The Crazy Companies
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Traditional Chinese | 最佳損友 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 最佳损友 | ||||||||||
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Directed by | Wong Jing | ||||||||||
Screenplay by | Wong Jing | ||||||||||
Produced by | Wallace Cheung | ||||||||||
Starring | Andy Lau Natalis Chan Stanley Fung Idy Chan Chingmy Yau Sandra Ng Joan Tong | ||||||||||
Cinematography | Joe Chan | ||||||||||
Edited by | Robert Choi | ||||||||||
Music by | Sherman Chow | ||||||||||
Production companies | Win's Entertainment Wa Nga Films Era Film and TV Production Movie Impact | ||||||||||
Distributed by | Golden Harvest | ||||||||||
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Running time | 99 minutes | ||||||||||
Country | Hong Kong | ||||||||||
Language | Cantonese | ||||||||||
Box office | HK$21,822,756 |
The Crazy Companies (Chinese: 最佳損友) is a 1988 Hong Kong comedy film directed by Wong Jing, and starring Andy Lau and Natalis Chan. It was followed by a sequel, The Crazy Companies II, which was released in 1989.
Summary
When Tsui Tung Kwai (Andy Lau), a young Hong-Kong man trying to make it in America as a film extra learns that his father has died and left half of his fortune to him and he travels back to Hong-Kong. Upon arrival he learns that the money comes with the proviso that he must work his way up in the company for 6 months without getting into trouble; unbeknownst to him, his stepbrother has hired the 3 worst managers in the company to try to bring him down.
Cast
- Andy Lau - Tsui Tung Kwai
- Natalis Chan - Tam Sad-Chiu
- Stanley Fung - Frank
- Idy Chan - Joanne
- Chingmy Yau - Kimmy
- Sandra Ng - Doriana
- Joan Tong Lai-Kau - Happy
- Charlie Cho - Kim
- Hui Ying-Sau - Uncle
- Law Ching-Ho - Supervisor of Office Boys
- Law Ho-Kai - Joanne's friend
- Shing Fui-On - Big Brother
- James Wong - Priest
- Wong Jing - Cameo
- Yung Sai-Kit - Tsui Ting-Fu
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See also
References
External links
- IMDb listing
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