ÿþ<html><head><title>Devotees of Chow :: A Stephen Chow Fansite - A Chinese Odyssesy</title> <style> A:link {text-decoration: none; color: blue} A:visited {text-decoration: none; color: darkblue} A:hover {text-decoration: none; color: silver} <! #E6E8FA - "Silver"> </style> </head> <body bgcolor=white text=black topmargin=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 width=750> <tr><td><img src=chowheader1.jpg height=150 width=750></td> <tr><td width=750 bgcolor=#E6E8FA><center><font face=Arial><small><b><a href=home.htm>Home</a> | <a href=bio.htm>Biography</a> | <A href=filmography.htm>Filmography</a> | <a href=stars.htm>Collaborators</a> | <a href=devotees.htm>Devotees</a> | <a href=site.htm>Site</a> | <a href=http://amazingforums.com/forum2/CHOW/forum.html>Forum</a> | <A href=links.htm>Links</a> </td> <tr><td> <font face=Arial> <small><i>Last updated <b>4/10/05:</b> page created</i> </small> <hr color=black> <b></small>A Chinese Odyssey - Parts I & II</b><small> <hr color=black> <tr><td> <font face=Verdana><b> <img src=images\coshot.jpg align=right> The Film<small><br> </b><br> <b>Directed by</b>: Jeffrey Lau<br> <b>Written by</b>: Jeffrey Lau, based on the novel by Wu Ch'eng-En.<Br> <b>Starring</b>: <a href=filmography.htm>Stephen Chow</a>, <a href=peoplengmantat.htm>Ng Man Tat</a>, Athena Chu, Lam Kit Ying, Karen Mok <br><b>Released</b>: 1994<p> Initially unpopular, but with large followings in mainland China, this film was recently recognized by the Hong Kong Film Awards as the 19th best Chinese film of all time. It's a retelling of "Into the West," the classic Chinese novel. And it's quite a different take on the tale, involving time travel and some furious slapstick comedy.<br> The film is broken into two parts, "Pandora's Box" and "Cinderella Story." Watching the first is absolutley mandatory before watching the other. <br> </small> <p> <b>The Reviews</b><small> <br> This film is an epic slapstick comedy. But there's more than just the surface comedy and events. It's a very involving story, with some great characters. And some absolutely brilliant comedic scenes. Essential viewing. <i>-John Moore</i> </small> <p> <b>The DVD</b><small><br> <b>Region 0 NTSC</b><br> Released by Media Asia. Cantonese or Mandarin, with removable Chinese, English, Japanese, or Korean subtitles. Anamorphic widescreen.<br> Naturally a barebones disc, the video quality is more than passable and I have no qualms about the audio.<br> <b>Subtitles</b>: A little harder to follow than usual, but makes enough sense to follow, for the most part. <p> <i>There's also a Region 0 Deltamac that we don't have any information on. </td> </table> <hr color=black width=750 align=left> <font face=Arial><small><i>This page is best viewed at 1024x768 resolution.<br> All images and other works © their respective owners. This site is run by fans and does not claim any affiliation with Stephen Chow or any studio.