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The Contract (1978 film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Contract' (Chinese: ) is a 1978 Hong Kong comedy film written, directed by and starring Michael Hui. The film also co-stars Hui's brothers, Samuel Hui and Ricky Hui. It was very successful at the Hong Kong box office being the second-highest-grossing film there at the time.
Cast
*Michael Hui as Sit Chi-man
*Samuel Hui as Chiu Sai-kit
*Ricky Hui as Sit Chi-ying
*Tiffany Bao as Ms. Wang
*Ellen Lau as Chu Ling-ling
*Yeung Wai as Ms. Wang's eye-path assistant
*Cheng Fu-hing as King Kong
*Russell Cawthorne as Guru
*Chan King-cheung as MTV chairman
*Cheng Siu-ping as Mrs. Li
*Kwong Kwan-ning as Mr. Kwong
*Lee Pang-fei as Cat TV manager
*Chiu Chun as MTV board of director
*Fong Yue as Woman coming out of elevator
*Huang Pa-ching as Mrs. Li
*Man Sau as Man's mother
*Pan Yung-sheng as Audience for alien show
*Kwan Yan as Audience at magic show
*Cheung Sek-Au as Audience at magic show
*Johnny Koo as one of three bank robbers
*Kam Tin-chue as MTV board of director
*Si Lau-wa
*Lau Cheun
*Hoh Wan
Reception
'The Contract' was a commercial success, earning HK$7,820,019 at the box office, making it the second highest-grossing films in Hong Kong at the time, behind only the Hui brothers' last film, 'The Private Eyes'.
In 'The Hong Kong Filmography, 1977-1997', John Charles described 'The Contract' as "totally disarming and one of The Hui's Brothers most consistently amusing efforts" while Stephen Teo in his book 'Hong Kong Cinema: the Extra Dimensions' wrote "Michael Hui ended the decade with arguably his best film".
The film was nominated for three Golden Horse Awards in 1978, and was Michael Hui's first and last nomination for a Golden Horse Award, until his nomination for Best Actor for his work in the 2016 film Godspeed at the 53rd Golden Horse Awards.
Accolades
Album
'The Contract' is Sam Hui's fifth Cantopop album with the title track being the film's theme song.
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References
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