Dream Lovers

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Dream Lovers

Film poster
Directed by Tony Au
Produced by Vicky Lee Leung
Written by
Starring
Music by Law Wing-fai
Cinematography Bill Wong
Studio D & B Films Co.
Release dates
  • April 25, 1986 (1986-04-25) (Hong Kong)
Running time 95 minutes
Country Hong Kong
Language Cantonese
Box office HK$7,289,958

Dream Lovers (Chinese: ๅคขไธญไบบ; pinyin: Meng zhong ren) is a 1986 Hong Kong romantic fantasy film directed by Tony Au. The film stars Chow Yun Fat as Song Yu, a famous orchestra conductor who recently has visions of a beautiful woman and a Qin dynasty era terracotta statue. When Song visits the statues, he meets Cheung Yuet-heung (Brigitte Lin), who also has dreams of a long lost lover. but with her visions being more violent. The two meet with a medium who tells them that they are the reincarnations of a pair of lovers who were murdered hundreds of years earlier.[1][2][3]

Dream Lovers was Tony Au's second film following Last Affair where he again worked with Chow Yun Fat. The film grossed over seven-million Hong Kong dollars on its release and was nominated for four awards at the 6th Hong Kong Film Awards, where Law Wing-fai won the award for best original film score.

Plot

Cast

  • Chow Yun Fat as Song Yu
  • Brigitte Lin as Cheng Yuet-heung
  • Cher Yueng as Wah-lei
  • Kwan San as Har-nam
  • Lam Chung as Li Chang

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Production

The film was a production of D&B Films.[4] The film starred Chow Yun Fat and Brigitte Lin, the only film where the two star together.[2] Chow Yun Fat had previously worked with director Tony Au on his film Last Affair (1982).[5] Dream Lovers was one of the first Hong Kong films to utilize the popular Terracotta Warrior figures that were excavated from Qin Shi Huangs tomb in 1974.[6]

Release

Dream Warriors was released in Hong Kong on April 25, 1986 and grossed a total of HK$7,289,958 during its theatrical run.[4] The film was released on VHS by Tai Seng, on Laserdisc by Mei Ah and on VCD and DVD by Mega Star.[2]

Reception

At the 6th Hong Kong Film Awards, Law Wing-fai won the award for best original film score.[7] Cher Yeung was nominated for Best Supporting actress for her role as Wah-lei.[2][7] Bill Wong was nominated for best cinematographer and William Chang was nominated for best art direction.[7]

In his book The Hong Kong Filmography, 1977-1997, author Charles Strong gave the film a nine out of ten rating stating that "aside from fine work by Chow and Lin, and Au's artful compositions, the main asset here is Law Wing-fai's award-winning score".[3] Jonathan Crow for the online film database Allmovie gave the film a four out of five star rating.[1]

See also

Notes

  1. โ†‘ 1.0 1.1 Crow, Jonathan. "Dream Lovers (1986)". Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved July 3, 2013. 
  2. โ†‘ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Charles, 2000. p.83
  3. โ†‘ 3.0 3.1 Charles, 2000. p.84
  4. โ†‘ 4.0 4.1 "Dream lovers". Hong Kong Film Archive. Hong Kong. Retrieved July 3, 2013. 
  5. โ†‘ Charles, 2000. p.177
  6. โ†‘ O'Brien, 2003. p.89
  7. โ†‘ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "็ฌฌ6ๅฑ†้ฆ™ๆธฏ้›ปๅฝฑ้‡‘ๅƒ็Žๅพ—็Žๅๅ–ฎ". Hong Kong Film Awards (in Chinese). Retrieved July 3, 2013. 

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