All for the Winner (Chinese: 賭聖; lit. 'Saint of Gambling') is a 1990 Hong Kong comedy film, directed by Jeffrey Lau and Corey Yuen, and starring Stephen Chow. It was the first movie ever in Hong Kong to cross the HK$40 million (HK$41,326,156.00) mark in the Hong Kong box office.[1] It was a parody of God of Gamblers (1989), and due to its success it spawned a sequel, God of Gamblers II (1990), which featured characters from the original God of Gamblers.
| All for the Winner | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | Jeffrey Lau Corey Yuen |
| Screenplay by | Jeffrey Lau |
| Story by | Jeffrey Lau Ng See-Yuen Corey Yuen |
| Produced by | Jeffrey Lau Corey Yuen |
| Starring | Stephen Chow Ng Man-tat Sharla Cheung Sandra Ng Paul Chun Corey Yuen Jeffrey Lau |
| Cinematography | Jimmy Leung Chan Yuen-kai |
| Edited by | Poon Hung |
| Music by | Lowell Lo |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Golden Harvest |
Release date |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Languages | Cantonese Mandarin |
| Box office | HK$41,326,156 |
Plot
editSing (Stephen Chow) is a mainland China country boy who arrives in Hong Kong to visit his Uncle "Blackie Tat" (Ng Man-tat). When Sing stays with his uncle and his friends in their apartment, Blackie soon learns of Sing's supernatural ability to see through objects and, later on, his ability to change playing cards by rubbing them. He takes advantage of this and turns Sing into the Dou Seng or the "Saint of Gamblers". After getting into a fight with several alleyway gamblers he meets the lovely Yee-mung a.k.a. "Lady Dream" (lit. trans: Beautiful Dream, but euphemistically as wet dream), a henchman for the "King of Gamblers", and becomes infatuated with her. Sing quickly becomes a rival to the King and must win his way through a world competition to prove his skill.
Cast
edit- Stephen Chow as (左頌星) Sing "Saint of Gamblers"
- Ng Man-tat as (黑仔達) Blackie Tat
- Sharla Cheung as (綺夢) Yee-mung "Lady Dream"
- Sandra Ng as (阿萍) Ping
- Paul Chun as (洪光) Mr. Hung "King of Gamblers"
- Corey Yuen as (賣魚盛) Fishy Shing
- Jeffrey Lau as (陳松) Chung Chan
- Wan Yeung-ming as Billy
- Sheila Chan as (阿英) Ying
- Chin Tsi-ang
- Angelina Lo as (六姑) Luk
- Cheung Ka-sang
- Liu Huang-hsi
Award nominations
edit| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 10th Hong Kong Film Awards | Best Actor | Stephen Chow | Nominated |
| Best Supporting Actor | Ng Man-tat | Nominated |
References
edit- ^ "1990". HKBO. Hong Kong Box Office Ltd. Archived from the original on 9 April 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
- ^ "All for the Winner". hkmdb. Retrieved 16 June 2016
- ^ "All for the Winner". Hong Kong Cinemagic. Retrieved 16 June 2016
- ^ "All for the Winner – Cast". IMDb
- ^ "All for the Winner". chinesemov.com
- ^ "All for the Winner – Award". LoveHKFilm. Retrieved 16 June 2016
- ^ "All for the Winner – Award". IMDb. Retrieved 18 June 2016
External links
edit- All for the Winner at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
- All for the Winner at Hong Kong Cinemagic
- All for the Winner at chinesemov.com
- All for the Winner at LoveHKFilm
- All for the Winner at IMDb
- All for the Winner at AllMovie