【1988 Hong Kong Box Office Champion "Eight Stars Annunciation"】
In 1986, Zhou Runfa's screen turnaround work "The True Colors of Heroes" was a fire, and Zhou Runfa's first Academy Award was awarded to the film emperor, and since then it has also changed from a box office poison to a box office elixir. "The True Colors of Heroes" was the box office champion in 1986; in 1987, Zhou Runfa starred in "Prison Storm", "Fairy Tales of Autumn", "Hero True Colors 2", "Ghost Bride" and "Hardcover Chasing Girls" respectively occupied the second, fifth, sixth, eighth and ninth places in the box office list; in 1988, Zhou Runfa's "Eight Stars Annunciation" won the box office championship again, and in the same year, he also won the Academy Awards. [In recent years, Chow Yun Fat is the first big red of Hong Kong films, with a double harvest at the box office and film reputation, a rich production type, and the peak of his life. 】
Produced in 1988 by New Art City Pictures Co., Ltd., Directed by Du Qifeng, "Eight Stars annunciation" starred Chow Yun-fat, Zheng Yuling, Jacky Cheung, Yuan Jieying, Huang Baiming, Feng Baobao, Zhong Chuhong, Huang Kunxuan and other eight stars. This film tells the life story of three brothers with very different personalities who have gone through a relationship detour and finally all the reunion endings, which is a typical Huang Baiming style family comedy. [This style of comedy film is one of the seven masters of new art city, Huang Baiming's favorite, is also the best at, and later developed the "Family has a Happy Affair" series and "Nine Stars annunciation" and so on]
Director Du Qifeng has made various styles of movies before setting up Galaxy Image and shooting cold style films, including martial arts and comedies, and the most cooperative is Zhou Runfa Zhou Xingchi and other wireless training class brothers. This film is the first time to cooperate with Zhou Runfa, and it is already the third time with Huang Baiming.
Huang Baiming, as the boss and producer, starred in the three brothers with fewer drama points, because he was the oldest, he became the eldest brother Fang Jianhui, but he was still single. Just when the red Zhou Runfa plays the old two Fang Jianlang, the drama is naturally the most and the most exciting, and the challenge to Zhou Runfa's acting skills and screen image is also the greatest, because he is very feminine. The youngest Jacky Cheung plays the old three-party Sword Sheng, pure love and shyness, meeting Yuan Jieying is accidental, but the pursuit depends on the help of the two big brothers. [Zhou Runfa just put down the gun of "Hero's True Colors" to pinch the orchid finger, it is really difficult for people]
Huang Baiming has previously launched the "Happy Ghost" series of movies, which have achieved good box office success, and have won the popularity of Luo Meiwei, Yuan Jieying, Li Lizhen and other happy girl groups. This time to shoot "Eight Stars annunciation", the male number one chose the most popular, Zhou Runfa is actually filming the new art city movie red, the heroine he also wants to choose his old team. Jacky Cheung, who played the third oldest, was already in love with Luo Meiwei at that time, and this time he was paired with Yuan Jieying of the Happy Girls Group and Luo Meiwei's girlfriend. Compared with the ups and downs of the two eldest brothers, Jacky Cheung and Yuan Jieying met several times, played a few games and got engaged, the purer the more efficient. [I don't know how much it has to do with this film, "Eight Star Annunciation" was released on February 11, 1988, and was screened until March 30, and Jacky Cheung and Luo Meiwei broke up in March 1988.] 】
Huang Baiming and the famous actress Feng Baobao, who was born as a child star, are a couple in the film, but in the end they could not be completed, because Feng Baobao's husband returned, fortunately, in the final subtitles, he met another woman who loves to eat eight-star cookies and looks the same as Feng Baobao. [Cameo Feng Baobao's husband is Teddy Robin in the Seven Masters of New Art City]
Zhou Runfa, as the most popular superstar, naturally has the most drama points, and even arranged two heroines, Zheng Yuling and Zhong Chuhong, who are also popular big beauties. Zhong Chuhong and Zhou Runfa began to cooperate since 1981's "The Story of Hu Yue", and then also cooperated in "Patrol Horse", "Autumn Fairy Tale" and so on, and then "Across the Sea", which is definitely a pair of screen biren. Zheng Yuling and Zhou Runfa cooperated earlier, as early as the TV drama era, they cooperated in long dramas such as "People in the Net", "Family Affection" and so on, and their mutual familiarity is also very deep.
Zhou Runfa changed the heroic image in "The True Colors of Heroes" and transformed into a prodigal son of a somewhat feminine love field, although there is a legitimate flight attendant girlfriend Zheng Yuling, once Zheng Yuling is not in Hong Kong, he will be merciful everywhere, and Zhong Chuhong is the prey he accidentally found. [It all started in an accident, an elderly couple drove a car and broke the telephone line box, so the phone was connected.] As a result, Jacky Cheung thought that someone had committed suicide and met Yuan Jieying, Zhou Runfa made an appointment with Zhong Chuhong, but Huang Baiming and Feng Baobao buried a misunderstanding.
Zhong Chuhong is beautiful and charming, and charming and bold, so that Zhou Runfa can not extricate himself, after several efforts, at Jacky Cheung's engagement dinner reunion, the result is That Zheng Yuling returned early, so it was broken on the spot, huang Baiming for his brother to cover up was also implicated. In the end, Zhou Runfa still successfully recovered Zheng Yuling, and then at the suggestion of Zheng Yuling, the whole family went out to help the eldest brother pursue Feng Baobao.
This intercession drama is indeed a big drama, Huang Baiming Zhou Runfa Zhang's three brothers sang Cantonese opera on the stage, sang in a similar way and dressed up happily, and then the audience was also a number of star cameos, including Mai Jia, the boss of the new art city, zhong Chuhong who finished the play, Zhou Runfa of "The True Colors of Heroes" and so on. The theme song of the movie is sung by Jacky Cheung, called "Everyone Looks Forward to The Holiday", very cheerful and festive, and "Who is the Big Hero" of "East becomes West", which is very the same road, at this time Jacky Cheung has shown the strength of the king of the song world. 【Hong Kong movies are hard to see the grand occasion of the year】
By 1992, Huang Baiming filmed "Family Has a Happy Event", or the character framework of the three brothers, originally wanted to find Zhou Runfa and Lin Zixiang plus himself to form three brothers, but because the schedule did not succeed, so he changed the script, and finally became Huang Baiming Zhang Guorong and Zhou Xingchi three brothers. [Zhang Guorong's role began to be a bit girly, And Zhou Xingchi was responsible for the main funny, which was basically the mold of Zhou Runfa in "Eight Star Annunciation"]