Hong Kong Show Girls (1996) Pauline Chan + Veronica Yip
3866DVD
Mega
Rare with Pauline Chan and Veronica Yip
Original
Chinese Title: GUI JU YUAN: JING QING YAN NU LANG
director: John Hau
starring: Pauline Chan · Diana Pang · Veronica Yip · Fung Woo · Ka Tung
Lam · Cammy Choi · Elaine Zee
Thought
to be a lost film until this rare print surfaced, here is one of Pauline
Chan's last movies with a very memorable supporting role from HK beauty
Veronica Yip. The story deals with struggling troupe of showgirl dancers
who use an old abandoned porno theater to rehearse. As one strange occurrence
follows the next, it becomes abundantly clear that the hall is haunted
by a dancer who died in a mysterious theater fire years ago.
In
the five years between 1992-1997, Ms Chan took the Asian film market
by storm. At age 18, she starred in ESCAPE
FROM THE BROTHEL and that began an impressive parade of 30 hit
motion pictures which include such classics as DEVIL
OF RAPE and BEHIND
THE PINK DOOR (click
here for more Pauline Chan titles). In 1997, shortly after this
film, she quit her career to marry a much older Taiwanese millionaire;
however their marriage was short and ugly, lasting only two years. After
their breakup, Pauline began to appear on Hong Kong TV talk shows; it
became obvious that she had a drug problem. In fact, on one program
she attempted suicide. After that troubling episode, Pauline moved to
the U.K. where she was - a bit later - incarcerated for assault. Upon
release, Pauline relocated to Shanghai where she gave birth to a baby
boy. Tragically, a few weeks later - in July 2002 - Pauline Chan leaped
from the window of her 24th-floor apartment to her death. She was 29.
After
winning the 1983 Miss Asia beauty pageant, Veronica Yip became a successful
pop singer in Hong Kong. She used that popularity to enter the motion
picture market. Veronica was strongly criticized for her choice of material,
choosing controversial Cat III fare instead of the more accessible pop
venues. However, the films introduced her to an older audience and she
found success with many projects including THREE
DAYS OF A BLIND GIRL, HIDDEN
DESIRE and the outrageous Hong Kong version of PRETTY
WOMAN. Miss Yip continued her music career in tandem with the
movies. While appearing in concert in Atlantic City in December 1995,
she was introduced to a New York supermarket magnate. They were married
the following autumn. At that time she retired to raise a family.
This is one of only a handful helmed by art-director-turned-filmmaker
John Hau. A few years later, he would make Jade Leung's PHANTOM
OF SNAKE before retiring from the business.
A Hong Kong
film with English and Chinese subtitles; widescreen format, uncut (91
minutes),
DVD encoded for ALL REGION NTSC WORLD FORMAT; extras include selected
trailers.
Sexual
themes/SemiNudity/Violence
Recommended for Mature Audiences