Dream Lovers
| Dream Lovers | |
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| Directed by | Tony Au |
| Produced by | Vicky Lee Leung |
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| Music by | Law Wing-fai |
| Cinematography | Bill Wong |
Production company |
D & B Films Co. |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese |
| Box office | HK$7,289,958 |
Dream Lovers (Chinese: 夢中人; 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.
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
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 25 April 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Crow, Jonathan. "Dream Lovers (1986)". Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Charles, 2000. p.83
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Charles, 2000. p.84
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Dream lovers". Hong Kong Film Archive. Hong Kong. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
- ↑ Charles, 2000. p.177
- ↑ O'Brien, 2003. p.89
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 第6屆香港電影金像獎得獎名單. Hong Kong Film Awards (in Chinese). Retrieved 3 July 2013.
References
- Charles, John (2000). The Hong Kong Filmography, 1977-1997. McFarland & Company. ISBN 0786408421.
- O'Brien, Daniel (2003). Spooky Encounters : A Gwailo's Guide to Hong Kong Horror. Manchester: Headpress. ISBN 1900486318.