Hong Kong Oscar. Previous winners include Infernal Affairs, Shaolin Soccer, Crouching Tiger, Chungking Express.

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Best Picture
2046
Breaking News
Kung Fu Hustle
One Nite in Mongkok
New Police Story

Best Director
Wong Kar-Wai (2046)
Johnny To (Breaking News)
Stephen Chow (Kung Fu Hustle)
Derek Yee (One Nite in Mongkok)
Benny Chan (New Police Story)

Best Screenplay
Wong Kar-Wai (2046)
Gordon Chan, Chung Kai-Cheong (A-1)
Stephen Chow, Tsang Kan-Cheong, Huo Xin, Chan Man-Keung (Kung Fu Hustle)
Derek Yee (One Nite in Mongkok)
Lilian Lee (Dumpling - Three Extreme)

Best Actor
Tony Leung (2046)
Stephen Chow (Kung Fu Hustle)
Alex Fong (One Nite in Mongkok)
Daniel Wu (One Nite in Mongkok)
Jackie Chan (New Police Story)

Best Actress
Zhang Ziyi (2046)
Sylvia Chang (20, 30, 40)
Yuen Qiu (Kung Fu Hustle)
Cecilia Cheung (One Nite in Mongkok)
Karena Lam (Koma)

Best Supporting Actor
Yuen Wah (Kung Fu Hustle)
Chan Kwok-Kwan (Kung Fu Hustle)
Chim Sui-Man (Driving Miss Wealthy)
Daniel Wu (New Police Story)
Leung Ka-Fai (Dumpling - Three Extreme)

Best Supporting Actress
Kate Yeung (20, 30, 40)
Maggie Siu (Breaking News)
Candy Lo (Six Strong Guys)
Jenny Hu (Yesterday Once More)
Bai Ling (Dumpling - Three Extreme)

Best New Performer
Jaycee Chan (The Huadu Chronicles: Blade Of The Rose)
Huang Shengyi (Kung Fu Hustle)
Race Wong (Ab-Normal Beauty)
Teresa Cheung (Colour Blossoms)
Tian Yuan (Butterfly)

Best Cinematography
Christopher Doyle, Lai Yiu-Fai, Kwan Pun-Leung (2046)
Pun Yiu-Ming (Leaving Me Loving You)
Poon Hang-Sang (Kung Fu Hustle)
Keung Konok-Man (One Nite in Mongkok)
Christopher Doyle (Dumpling - Three Extreme)

Best Editing
Chang Suk-Ping (2046)
David Richardson (Breaking News)
Angie Lam (Kung Fu Hustle)
Cheung Ka-Fai (One Nite in Mongkok)
Yau Chi-Wai (New Police Story)

Best Art Direction
William Chang, Alfred Yau (2046)
Oliver Wong (Kung Fu Hustle)
Yank Wong, Lam Ching (Jiang Hu)
Man Lim-Chung (Colour Blossoms)
Yee Chung Man, Barry Wong (Dumpling - Three Extreme)

Best Costume and Make-Up Design
William Chang (2046)
Lee Pik-Kwan (The Huadu Chronicles: Blade Of The Rose)
Shirley Chan (Kung Fu Hustle)
Yank Wong, Petra Kwok (Jiang Hu)
Yonfan, Ho Ji-Leung (Colour Blossoms)

Best Action Choreography
Corey Yuen (The Huadu Chronicles: Blade Of The Rose)
Yuen Wo-Ping (Kung Fu Hustle)
Chin Ka-Lok (One Nite in Mongkok)
Yuen Bun (Throw Down)
Li Chung-Chi, Jackie Chan Stunt Team (New Police Story)

Best Original Score (Music)
Peer Raben, Shigeru Umebayashi (2046)
Mark Lui (Leaving Me Loving You)
Raymond Wong (Kung Fu Hustle)
Peter Kam (One Nite in Mongkok)
Surender Sodhi (Colour Blossoms)

Best Original Score (Song)
"Firework of Two Persons", composed by Mark Lui (C), lyric by Lam Jik, sung by Leon Lai (Leaving Me Loving You)
"The Attractive One", composed by Ronald Ng, lyric by Lam Jik, sung by Joey Yung (The Attractive One)
"Gem-Gem-Gem", composed by The Pancakes, lyric by Brian Tse and The Pancakes, sung by The Pancakes (McDull Prince de la Bun)
"Ru Guo Ni You Shi", composed by Duck Lau, lyric by Lam Jik and Andy Lau, sung by Sammi Cheng (Yesterday Once More)
"Tiao Qing", composed by Chet Lam, lyric by Wyman Wong, sung by Sammi Cheng (Magic Kitchen)

Best Sound Design
Claude Letessier, Tu Dunn-Chih (2046)
Steven Ticknor, Steve Burgess, Rob Mackenzie, Paul Pirola (Kung Fu Hustle)
Nip Gei-Wing, Chan Tsun-Bong (One Nite in Mongkok)
Kinson Tsang (Koma)
Kinson Tsang (New Police Story)

Best Visual Effect
Guillaume Raffi, Sonia Holst, Nadir Benhassaine and Nicolas Bonnell (2046)
Victor Wong, Eddy Wong, Yee Kwok Leung (The Huadu Chronicles: Blade Of The Rose)
Frankie Chung, Don Ma, Tam Kai-kwan, Franco Hung (Kung Fu Hustle)
Narin Visitsak (Ab-Normal Beauty)
Victor Wong, Ho Ji-Fai (New Police Story)

Best Asian Film
House of Flying Daggers (mainland China / Hong Kong)
A World without Thieves (mainland China / Hong Kong)
Zatoichi (Japan)
Old Boy (South Korea)
Quill (Japan)

Best Directorial Debut
Wong Chen-Chen (Six Strong Guys)
Wong Ching-Po (Jiang Hu)
Toe Yuen (McDull Prince de la Bun)

Hong Kong Film Critic Society also announced their winners a couple of weeks ago:

Best Picture: McDull Prince de la Bun
Best Director: Yee Tung-Shing (One Nite in Mongkok)
Best Screenwriters: Gordon Chan and Chung Kai-Cheong (A-1)
Best Actor: Tony Leung Chiu-Wai (2046)
Best Actress: Zhang Ziyi (2046)
Films Recommended: Dumping - Three ... Extreme, One Nite in Mongkok, Throw Down, Kung Fu Hustle, Love Battlefield, A-1, Colour Blossoms, 2046, Breaking News.

I'm surprised Oldboy isin't nominated for more. Was it not eligible, or something?

I think unlike Golden Horse Awards, this is mostly exclusive to HongKong-produced films instead of even Chinese, let alone Asian, cinema as a whole.

Something tells me 2046 will sweep these

Hopefully, Oldboy will win Best Asian Film, if Zatoichi gets it, I'll be mad.

2046

HK$6,040,000 (#47) - 9/28/2004 - 10/24/2004 (27 days)



Director - Wong Kar-Wai (In The Mood for Love, Chinese Oddyssey 2002)
Producer - Wong Kar-Wai, Zhang Yimou, Eric Heumann, Amedeo Panaghi, Mark Sillam

Cast
Tony Leung (Hero, Infernal Affairs I & III, Sound of Colors, Tokyo Raiders, My Lucky Star)
Maggie Cheung (Hero, Police Story, In the Mood for Love)
Zhang Ziyi (Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Hero, House of Flying Daggers, Rush Hour 2, The Road Home)
Gong Li (Temptress Moon, The Emperor and the Assasin)
Faye Wong (Leaving Me Loving You)
Carina Lau Ka-Ling (Infernal Affairs II & III, Itchy Heart)

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Breaking News

HK$7,830,000 (#38) - 6/10/2004 - 7/06/2004 (27 days)



Director - Johnnie To Kei-Fung (Yesteday Once More, Running on Karma, Turn Left Turn Right, Love For All Seasons)
Producer - Johnnie To Kei-Fung, Cao Biao

Cast
Richie Ren (Elixir Of Love, Honesty)
Kelly Chen (Infernal Affairs I and III, Super Model, Tokyo Raiders)
Nick Cheung Ka-Fai
Eddie Cheng Siu-Fai

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Kung Fu Hustle

HK$59,420,000 (#1) - 12/23/2004 - 1/27/2005 (36 days) - Still Grossing



Director - Stephen Chow Sing-Chi (Shaolin Soccer, King of Comedy, God of Cookery)
Producer - Stephen Chow Sing-Chi, Chui Po-Chi, Jeff Lau Chun-Wai

Cast
Stephen Chow Sing-Chi
Lam Tze-Chung
Yuen Wah (Hero, Hidden Heroes)

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New Police Story

HK$21,070,000 (#7) - 9/26/2004 - 10/26/2004 (33 days)



Director - Benny Chan Muk-Sing (Heroic Duo, The Magic Crane)
Producer - Benny Chan Muk-Sing, Willie Chan, Solon So, Barbie Tung

Cast
Jackie Chan (Twins Effect 2, Rush Hour, Enter the Phoenix, Rumble in the Bronx, Shanghai Noon/Knights)
Nicholas Tse Ting-Fung (Enter the Phoenix, The Medallion)
Charlene Choi Cheuk-Yin (Twins Effect, Fantasia, Diva Ah-hey, Good Times Bed Times, Protégé de la Rose Noire)
Daniel Wu (Twins Effect 2, Dragonblade, Around the World in 80 Days, Magic Kitcher, Enter the Phoenix, Bishonen)

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One Night In Mongkok

HK$7,590,000 (#39) - 5/19/2004 - 6/13/2004 (22 days)



Director - Derek Yee Tung-Sing
Producer - Henry Fong Ping
Writer - Derek Yee Tung-Sing

Cast
Daniel Wu (Twins Effect 2, Dragonblade, Around the World in 80 Days, Magic Kitcher, Enter the Phoenix, Bishonen)
Cecilia Cheung Pak-Chi (White Dragon, Fantasia, Runnin on Karma, Tokyo Raiders)
Alex Fong Chung-Sun (My Lucky Star, The Death Curse)

I loved In the Mood for Love, and he has a reputation for tight action/violence like in Chungking Express (which sadly I haven't seen) and Fallen Angels (which I have but thought was mediocre). I've seen Happy Together as well, but it was three years ago, and I must say, despite not being madly in love with it, it was because it was a very different and ambitious project. I like that actually, when I director tackles new ground. It often doesn't lead to the crispest movie, but you have to respect someone for trying to leave the "safe" zone, and he does it quite often and is never a failure.

I don't know much about 2046 except for I checked out the cast. Its the same cast that's doing to be in Memoirs of a Geisha. Hell, I'm going, the three best actresses out of China are all in it. And I really don't know the male equivalencies with the exception of Tony, and I've loved him since way back when I was 12 or 13 and saw him in The Lover.

Oh, but according to Archy its grossing way less than the other releases. I wonder why that is? Kung Fu hustle is huge there.

Wong Kar-Wai's films don't gross that high in box office because they're more art than mainstream. His style is very distinct. In you like In the Mood for Love, which I do, you should enjoy 2046 as well.

In recent years, most of the Hong Kong movies are trashes......



I have seen New Police Story, and it is a terrible movie......

Of the picture nominees, I've only seen New Police Story and 2046. While I liked New Police Story more than 2046, it really isn't an award-winning type movie (save for Daniel Wu's Best Supporting Acting perfomrance). It's like if The Bourne Supremacy getting nominated at the Oscars (Chris Rock would probably love these awards).

I haven't seen Kung Fu Hustle yet, but it think it will win best picture.

Me too. Did anything get more nominations? (Shaolin Soccer having done so well before only helps)

I'm going to give a hand of these a viewing, but i tend to agree that the genre needs to reinvent itself outside of the genre. Its the same as American "action" movies, it gets boring unless you go back to the basics of good plot, dialogue, etc. The choreography and violence alone don't hold my attention any better than a building blowing up in Die Hard to the millionth degree would. Some of these directors are good storytellers though, so we'll see if they integrate the action scenes into a larger film or if its really just about the action scenes. How had everyone here already seen 2046? Is it out in the states already? I'm actually interested in seeing it.

If you live near any Chinese-American communities, all Chinese rental stores should have 2046. But it may or may not have subtitles depending on the version of your copy. It's probably also downloadable online (probably on Chinese sites?). And there is 97 ebay listings of the dvd right now.

Otherwise, BOM lists its theatrical release date as 2005, but I doubt it would get more theaters than Infernal Affairs did.

i can smell KungFu Hustle will sweep most of the awards. but Daniel Wu will get 1 of the categories, probably best Supporting Actor in New Police Story.

Winners:

Best Film: "Kung Fu Hustle"

Best Director: Derek Yee ("One Nite in Mongkok")

Best Actor: Tony Leung ("2046")

Best Actress: Zhang Ziyi ("2046")

Best Supporting Actress: Bai Ling ("Dumplings")

Best Supporting Actor: Yuen Wah ("Kung Fu Hustle")

Best Screenplay: Derek Yee ("One Nite in Mongkok")

Best Asian Film: "Old Boy" (South Korea)

Best New Performer: Tian Yuan ("Butterfly")

Best New Director: Wong Ching-po ("Jiang Hu")

Best Art Direction: William Chang, Alfred Yau ("2046")

Best Action Choreography: Yuen Wo-ping ("Kung Fu Hustle")

Best Film Editing: Angie Lam ("Kung Fu Hustle")

Best Costume/Make Up Design: William Chang ("2046")

Best Sound Design: Steven Ticknor, Steve Burgess, Rob Mackenzie, Paul Pirola ("Kung Fu Hustle")

Best Cinematography: Christopher Doyle, Lai Yiu-fai, Kwan Pun-leung ("2046")

Best Visual Effects: Frankie Chung, Don Ma, Tam Kai-kwan, Franco Hung ("Kung Fu Hustle")

Best Original Film Song: "This Way, This Way" ("McDull, Prince De La Bun"), composed by The Pancakes, lyrics by Brian Tse and The Pancakes, performed by The Pancakes

Best Original Film Score: Peer Raben, Shigeru Umebayashi ("2046")

So Kung-Fu Hustle and 2046 won six awards each. I am a bit surprised that 2046 didn't take Best Picture, though. Very glad, however, that Tony Leung has won. One of the finest Asian actors out there right now.

Speaking of 2046, for those who have seen it...do I need to see In the Mood for Love before it, it doesn't it matter?


By the way, you should change the title, Michael

No....

Becuase 2046 is a totally useless sequel of In the Mood for Love.

No, the two stories aren't really connected. I still recommend to see In the Mood of Love first, although I'm in a different opinion with mary in that I think 2046 is very good in its own right.

Thanks mary and Michael!

My theatre will be getting 2046 next week and I want to check it out. They show the trailer for it all the time recently before other movies and it looks really good (great music!).

i'm glad KungFu Hustle won the Best Picture. although i knew this will happen.