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''A Melody Looking'' is a
Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...
musical film Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serve merely as breaks ...
written and directed by
Leon Lai Leon Lai Ming SBS BBS MH (born 11 December 1966), is a Hong Kong actor, film director, businessman and Cantopop singer. He is one of the " Four Heavenly Kings" of Hong Kong pop music. He uses his Chinese name "Li Ming" or "Lai Ming", whi ...
, released on 18 November 2006. The DVD was released on 15 December 2006.


Cast

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Leon Lai Leon Lai Ming SBS BBS MH (born 11 December 1966), is a Hong Kong actor, film director, businessman and Cantopop singer. He is one of the " Four Heavenly Kings" of Hong Kong pop music. He uses his Chinese name "Li Ming" or "Lai Ming", whi ...
as Leon *
Chapman To Chapman To (, born 8 June 1972), born Edward Ng Cheuk-cheung (), is a Hong Kong actor. He is best known for his roles in films such as ''Infernal Affairs'' and '' Initial D''. He is also the founder of his own multimedia platform known as "Chapman ...
as Chapman *
Janice Vidal Janice M. Vidal (born 13 April 1982) is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer of mixed Filipino and Korean descent. Vidal was first discovered by music producer Mark Lui and initially began her career as a back-up singer for Leon Lai. She debuted as a s ...
as Janice *
Charles Ying Charles Ying is a Cantopop singer and actor from Hong Kong. After singing the theme song ''Do I Still Love You'' of the film , he was signed by Leon Lai of East Asia Record Production and became one of the new hotly promoted new artists in 2005 ...
as Charles *
Jill Vidal Jill Vidal () often referred to as Wei Si or simply as Jill, is a Hong Kong-based female urban pop singer. Vidal is of Korean and Filipino ethnicity with British nationality British nationality law prescribes the conditions under which a ...
as Jill *
Emily Wong Emily Wong (Traditional Chinese: 王歌慧; born 10 May 1990) is an artist of Amusic. In 2006, Wong made her debut in a Hong Kong musical film A Melody Looking (directed by Leon Lai) and acted as Emily, a 16-year-old lovely and naive girl who see ...
as Emily


Background

This type of film is rarely seen in the HK Film Industry. It took about
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10 million to make this film which was shot entirely in
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, United States. It starred
Leon Lai Leon Lai Ming SBS BBS MH (born 11 December 1966), is a Hong Kong actor, film director, businessman and Cantopop singer. He is one of the " Four Heavenly Kings" of Hong Kong pop music. He uses his Chinese name "Li Ming" or "Lai Ming", whi ...
,
Janice Vidal Janice M. Vidal (born 13 April 1982) is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer of mixed Filipino and Korean descent. Vidal was first discovered by music producer Mark Lui and initially began her career as a back-up singer for Leon Lai. She debuted as a s ...
,
Jill Vidal Jill Vidal () often referred to as Wei Si or simply as Jill, is a Hong Kong-based female urban pop singer. Vidal is of Korean and Filipino ethnicity with British nationality British nationality law prescribes the conditions under which a ...
,
Charles Ying Charles Ying is a Cantopop singer and actor from Hong Kong. After singing the theme song ''Do I Still Love You'' of the film , he was signed by Leon Lai of East Asia Record Production and became one of the new hotly promoted new artists in 2005 ...
,
Emily Wong Emily Wong (Traditional Chinese: 王歌慧; born 10 May 1990) is an artist of Amusic. In 2006, Wong made her debut in a Hong Kong musical film A Melody Looking (directed by Leon Lai) and acted as Emily, a 16-year-old lovely and naive girl who see ...
and
Chapman To Chapman To (, born 8 June 1972), born Edward Ng Cheuk-cheung (), is a Hong Kong actor. He is best known for his roles in films such as ''Infernal Affairs'' and '' Initial D''. He is also the founder of his own multimedia platform known as "Chapman ...
who are all artists of
Amusic Amusic is the record label of East Asia Record Production Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Paciwood Music & Entertainment Ltd. It was founded by businessman Peter Lam and singer Leon Lai on 28 July 2004. Its purpose is developing artists with pot ...
. This 78-minute film features the latest songs by these popular singers.A Melody Looking: The Music Movie yesasia.com
/ref> It marks Leon debut as a director. A
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was used and a number of bridges including the
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was used as a backdrop in the film.A Melody Looking: The Music Movie tom.com
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Plot summary

The story starts with 16-year-old Jill, a lovely and naive girl who is searching for her sister Janice, who reportedly possesses a perfect and beautiful voice. She seeks assistance from a detective named Leon. During the search, Leon and his assistant Charles mix up Jill for her twin sister Janice. Thus a series of interesting things begin to develop. Towards the end, when they find the person they are looking for, they discover that everything around them actually reflects people's passion and care to love.


See also

Cinema of Hong Kong The cinema of Hong Kong ( zh, t=香港電影) is one of the three major threads in the history of Chinese language cinema, alongside the cinema of China and the cinema of Taiwan. As a former British colony, Hong Kong had a greater degree of ...


References


External links

* * 2000s Cantonese-language films Hong Kong films 2000s Hong Kong films {{2000s-HongKong-film-stub