All for the Winner

Infobox Film
name = All for the Winner


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caption = "All for the Winner" DVD cover
director = Jeffrey Lau
Corey Yuen
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writer = Jeffrey Lau
Ng See-Yuen
Corey Yuen
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starring = Stephen Chow
Cheung Man
Ng Man Tat
Sandra Ng
Paul Chun
Corey Yuen
Jeffrey Lau
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released = flagicon|Hong Kong 1990
runtime = 101 min
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language = Cantonese, Mandarin
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followed_by = "God of Gamblers II"
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imdb_id = 0104147

"All for the Winner" (Chinese: 賭聖 Literal translation: "Saint of Gambling") is a 1990 Hong Kong comedy film directed by Jeffrey Lau and Corey Yuen.

This is the movie that launched Stephen Chow to stardom. It is a parody of the original "Dou San" or "God of Gamblers" movie which starred Chow Yun-Fat in 1989.

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-Mong" (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.

equels

While "All For The Winner" itself was initially a parody of "God of Gamblers", it was such a well-received film that it spawned many sequels of its own. The story was also officially tied into the "God of Gamblers" continuity as of "God of Gamblers II" (it should be noted that although "God of Gamblers II" was as much of a sequel to "All For The Winner" as it was to the original "God of Gamblers" film, there is another separate movie titled "God of Gambler 2" that is billed as the one "true" direct sequel to the "God of Gamblers" franchise).
*"God of Gamblers II" (starring Stephen Chow, Ng Man Tat, Andy Lau, Sharla Cheung), 1990
*"" (starring Stephen Chow, Ng Man Tat, Gong Li), 1991
*"The Top Bet" (starring Anita Mui, Ng Man Tat, Carol Cheng; cameo by Stephen Chow), 1991
*"Saint of Gamblers II" (starring Eric Kot, Ng Man Tat, Nat Chan), 1995

Cast and roles

* Stephen Chow - (左颁星) Sing 'Saint of the Gamblers'
* Sharla Cheung - (绮梦) Yee Mong 'Beautiful Dream'
* Ng Man Tat - (黑仔达) Blackie Tat
* Sandra Ng - Ping
* Paul Chun - (洪光) Mr. Hung 'King of Gamblers'
* Corey Yuen - Fishy Shing
* Jeffrey Lau - (陈松) Chung Chan
* Wan Yeung Ming - Billy
* Sheila Chan - Ying
* Min Chang - Luk

Awards

10th Hong Kong Film Awards
* Nomination - Best Actor: Stephen Chow
* Nomination - Best Supporting Actor: Ng Man-Tat

ee also

* List of Hong Kong films

External links

*imdb title|id=0104147|title=All for the Winner