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Working
Class |
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AKA: |
Working
Class Blues |
Sam Hui, Teddy Robin and Tsui Hark |
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Year: |
1985 |
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Director: |
Tsui
Hark |
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Cast: |
Sam
Hui Koon-Kit,
Joey Wong Cho-Yin,
Teddy Robin, Tsui
Hark, Kwan Hoi-San,
Ng Man-Tat,
Ken Lo Wai-Kwong,
Bolo Yeung, Shum Wai,
David Wu Dai-Wai |
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The
Skinny: |
A
lesser-known but still very worthy entry in Tsui Hark's
filmography. |
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Review
by Kozo: |
A surprisingly effective comedy, this wack-fest was
made between two of Tsui Hark’s undeniable classics:
Shanghai Blues and Peking Opera Blues.
Working Class follows the exploits of three low-income
fellows (Sam Hui, Teddy Robin, and the man himself,
Tsui Hark) as they struggle to muddle through their
dissatisfying lives. Hui is a bachelor who lives with
mom and vows never to marry rich. Unfortunately, his
new girlfriend Joey Wong is secretly the daughter of
a rich instant-noodle magnate. Worse still, Hui finds
himself working at her factory with two of his chief
rivals (Robin and Tsui). Only after various factory hijinks
do the three join forces to ridicule management and
keep the factory running.
There is a bouncy fifties feel
to Tsui’s modern comedy. The factory is a communal place
of camaraderie and bright, day-glo dreams. However,
there is an abnormal amount of political hubbub mixed
in with the four-color fun. Management (led by a younger,
slimmer Ng Man-Tat) is a diabolical unit who use such
weapons as chicanery and arson to put down the little
guy and make off with the dough. It isn’t until the
Proletariat join forces to better the factory that they
can give management their well-deserved comeuppance.
Oh, and Sam Hui gets the girl. Tsui Hark’s direction
is as scattershot and screwball as ever, but it works
in giving us this minor eighties gem. By eighties HK
standards, that is. (Kozo 1997) |
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Theme song: |
"The Most Important Thing Is To Have Fun" by Sam
Hui 
Request this song on HKVP Radio | Vote for Sam Hui |
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Awards: |
The
5th Annual Hong Kong Film Awards
• Nomination
- Best Song ("The Most Important Thing Is To Have
Fun", performed by Sam Hui Koon-Kit) |
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Availability: |
VCD
(Hong Kong)
Joy Sales
Widescreen
Cantonese and Mandarin Language Tracks
English and Chinese Subtitles |
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image
courtesy of Universe Laser & Video Co., Ltd.
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