '' go'' player Go Seigen. Personal life In 1983, Li Xuejian married Yu Haidan (), an actress from Kongzheng Art Troupe. The couple has a son, Li Gen (). Filmography Film Television Nominations and awards References External links *Li Xuejianat the Chinese Movie Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Li, Xuejian 1954 births Living people Male actors f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masseuse
Massage is the rubbing or kneading of the body's soft tissues. Massage techniques are commonly applied with hands, fingers, elbows, knees, forearms, feet, or a device. The purpose of massage is generally for the treatment of body stress or pain. In English-speaking European countries, traditionally a person professionally trained to give massages is known by the gendered French loanwords ''masseur'' (male) or ''masseuse'' (female). In the United States, these individuals are often referred to as "massage therapists". In some provinces of Canada, they are called "registered massage therapists." In professional settings, clients are treated while lying on a massage table, sitting in a massage chair, or lying on a mat on the floor. There are many different modalities in the massage industry, including (but not limited to): deep tissue, manual lymphatic drainage, medical, sports, structural integration, Swedish, Thai and trigger point. Etymology The word comes from the Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fu Biao
Fu Biao (September 27, 1963 – August 30, 2005) was a Chinese actor. Biography Fu Biao was born in the family of an army officer on September 27, 1963, in Beijing. After graduating from high school, he entered a film academy in Beijing to learn acting. As a film actor, he acted for the first time in the ''Shanghai Triad'' (摇呀摇,摇到外婆桥). From 1997 he acted in several New Year films directed by Feng Xiaogang and became a recognizable actor. He died from liver cancer after having his liver transplanted twice Fu's funeral was attended by some of the biggest names in Chinese entertainment, including Zhang Yimou, Feng Xiaogang, Xu Fan, Sun Haiying, Lü Liping, Xu Zheng, Tao Hong, Zhang Guoli, Deng Jie, Feng Gong, Han Hong, Liu Zhenyun, Cai Ming, Yu Quan, Hou Yaowen, Alex Man, Zhang Jizhong, Liu Xiao Ling Tong, etc. Personal life Fu Biao married actress Zhang Qiufang (张秋芳) in 1989. They portrayed a married couple in several films, including '' The Dream ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dong Lifan
Dong or DONG may refer to: Places * Dong Lake, or East Lake, a lake in China * Dong, Arunachal Pradesh, a village in India * Dong (administrative division) (동 or 洞), a neighborhood division in Korea Person names Surnames *Dǒng (surname) or 董, a Chinese surname *Dōng (surname) or 東, a Chinese surname Persons *Queen Dong (1623–1681), princess consort of Koxinga and mother of Zheng Jing * Empress Dong (Ran Min's wife), wife of Ran Min, emperor of Chinese state Ran Wei *Empress Dowager Dong (died 189), empress dowager during Han dynasty Entertainment * ''Dong'' (film) (东), a documentary film by Jia Zhangke. * Dong Open Air, a heavy metal festival in Germany. * D!NG (previously Do Online Now Guys, or DONG), a YouTube channel created and hosted by Michael Stevens as a segment of the Vsauce, Vsauce2, Vsauce3 and WeSauce channels *General Dong, villain of the 1992 Indian film '' Tahalka'', played by Amrish Puri Other uses * Dong people, an ethnic minority grou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
