Fight Back To School (simplified Chinese: 逃学威龙; traditional Chinese: 逃學威龍) is a 1991 Hong Kong comedy film directed by Gordon Chan and starring Stephen Chow. This film is set in Shatin College, Hong Kong.
| Fight Back to School | |
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 DVD cover (South Korean version) | |
| Directed by | Gordon Chan |
| Written by | Barry Wong Gordon Chan |
| Starring | Stephen Chow Sharla Cheung Ng Man-Tat Roy Cheung Barry Wong |
| Cinematography | Cheng Siu-Keung |
| Distributed by | Win's Movie Production & I/E Co. Ltd. Orange Sky Golden Harvest |
Release date |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese |
| Box office | $43,829,449 |
It was highest-grossing film of all-time in Hong Kong.[1][2] It was followed by sequels Fight Back to School II (1992) and Fight Back to School III (1993).
Plot edit
Chow Sing-Sing is about to be disqualified from the Royal Hong Kong Police's elite Special Duties Unit (SDU) because of his complete disregard for his teammates during a drill. However, a senior officer, who has taken to Sing's youthful demeanour, instead deploys him as an undercover student into Edinburgh College to recover a stolen revolver. Sing, who turned to the Police Academy because of his dislike for schooling, struggles to fit in academically. The undercover operation is made complicated when Star is partnered with Tat—an ageing, incompetent police detective.
Star still manages to fall in love with Ms Ho, the school's guidance counsellor, as well as disrupting a gang involved in arms-dealing.
Cast edit
- Stephen Chow - Star Chow / Chow Sing-Sing
- Sharla Cheung - Miss Ho
- Ng Man-tat - Tso Tat-Wah / 'Uncle' Tat
- Roy Cheung - Brother Teddy Big
- Barry Wong - Police Commissioner
- Gabriel Wong - Turtle Wong
- Paul Chun - Lam
- Dennis Chan
- Peter Lai (Chinese: 黎彼得, Lai Bei-Dak)
- Nicholas Laletin
- Roger Thomas
- Tsang Kan-Wing
- Karel Ng
- Kingdom Yuen - Miss Leung
Award nominations edit
| Accolades | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Ceremony | Category | Recipient | Outcome |
| 11th Hong Kong Film Awards | Best Director | Gordon Chan | Nominated |
| Best Screenplay | Barry Wong & Gordon Chan | Nominated | |
| Best Actor | Stephen Chow | Nominated | |
| Best Supporting Actor | Ng Man-tat | Nominated | |
References edit
- ^ "1991". HKBO. Hong Kong Box Office Ltd. Archived from the original on 8 March 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
- ^ "All-time top grossing films to Sept 93". Screen International. 8 October 1993. p. 28.
- ^ "Fight Back to School". imdb.com. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
- ^ "Fight Back to School". chinesemov.com. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
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