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Wikipedia article'Chicken Rice War' is a Singaporean romantic comedy film released in 2000 by Raintree Pictures. It is an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet in a Singaporean setting, where fierce competition between rival chicken rice hawkers resulted in bitter enmity. The old feud between chicken rice hawker families' stand in the way of their young offspring who fell for one another. Synopsis'Chicken Rice War' is loosely based on William Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet'. In this movie the Montagues and Capulets are represented by the families Wong and Chan. Both families run Chicken Rice stalls side by side in the same market, something that the authorities say is impossible, since it is not allowed. The underlying conflict is about the secret family recipes that has been kept secret for generations, but apart from that nobody really knows what the fight is about. Audrey Chan is a beautiful, vain and spoilt girl who is the most popular girl in school. Fenson Wong is an insecure young man with a stutter who, of course, is madly in love with Audrey. Their only common interest is Shakespeare and the version of Romeo and Juliet that they are setting up at school. When Fenson gets the chance to replace Audrey's beautiful but dim boyfriend as Romeo he starts seriously dreaming about capturing Audrey's heart. CastPierre Png ... Fenson Wong May Yee Lum ... Audrey Chan Catherine Sng ... Wong Ku Gary Yuen ... Vincent Chan Kevin Murphy ... Leon Deli Kelvin Ng ... Sydney Wong Su Ching Teh ... Penelope Chan Wui Seng Cheong ... Wong Terr Irene Ong ... Wendy Chan Weng Kee Lee ... Chan Tick Gary Loh ... Muscle Mike Jo Jo Struys ... Cheryl Randall Tan ... Nick Carter Zalina Abdul Hamid ... Fat Lady Mohan Sachden ... Muthiah Alias Kadir ... Ahmad Edmund L. Smith ... Mr. Pillay Paul Tan ... TV presenter Tanya Chua ... Herself Jonathan Lim ... Hugo A Go Goh Uttsada Panichkul ... Himself Kevin Poh ... Capulet Jamie Yeo ... Herself Awards* Discovery Award at the 2001 Toronto International Film Festival[http://tiff.net/thefestival/festivalawards/awardsarchive "Awards"] . 'tiff.net', October 11, 2013. * Special Jury Award Miami Film Festival 2002[[http://tiff.net/thefestival/festivalawards/awardsarchive "Awards"] * Nominee Best Film Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema 2002[[http://tiff.net/thefestival/festivalawards/awardsarchive "Awards"] References | |
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