Whatever You Want (Shaw Brothers) (Hong Kong Version) DVD Region 3
Anita Yuen (Actor)
| Michael Wong (Actor)
| Jordan Chan (Actor)
| Christy Chung (Actor)
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At 1994's Hong Kong Film Awards, Anita Yuen took home the Best Actress statuette for He's A Woman She's A Man. In the same year, she also made Whatever You Want, a hilarious comedy that brings the viewers into the world of fantasy. Directed by Wong Jing, the film features Michael Wong as a wacky god, Jordan Chan (Initial D), and Christy Chung (Jan Dara). Parodies of famous films offer more amusing scenarios on top of those created by the incapable god and our clumsy young protagonist.
Timid girl Ping (Anita Yuen) changes job frequently as she is always being bullied at work. Her father finds her a position in his own advertising firm, but he forbids her from revealing her real identity to her colleagues, especially to her half-sister (Christy Chung) who is a manager in the company. Ping is assigned to find fake pearls as props for shooting TV commercials, but she accidentally calls out the sloppy "Pearl God" (Michael Wong) from one of her pearls. Her adventure may be regarded as the comedic Chinese version of Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp!
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| Product Title: | Whatever You Want (Shaw Brothers) (Hong Kong Version) 珠光寶氣 (邵氏) (香港版) 珠光宝气 (邵氏) (香港版) 珠光寶氣 （香港版） Whatever You Want (Shaw Brothers) (Hong Kong Version) |
| Artist Name(s): | Anita Yuen (Actor) | Michael Wong (Actor) | Jordan Chan (Actor) | Christy Chung (Actor) | Bowie Wu | Sheila Chan 袁詠儀 (Actor) | 王敏德 (Actor) | 陳小春 (Actor) | 鍾麗緹 (Actor) | 胡楓 | 陳淑蘭 袁咏仪 (Actor) | 王敏德 (Actor) | 陈小春 (Actor) | 锺丽缇 (Actor) | 胡枫 | 陈淑兰 袁詠儀（アニタ・ユン） (Actor) | 王敏徳 （マイケル・ウォン） (Actor) | 陳小春 （ジョーダン・チャン） (Actor) | 鍾麗緹 （クリスティー・チョン） (Actor) | 胡楓（ウー・フォン） | 陳淑蘭（チャン・ソックラン） Anita Yuen (Actor) | Michael Wong (Actor) | Jordan Chan (Actor) | Christy Chung (Actor) | Bowie Wu | Sheila Chan |
| Director: | Wong Jing 王晶 王晶 王晶 （バリー・ウォン） Wong Jing |
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| Release Date: | 2007-02-01 |
| Language: | Cantonese, Mandarin |
| Subtitles: | English, Traditional Chinese |
| Country of Origin: | Hong Kong |
| Picture Format: | NTSC What is it? |
| Aspect Ratio: | 1.85 : 1 |
| Widescreen Anamorphic: | Yes |
| Sound Information: | Mono Audio |
| Disc Format(s): | DVD |
| Region Code: | 3 - South East Asia (including Hong Kong, S. Korea and Taiwan) What is it? |
| Duration: | 93 (mins) |
| Publisher: | Intercontinental Video (HK) |
| Package Weight: | 100 (g) |
| Shipment Unit: | 1 What is it? |
| YesAsia Catalog No.: | 1004627994 |
Product Information
* Screen Format: 1.85:1 (Anamorphic Widescreen)
* Sound Mix: Mono
* Extras:
- 本片預告 Trailer
- 精選猛片預告 Other Releases
- 劇照 Color Stills
- 原裝海報 Original Poster
- 電影簡介 Production Notes
- 演員∕導演簡介 Biography & Selected Filmography
導演：王晶
Director: Wong Jing
高秀萍乃室女，性格內向，容易受人欺負，被逼頻頻轉工，蓮母愛女心切，不得已求萍父讓萍到其廣告公司任職，萍父勉強答應，但要求萍隱藏自己的身份。 萍之同父異母姐高明珠乃公司主管，學識豐富，處事果斷兼且美麗動人，拜倒其石榴裙下之男士不計其數，但均未獲珠之青睞。 公司接下廣告，珠命萍負責找尋合適模特兒及道具珍珠，萍迅速找到道具珍珠，帶回家中清洗，無意中擦出珠神阿寶，阿寶表示可回報三個願望，任務完成後，即須返回天上，萍偕母均大喜過望，惟阿寶學法不精，第一個願望就弄得萍天翻地覆，萍得待阿寶恢復法力後才敢要求第二個願望。 一日萍母帶阿寶到廣告公司訪萍，阿寶走失，卻誤打誤撞成為啤酒廣告之模特兒，後更施展法力，拍成一套極為成功之廣告宣傳片……
Renowned writer/director/actor/producer Wong Jing created this charming fantasy comedy, featuring a top notch cast. The sweet, lovable Anita Yuan Yung-yi (who became an overnight sensation in He's A Woman, She's A Man) stars as an illegitimate daughter who inadvertently finds a pearl with a genie in it. Michael Wong (The Final Option) is the genie who gives her three wishes, which leads to a lot of hilarity and even a little heartbreak.
* Sound Mix: Mono
* Extras:
- 本片預告 Trailer
- 精選猛片預告 Other Releases
- 劇照 Color Stills
- 原裝海報 Original Poster
- 電影簡介 Production Notes
- 演員∕導演簡介 Biography & Selected Filmography
導演：王晶
Director: Wong Jing
高秀萍乃室女，性格內向，容易受人欺負，被逼頻頻轉工，蓮母愛女心切，不得已求萍父讓萍到其廣告公司任職，萍父勉強答應，但要求萍隱藏自己的身份。 萍之同父異母姐高明珠乃公司主管，學識豐富，處事果斷兼且美麗動人，拜倒其石榴裙下之男士不計其數，但均未獲珠之青睞。 公司接下廣告，珠命萍負責找尋合適模特兒及道具珍珠，萍迅速找到道具珍珠，帶回家中清洗，無意中擦出珠神阿寶，阿寶表示可回報三個願望，任務完成後，即須返回天上，萍偕母均大喜過望，惟阿寶學法不精，第一個願望就弄得萍天翻地覆，萍得待阿寶恢復法力後才敢要求第二個願望。 一日萍母帶阿寶到廣告公司訪萍，阿寶走失，卻誤打誤撞成為啤酒廣告之模特兒，後更施展法力，拍成一套極為成功之廣告宣傳片……
Renowned writer/director/actor/producer Wong Jing created this charming fantasy comedy, featuring a top notch cast. The sweet, lovable Anita Yuan Yung-yi (who became an overnight sensation in He's A Woman, She's A Man) stars as an illegitimate daughter who inadvertently finds a pearl with a genie in it. Michael Wong (The Final Option) is the genie who gives her three wishes, which leads to a lot of hilarity and even a little heartbreak.
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Wong Jing wins this time
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Whatever You Want may be the most forgotten film in the IVL/Shaw Brothers collection - and it could deserve that classification. This pastiche of movie parodies, dumb comedy, and general silliness is far from a quality motion picture experience, and should come with writer-director Wong Jing's official seal of mediocrity embossed in the DVD cover. However, the above criticism only exists if we expect all our moviegoing choices to be official award-winning cinema - in which case stuff like Scary Movie or Airplane! would never make our viewing list. Let's face it: cheap, disposable silliness has its place. If that's the case, then Whatever You Want should be the pick for longtime Hong Kong Cinema junkies. Here's why: it's got a performance from the long-missed and ever-adorable Anita Yuen, who back then (1994) was at the height of her popularity and girlish charm. Yuen manages to inject some actual emotion into her portrayal of Ping, a sweet, silly girl who discovers a magical genie (Michael Wong in a hilarious bit of casting) and requests that he use his powers to make life better for her half-sister Pearl (Christy Chung). Pearl falls for the genie, but Ping does too, leading to expected romantic longings that are more false than actually touching. However, Whatever You Want is also home to some of the funniest Wong Kar Wai parodies ever, including a classic bit where the director's stand-in (called "Wong Jing Wai") gets beaten up at a screening of an obvious Ashes of Time parody - which features Law Kar-Ying in all the roles! Law also appears in the film in parodies of the classic drama Shanghai Beach, Wong Kar Wai's Chungking Express, and even the Keanu Reeves blockbuster Speed, the top-grossing film in Hong Kong in 1994 and the first non-local production to achieve that distinction in a good long while. Nowadays, Hollywood product routinely destroys Hong Kong movies at the Hong Kong box office, making the above bit of trivia more interesting than it probably really is. What does this have to do with Whatever You Want? Probably nothing, except once again demonstrate that everything is better when viewed in the rear-view mirror. At the time of its release, Whatever You Want was disposable movie junk. In hindsight, it's still disposable movie junk. But hey, it's also not that bad. Hindsight can be king. |
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Wong Jing keeps the laughs coming
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"Whatever You Want" is the kind of movie in which the jokes come at you in a very silly torrent and, while many of them fall flat (or escape the viewer not intimately familiar with Hong Kong culture), the number of jokes that work is more than enough to keep you in stitches. Anita Yuen shines as Ping, the daughter of the neglected eighth wife of a Hong Kong tycoon. Ping hops from job to job, always being bullied by her colleagues. Finally, her father hires her to work for his advertising company, now run by his favored daughter, Pearl (Christy Chung), but Ping is forbidden to reveal the family connection. Asked to find pearls for use in an ad, Ping finds magic pearls, out of which emerges a hunky genie (Michael Wong). Romantic complications -- and lots of laughs -- ensue. "Anything You Want" is bolstered with hilarious references to other movies (often featuring the terminally-goofy Law Kar-Ying) and a consistently funny supporting role by Jordan Chan as Ping's exceedingly horny, but unhygienic, work-mate. Amidst all the craziness, this movie belongs to Anita Yuen, whose spunky performance raises "Anything You Want" to another level. Perhaps director Wong Jing should cast her in all his movies. "Anything You Want" definitely is worth a look. |
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| This movie is hilarious! It was a hit when it first came out in the cinema. All my friends loved it and recommended to me. Michael was funny, Anita was cute. Both of them really made a great team in this movie. Too bad now it's not being published anymore... |
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I love this movie.........
| I love this movie is very funny..... Anita is so pretty and cute..... |
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