"Master Star" Zhou Xingchi has always been very insistent and demanding for movies. Not only did the co-actor express that he was scolded by Zhou Xingchi, he also revealed that Master Star was dissatisfied, so he knocked out all the remakes, including one film cost. It took 3 years to complete. In the end, although it did cause a sensation in the world, it was not released in China, which disappointed the fans. This movie is " Shaolin Football".
▲"Xing Ye" Zhou Xingchi's "Shaolin Football" was a huge success.
"Shaolin Football" released in 2001 is a special effects comedy blockbuster filmed by Stephen Chow after his " king of comedy". It was written, directed and acted by Stephen Chow, Zhao Wei, and Wu Mengda, Xie Xian, Huang Yifei and other co-stars.
Immediately after the movie was released, it caused a huge sensation. You must know that since 1995, Hong Kong filmmakers were greedy and boycotted by Taiwanese movie studios. The loss of the Taiwan market led to the collapse of Hong Kong films. However, the appearance of "Shaolin Football" It caused a miracle. In that year, it directly broke the historical record of Hong Kong Chinese films and won a box office of 60.73 million Hong Kong dollars.
In addition, "Shaolin Football" won the "Best Actor" and "Best Director" at the Hong Kong Film Awards at the same time, and was voted as the "100 Best Chinese Films" by the Hong Kong Film Awards Association in 2005 "One; it is worth mentioning that "Shaolin Football" not only made Stephen Chow a great success in Asia, this wave of enthusiasm has also swept Western countries, with a total box office of about 50 million US dollars released globally, and it is the first large-scale movie in Europe. The film by Stephen Chow was also selected as one of the 25 best sports films selected by Time magazine.
▲ "Shaolin Football" caused a global sensation, but China banned its release.
However, although "Shaolin Football" received global acclaim, it was not released in China. At that time, it was widely believed that "Shaolin Football" violated the reputation of "Shaolin Temple" because of the name "Shaolin".However, Stephen Chow refused to change his name, which prevented the movie from being released.
The official statement is that because "Shaolin Football" was released in Hong Kong before it was approved by the National Film Bureau, China decided to ban the film from being released, and also suspended the main producer of "Shaolin Football" Hong Kong Xinghui Company and Huanyu The company's various film businesses in China.
As for why China has made such a big move? I am afraid it has something to do with the final plot of "Shaolin Football"; when the Devil team played against the Shaolin team, they bribed everyone except the Shaolin team from top to bottom, and even used banned drugs on the court. The "kick-fixing" scandal is almost exactly the same.
▲ Zhou Xingchi won the Golden Image Award winner and best director by "Shaolin Football".
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