Shaolin soccer is a comedy film, written, directed and starred by Stephen Chow, and co-starred by Zhao Wei, Ng Man Tat, Xie Xian and Huang Yifei. This film tells the story of a poor and hardworking man who founded his own shaolin soccer team and achieved success.
In the Cantonese version of this film, the original words are "If you have a dream, what is the difference between being a man and a salted fish?" Then in the mandarin version dubbed by grouper, it became "What's the difference between being a man and salted fish if there is no ideal?"
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The film shaolin soccer not only recruits a large number of non-professional actors, but also uses a large number of extras.
The most wonderful scene in the film is the decisive battle between "Team shaolin soccer" and "Team Devils". This 20-minute scene was filmed for a whole month in Zhuhai Stadium, which can accommodate more than 40,000 spectators.
If extras are needed to fill these more than 40,000 seats, it is estimated that the cost of extras alone will bankrupt the film company in one month, and it is also very expensive to use the computer stunts in Gladiator to make the Colosseum effect. So the film company decided to make good use of Stephen Chow's brand effect to make a fuss.
They advertise and welcome Zhuhai citizens to visit and shoot for free, and hold lottery games every day. The winner can take a photo with Stephen Chow as a souvenir. As a result, two or three thousand fans who want to take photos with Stephen Chow come to cheer every day.
There are also some ladies who bring their children here every day and knit sweaters while watching filming. Although there are still some seats for two or three thousand people in the stadium that can accommodate 40 thousand people, a little computer stunt can make the stadium full.
This alone saved a lot of money for the cast, and Stephen Chow's brand effect played a great role.
References:
Shaolin soccer _ Baidu encyclopedia