Kallang Roar the Movie
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 Kallang Roar the Movie |
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| Directed by | Cheng Ding An |
| Produced by | Tay Hoo Wee |
| Written by | Screenplay: Cheng Ding An |
| Starring | Lim Kay Siu Leon Quah Randall Tan Melvinder Kanth Baskar ?? Rei Poh Ezaad Tan Rui Xiang Wu Chean Mohd Faizal Sharul |
| Music by | Danny Something |
| Cinematography | David Foo |
| Editing by | ICEBERG(Singapore) |
| Distributed by | Singapore: ?? |
| Release date(s) |  9 August 2008 ? 2008 |
| Country | Singapore |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1 million |
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Kallang Roar the movie is a upcoming 2008 sports film based on Singapore national football team’s legendary coach Choo Seng Quee, takes its audience back to Singapore’s footballing heydays. It will show the string of events leading to Singapore winning the Malaysia Cup in 1977, including the epic semi-final match against Selangor and the final against Penang.
Merelion Pictures started filming for the movie started on February 29, 2008 at the historic Kallang National Stadium where some of the matches took place. Filming also took place at the Jurong Stadium which was used as a substitute for the Merdeka Stadium which is no longer used for sporting events.
Among the cast in the highly anticipated movie will be the son of legendary Singapore striker Quah Kim Song, Leon Quah will act as his father in the movie.
Director Cheng Ding An said research for the film took three years and it will cost about S$1 million to produce the movie. The film is expected to hit cinemas on Singapore's National Day which falls on August 9, 2008.[1]
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"Every time when we trooped out into the National Stadium, you can get this Kallang Roar...the fans cheering us, it was full house....That kind of feeling, I think I cannot describe," said former national team striker Quah Kim Song.
"It was like a fire, you know, hoof! It went on fire. First game, (it) was 15,000 (spectators), second game 40,000, third game 55,000 and so on. For eight years, stadium was full," said N Ganesan, former chairman of Football Association of Singapore.
