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Title Xing fu shi guang = Happy times / Sony Pictures Classics ; a Sunflower presentation ; Film Bureau State Administration of Radio Film & TV ; producer, Zhao Yu ; screenplay, Guizi ; directed by Zhang Yimou.

Publication Info. Culver City, CA : Sony Pictures Classics : Distributed by Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, c[2001], 2002.

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 Moore Video  PN1997.2 .H25 2002    Available  Ask at Circulation Desk
Description 1 DVD (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description digital
optical
stereo
surround
Dolby digital 5.1
video file
DVD video
region 1
System Details DVD, Region 1, Dolby Digital 5.1 Stereo surround, presented in anamorphic widescreen, preserving original theatrical presentation aspect ratio, 1.85:1.
Note Based on the novella by Mo Yan "Shifu, you'll do anything for a laugh."
Cast Zhao Benshan, Dong Jie.
Credits Director of photography, Hou Yong ; music composer, San Bao ; editor, Zhai Ru.
Note Originally released as a motion picture in 2001.
Audience MPAA Rating: Rated PG.
Summary In an attempt to impress a portly divorcée that has caught his eye, an unemployed factory worker poses as the wealthy manager of a non-existent hotel. Hoping that his fabricated success will lead to holy matrimony, he instead finds himself the guardian of the woman's blind stepdaughter. Now, as the lies get more complicated and the deception more difficult to sustain, the sweet young blind girl and the crazy middle-aged man find themselves forming an emotional friendship that is as touching as it is unlikely.
Contents Start -- The wedding planners -- Fu -- The Happy Times Hut plan -- First customers -- 100 yuan tip -- Uncle Zhao -- Wu Ying -- "Can you find her a job?" -- The employment application -- Beautifying the area -- Dispossessed -- The employee apartment -- Building a massage parlor -- Ambiance -- The grand tour -- Professor Li's massage -- A popsicle on Beida street -- A new dress -- Sounds of silence -- 2000 yuan monthly overhead -- "I want to quit." -- Auntie Liu's idea -- Celebratory dinner -- Broken engagement -- The accident -- Please listen to the tape -- Zhao's letter.
Note Special features: Trailers.
Awards Yimou Zhang, winner, FIPRESCI Prize and Silver Spike, 2002 Valladolid International Film Festival ; Jie Dong, winner, Best Actress.
Language In Mandarin, with optional English or French subtitles.
Subject Mo, Yan, 1955- -- Film adaptations.
Mo, Yan, 1955-
Genre/Form Film adaptations.
Subject China -- Social conditions -- Drama.
China.
Social conditions.
Genre/Form Drama.
Subject Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
Man-woman relationships.
Middle-aged men -- Drama.
Middle-aged men.
Divorced women -- Drama.
Divorced women.
Unemployed -- Drama.
Unemployed.
Blind -- Drama.
Blind.
Genre/Form Comedy films.
Comedy films.
Foreign films.
Feature films.
Feature films.
Motion pictures, Chinese.
Video recordings.
Video recordings.
Film adaptations.
Drama.
Added Author Zhao, Yu.
Gui, Zi.
Zhang, Yimou.
Zhao, Benshan, 1958-
Dong, Jie, 1980-
Mo, Yan, 1955- Shi fu yue lai yue you mo.
Sony Pictures Classics (Firm)
Sunflower.
Xi'an dian ying zhi pian chang.
广西电影制片厂.
Zhongguo dian ying ji tuan gong si.
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm)
Added Title Happy times
ISBN 0767882997
9780767882996
Standard No. 043396079045
Music No. 07904 Sony Pictures Classics