All for the Winner
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{{Infobox film
| name = All for the Winner
| image = All for the Winner.jpg
| caption = Theatrical poster
| director = Jeffrey Lau
Corey Yuen
| producer = Jeffrey Lau
Corey Yuen
| screenplay = Jeffrey Lau
| story = Jeffrey Lau
Ng See-Yuen
Corey Yuen
| narrator =
| starring = Stephen Chow
Ng Man-tat
Sharla Cheung
Sandra Ng
Paul Chun
Corey Yuen
Jeffrey Lau
| music = Lowell Lo
| cinematography = Jimmy Leung
Chan Yuen-kai
| editing = Poon Hung
| studio = Golden Harvest Productions
Seasonal Film Corporation
Wellstreet Productions
| distributor = Golden Harvest
| released = {{film date|1990|6|10|df=y}}
| runtime = 101 minutes
| country = Hong Kong
| language = Cantonese
Mandarin
| budget =
| gross = HK$41,326,156
}}
All for the Winner ({{zh|c= 賭聖|l=Saint of Gambling |2=Dǔbó shèngrén}}) is a 1990 Hong Kong comedy film, directed by Jeffrey Lau and Corey Yuen, and starring Stephen Chow. It was the first movie ever in Hong Kong to cross the HK$40 million (HK$41,326,156.00) mark in the Hong Kong box office.{{cite web |title=1990 |url=http://www.hkbo.com.hk/top10.html?year=1990 |website=HKBO |publisher=Hong Kong Box Office Ltd. |access-date=23 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409044149/http://www.hkbo.com.hk/top10.html?year=1990 |archive-date=9 April 2018 |url-status=dead }} It was a parody of God of Gamblers (1989), and due to its success it spawned a sequel, God of Gamblers II (1990), which featured characters from the original God of Gamblers.
Plot
Sing (Stephen Chow) is a mainland China country boy who arrives in Hong Kong to visit his Uncle "Blackie Tat" (Ng Man-tat). When Sing stays with his uncle and his friends in their apartment, Blackie soon learns of Sing's supernatural ability to see through objects and, later on, his ability to change playing cards by rubbing them. He takes advantage of this and turns Sing into the Dou Seng or the "Saint of Gamblers". After getting into a fight with several alleyway gamblers he meets the lovely Yee-mung a.k.a. "Lady Dream" (lit. trans: Beautiful Dream, but euphemistically as wet dream), a henchman for the "King of Gamblers", and becomes infatuated with her. Sing quickly becomes a rival to the King and must win his way through a world competition to prove his skill.
Cast
- Stephen Chow as (左頌星) Sing "Saint of Gamblers"
- Ng Man-tat as (黑仔達) Blackie Tat
- Sharla Cheung as (綺夢) Yee-mung "Lady Dream"
- Sandra Ng as (阿萍) Ping
- Paul Chun as (洪光) Mr. Hung "King of Gamblers"
- Corey Yuen as (賣魚盛) Fishy Shing
- Jeffrey Lau as (陳松) Chung Chan
- Wan Yeung-ming as Billy
- Sheila Chan as (阿英) Ying
- Chin Tsi-ang
- Angelina Lo as (六姑) Luk
- Chik King-man
- Cheung Ka-sang
- Liu Huang-hsi
[http://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=7343&display_set=eng "All for the Winner"]. hkmdb. Retrieved 16 June 2016[http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/movie.asp?id=11 "All for the Winner"]. Hong Kong Cinemagic. Retrieved 16 June 2016[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104147/fullcredits#cast "All for the Winner – Cast"]. IMDb[http://chinesemov.com/1990/All%20for%20the%20Winner.html "All for the Winner"]. chinesemov.com
Award nominations
| class="wikitable"
! Colspan="1" style="background: lightblue;"|Year ! Colspan="1" style="background: lightgray;"|Award ! Colspan="1" style="background: magenta;"|Category ! Colspan="1" style="background: yellow;"|Recipient ! Colspan="1" style="background: orange;"|Result |
| rowspan="2" |1991
| rowspan="2" |10th Hong Kong Film Awards |{{nom}} |
| Best Supporting Actor
|{{nom}} |
[http://www.lovehkfilm.com/reviews/all_for_the_winner.htm#awards "All for the Winner – Award"]. LoveHKFilm. Retrieved 16 June 2016[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104147/awards?ref_=tt_awd "All for the Winner – Award"]. IMDb. Retrieved 18 June 2016
References
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External links
- {{hkmdb title|id=7343}}
- [http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/movie.asp?id=11 All for the Winner] at Hong Kong Cinemagic
- [http://chinesemov.com/1990/All%20for%20the%20Winner.html All for the Winner] at chinesemov.com
- [http://www.lovehkfilm.com/reviews/all_for_the_winner.htm All for the Winner] at LoveHKFilm
- {{IMDb title|id=0104147}}
{{Hong Kong Gambling films|state=expand}}
{{Corey Yuen}}
{{Jeffrey Lau}}
Category:Hong Kong New Wave films
Category:1990s Cantonese-language films
Category:1990 action comedy films
Category:1990s Hong Kong films
Category:Films directed by Jeffrey Lau
Category:Films directed by Corey Yuen
Category:Films set in Hong Kong
Category:Films shot in Hong Kong
Category:Hong Kong action comedy films
Category:Hong Kong films about gambling