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Features: DVD, Dolby, Dolby Digital (AC3)
A comedy about five carefree con artists, a policeman who has the tendency to beat his suspects until they admit to committinga crime. Somehow their paths cross, and together, they create a deviant tale of cops and robbers. Subtitles with on/off functionin eng. , chin. , jap. , korean, viet. , malay. , thai and indonesian
Editor's Note
Teapot, Curly, Windpipe, Vaseline, and Ranks are a band of bumbling thieves who try to clean up their act by starting a janitorial service. They run afoul of a pair of gangsters when they find a briefcase containing counterfeit money. Made in response to the popular ACES GO PLACES series, WINNERS AND SINNERS is the opening salvo in a series of seven LUCKY STARS films, though the film is only loosely related to the other six. Directed by Sammo Hung, the film lays down the precedents for the other films: the five Lucky Stars are teamed with one beautiful female (in this case, Cherie Chung) whom they each try to grope and woo; the film then climaxes in a slapstick showdown with cartoonish villains. WINNERS AND SINNERS marks the second time in which Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, and Yuen Biao--the three "kung-fu-teers"--appear together. Though Chan is not the star, he has an exciting action sequence in which he roller-skates through traffic. Comedic high points include a spirited rendition of Rod Stewart's "Young Turks" and an invisibility gag later mimicked in MYSTERY MEN.
Plot Summary
A band of minor thieves tries to go straight by setting up a legitimate janitorial service, but fate strikes when they're charged with cleaning a building overrun by counterfeiters.
| Features | Region 0 | | Keep Case | | Letterbox - 1.85 | | Audio:
| Dolby Digital 5.1 - Chinese/ Cantonese | | Dolby Digital 5.1 - Chinese/ Mandarin | | Subtitles - English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Malaysian, Thai, Indonesian - Optional | | Additional Release Material:
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| Technical Info
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Release Information
|  | Studio: Tai Seng |
| Release Date: 4/3/2001 |
| Running Time: 102 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1983 | | Catalog ID: 09204 | | UPC: 00601643092041 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: Cantonese | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], Chinese Dubbed, Chinese, Cantonese, Mandarin Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese | | Video: Color |
| Cast & Crew
| Memorable Quotes| "Better get some Palmolive leaves to wash away all the bad luck!"----Bus driver to the five Lucky Stars | | "Aside from being healthy, smart, kind--hearted, hardworking, sincere, and honest, I have nothing else in my favor."----Teapot (Sammo Hung) to Curly's sister (Cherie Chung) | | "When I was a kid, I like fighting and bullying others, and I ended up having no friends. So now I treasure friendship more."----Teapot to Curly's sister |
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