All About Ah-Long

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name = All About Ah-Long


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director = Johnny To
producer = Raymond Wong
writer = Cheung Chung Tai
Ng Man Fai
Story by Sylvia Chang and Chow Yun-Fat
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starring = Chow Yun-Fat
Sylvia Chang
Ng Man Tat
music = Lowell Lo
cinematography = Wong Wing-Hang
editing = Wong Wing-Ming
distributor = Cinema City Co. Ltd.
released = flagicon|Hong Kong March 16, 1989
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language = Cantonese
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imdb_id = 0098694

"All About Ah-Long" (zh-t|t=阿郎的故事) is a 1989 Hong Kong drama film directed by Johnny To and starring Chow Yun-Fat, Sylvia Chang and Ng Man-Tat.

ynopsis

Chow Yun-Fat plays Ah-Long, a father living a low-class lifestyle, while trying to raise his son, Porky (Wong Kwan Yuen). The strong bond between father and son is tested when a chance encounter from Ah-Long's ex-girlfriend (Sylvia Chang) changes the course of their lives.

Reception

"All About Ah-Long" was a critical and box office hit in Hong Kong, due to Chow Yun-Fat's rise to popularity as an actor at the time.

Awards and nominations

The movie was nominated for 9 Hong Kong Film Awards, but the film only managed to win the Best Actor award, for Chow Yun-Fat, who was also nominated in the same category for "God of Gamblers".

9th Hong Kong Film Awards
*Won - Best Actor (Chow Yun-Fat)
*Nominated - Best Picture
*Nominated - Best Director (Johnny To)
*Nominated - Best Actress (Sylvia Chang)
*Nominated - Best Supporting Actor (Wong Kwan-Yuen)
*Nominated - Best Screenplay (Ng Man-Fai, Philip Cheng Chung-Tai)
*Nominated - Best New Artist (Wong Kwan-Yuen)
*Nominated - Best Original Score (Law Tai-Yau, Lo Sai-Kit)
*Nominated - Best Song ("Ah Long's Love Song", performed by Samuel Hui)

Cast

* Chow Yun-Fat - Yeung Ah-Long
* Sylvia Chang - Sylvia Poon/Por-Por
* Ng Man Tat - Dragon Ng
* Wong Kwan-Yuen - Porky Yeung
* Raymond Wong Bak-Ming - Patrick, Sylvia's new boyfriend
* Wong Tin-Lam - TV Producer

Filming locations

* Shatin Inn restaurant in Sha Tin, where Ah-Long tells Sylvia that Porky is her son
* The Guia Circuit of the Macau Grand Prix was the setting for the final motorcycle race

ee also

* List of Hong Kong films
* List of films set in Macau

External links

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* [http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/movie.asp?id=20 HK Cinemagic entry]
* [http://www.lovehkfilm.com/reviews/all_about_ah_long.htm lovehkfilm entry]