Four Oddballs of Saigon or The Saigon Fabulous Four () is a 1973 Vietnamese
35mm 35 mm may refer to:
Film
* 135 film, a type of still photography format commonly referred to as 35 mm film
* 35 mm movie film, a type of motion picture film stock
* 35MM, a "musical exhibition" by Ryan Scott Oliver that features music ...
Eastmancolor
Eastmancolor is a trade name used by Eastman Kodak for a number of related film and processing technologies associated with color motion picture production and referring to George Eastman, founder of Kodak.
Eastmancolor, introduced in 1950, was o ...
film directed by
La Thoại Tân
La Thoại Tân () is a pseudonym of Phạm Văn Tần (, 24 April 1937 – 13 March 2008), buddhist name Nhật Biện (), who was a Vietnamese American actor and singer.
Biography
La Thoai Tan was born on April 24, 1937 in Saigon with the o ...
.
Plot
Production
The film was produced in
Saigon
Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) ('','' TP.HCM; ), commonly known as Saigon (; ), is the most populous city in Vietnam with a population of around 14 million in 2025.
The city's geography is defined by rivers and canals, of which the largest is Saigo ...
in 1973. The
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...
match scene was imitated by
Stephen Chow
Stephen Chow Sing-chi (; born 22 June 1962) is a Hong Kong filmmaker and former actor, known for his mo lei tau comedy. His career began in television, where he gained recognition through variety shows and TV dramas. Chow's breakthrough came in 1 ...
in his 2001 film, ''
Shaolin Soccer
''Shaolin Soccer'' ( Chinese: ) is a 2001 Hong Kong sports comedy film directed by Stephen Chow, who also stars in the lead role. The film revolves around a former Shaolin monk who reunites his five brothers,"Brothers" here does not mean bio ...
''.
Art
*
Sound
In physics, sound is a vibration that propagates as an acoustic wave through a transmission medium such as a gas, liquid or solid.
In human physiology and psychology, sound is the ''reception'' of such waves and their ''perception'' by the br ...
: Nguyễn Linh, Nguyên Vũ
*
Costume
Costume is the distinctive style of dress and/or makeup of an individual or group that reflects class, gender, occupation, ethnicity, nationality, activity or epoch—in short, culture.
The term also was traditionally used to describe typica ...
: Thiết Lập Tailor-shop
*
Make-up
Cosmetics are substances that are intended for application to the body for cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness, or altering appearance. They are mixtures of chemical compounds derived from either natural sources or created syn ...
: Âu Ân Bình
Cast
*
La Thoại Tân
La Thoại Tân () is a pseudonym of Phạm Văn Tần (, 24 April 1937 – 13 March 2008), buddhist name Nhật Biện (), who was a Vietnamese American actor and singer.
Biography
La Thoai Tan was born on April 24, 1937 in Saigon with the o ...
as Lúa / Riz
*
Thanh Việt as Râu / Barbe
*
Khả Năng as Mập / Graisse
*
Tùng Lâm as Lùn / Nain
*
Kim Cương
Kim may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Kim (given name), a list of people and fictional characters
* Kim (surname), a list of people and fictional characters
** Kim (Korean surname)
*** Kim dynasty (disambiguation), several dynas ...
as Nhài / Jasmin
*
Thẩm Thúy Hằng as Yến / Hirondelle
*
Văn Giai as Tycoon
*
Pauline Ngọc as Bar singer
About Pauline Ngoc
/ref>
* Túy Hoa as A lady who organizes the play "Love story of Lubu and Diaochan"
* Bảo Lâm
* Hùng Phương
* Tùng Phình
* René
* Ngọc Oanh
* Văn Hiếu
* Minh Chánh
* Tư Rọm
* Chí Hiếu
* Đức Phú
* Hoài Mỹ
* Quách Phát
* Hải Thần
* Nguyễn Văn Tầm
* Hoài Dung
* Nguyễn Huỳnh Phước
* Thanh Hồng
* Hoàng Lương
* Tám Trống
* Hải Linh
Release
The movie was released around Asia in the 1974 Lunar New Year
Lunar New Year is the beginning of a new year based on lunar calendars or, informally, lunisolar calendars. Lunar calendar years begin with a new moon and have a fixed number of lunar months, usually twelve, in contrast to lunisolar calendar ye ...
with Chinese
Chinese may refer to:
* Something related to China
* Chinese people, people identified with China, through nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity
**Han Chinese, East Asian ethnic group native to China.
**'' Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic ...
, English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Culture, language and peoples
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
* ''English'', an Amish ter ...
and French
French may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France
** French people, a nation and ethnic group
** French cuisine, cooking traditions and practices
Arts and media
* The French (band), ...
subtitles
Subtitles are texts representing the contents of the audio in a film, television show, opera or other audiovisual media. Subtitles might provide a transcription or translation of spoken dialogue. Although naming conventions can vary, caption ...
.
See also
* '' Five Bumpkins''
* ''Shaolin Soccer
''Shaolin Soccer'' ( Chinese: ) is a 2001 Hong Kong sports comedy film directed by Stephen Chow, who also stars in the lead role. The film revolves around a former Shaolin monk who reunites his five brothers,"Brothers" here does not mean bio ...
''
* ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'' (1937 film)
* "Beautiful Sunday" (song)
References
* {{IMDb title, 0400896, Four Oddballs of Saigon
*
Four Oddballs of Saigon
' o
EncycloCine
*
Four Oddballs of Saigon
' o
FilmWeb
Sovereignty, Surveillance and Spectacle in ''The Saigon Fabulous Four''
* ttps://tinvanonline.org/2011/02/22/tứ-quai-sai-gon-–-cho-dời-một-chut-vui Cho đời một chút vui
Vietnamese parody films
1970s adventure comedy films
Vietnamese adventure comedy films
1973 films
1970s parody films