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Rough Cut (2008 film)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
| name = Rough Cut
| image = RoughCut2008Poster.jpg
| caption = South Korean Poster
| native_name =
| director = Jang Hoon
| writer = Kim Ki-duk
| producer = Kim Ki-duk
David Cho
| starring =
| cinematography = Kim Gi-tae
| music = Roh Hyoung-woo
| studio = Kim Ki-duk Film
| distributor =
| released =
| runtime = 113 minutes
| country = South Korea
| language = Korean
| budget =
| gross = [https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&id=_fYOUNGWHANEUNYOUN01 "Youngwhaneun Youngwhada (Rough Cut)"]. 'Box Office Mojo'. Retrieved 2012-12-18.
}}
'Rough Cut' (; lit. "A Movie is a Movie") is a 2008 South Korean action film. It is the debut feature of director Jang Hoon and based on an original story by Kim Ki-duk. The film had a total of 1,307,688 admissions nationwide.[http://www.koreanfilm.org/films2008.html#boxoffice "Theatrical Releases in 2008: Box-Office Admission Results"]. 'Koreanfilm.org'. Retrieved 2012-12-18.
Synopsis
Gang-pae, played by So Ji-sub, is a local organized crime leader who still wishes he could be in movies. Soo-ta, played by Kang Ji-hwan, is a haughty actor who is easy to provoke. Within his latest film, where he plays a gangster, he gets into the role too much and sends one of the stuntmen to the hospital. The two men meet by chance at a room salon and Soo-ta enlists Gang-pae to join the production. But this real-life gangster will only join the production if the fights are real. The two main characters continue to try and one-up the other every chance they get.
Cast
*So Ji-sub as Gang-pae (gangster)
*Kang Ji-hwan as Jang Soo-ta (actor)
*Hong Soo-hyun as Kang Mi-na (actress)
*Park Soo-young as Chief Lee
*Ko Chang-seok as Director Bong (director)
* Song Yong-tae as Chairman Park
* Jang Hee-jin as Eun-sun (Soo-ta's girlfriend)
Blurring of real and fake
Since this film crosses back and forth between being an actual movie and a movie within a movie, the lines get blurred as to which the audience is watching. Examples:
*The character name Soo-ta () is a parody of meaning "(movie) star" in Korean. And the character name Gang-pae () is a parody of which means "gangster" in Korean.
*Choreographed fights become "real" and a "real" fight turns out to be planned but is however "real".
*The actual movie script for 'Rough Cut' is shown being read and held several times by rehearsing characters and crew within the film.
*Numerous members of the actual crew, including the producer and editor, are seen in the film as "crew members".
*Various movie posters can be seen including 'Time' also written by Kim Ki-duk and an early draft of a 'Rough Cut' poster, which is the same image on the cover of the scripts.
*The "real" arrest of a bloodied Gang-pae for a recent murder turns out to be in image from a film shown in a theater right before the actual credits roll.
Awards and nominations
;2008 Blue Dragon Film Awards[http://www.cinemasie.com/en/fiche/oeuvre/film/recompenses.html "Rough Cut - Awards"]. 'Cinemasie'. Retrieved 2012-12-18.
* Best New Actor - So Ji-sub
* Best New Actor - Kang Ji-hwan
* Nomination - Best Supporting Actor - Ko Chang-seok
* Nomination - Best New Director - Jang Hoon
;2008 Korean Association of Film Critics Awards
* Best Actor - So Ji-sub
* Best New Director - Jang Hoon
* Best New Actor - Kang Ji-hwan
;2008 Korean Film Awards
* Best New Actor - Kang Ji-hwan
* Nomination - Best Film
* Nomination - Best Actor - So Ji-sub
* Nomination - Best Supporting Actor - Ko Chang-seok
* Nomination - Best New Director - Jang Hoon
* Nomination - Best Screenplay - Kim Ki-duk
;2008 Director's Cut Awards
* Best Producer - Kim Ki-duk
;2009 Asian Film Awards
* Nomination - Best Newcomer - So Ji-sub
;2009 Baeksang Arts Awards
* Best New Actor - So Ji-sub
* Best New Actor - Kang Ji-hwan
* Nomination - Best Film
* Nomination - Best New Director - Jang Hoon
* Nomination - Best Screenplay - Kim Ki-duk
;2009 Shanghai International Film Festival
* Best Music - Roh Hyoung-woo
;2009 Buil Film Awards
* Best New Actor - So Ji-sub
;2009 Busan Film Critics Awards
* Best New Actor - So Ji-sub
* Best New Actor - Kang Ji-hwan
;2009 Grand Bell Awards
* Best Screenplay - Kim Ki-duk, Jang Hoon, Ok Jin-gon, Oh Se-yeon
* Nomination - Best New Director - Jang Hoon
* Nomination - Best New Actor - So Ji-sub
References
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