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Michael Hui Koon-Man (許冠文 Jyutping: heoi2 gun3 man4; pinyin: Xǔ Guànwén) (born September 3, 1942) is a Hong Kong film comedian, scriptwriter and director. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... This Manual of Style has the simple purpose of making things easy to read by following a consistent format — it is a style guide. ... Michael Hui File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Michael Hui File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Jyutping (sometimes spelled Jyutpin) is a romanization system for Standard Cantonese developed by the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong (LSHK) in 1993. ... Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ), commonly called Pinyin, is the most common variant of Standard Mandarin romanization system in use. ... September 3 is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ... A comedian, or comic, is an entertainer who amuses an audience by making them laugh. ... Screenwriters, scenarists or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies and television programs are made. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ...

He studied in La Salle College. La Salle College ( LSC; Chinese: 喇沙書院, is a well-known boys secondary school located at Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China. ...

A sociology degree holder with quiz spells in TVB, Hui first gained popularity in Hong Kong entertainment circle with his variety show stints in the Hui Brothers Show. Thereafter he moved from television to film. Hui's first work was in a movie by Taiwanese director Li Han-Hsiang called The Warlord, (大軍閥 or "The Great Regime", 1972), where he played a farcical warlord in post-revolutionary China. REDIRECT Television Broadcasts Limited ... This article is about the history, geography, and people of the island known as Taiwan. ... Richard Li Han Hsiang (李翰祥, 7 March 1926 in Jinxi, China - 17 December 1996 in Beijing, China) was a Chinese film director. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Warlord is a term that refers to one who has de facto military control of a subnational area, due to armed forces which are personally obedient to — somewhat circularly — that warlord. ...

In 1974, he set up his own film company, the Hui Brothers Company, with Golden Harvest, together with his brothers Ricky and Sam. During this time till the end of the century he contributed some 20 comedy films, mostly as actor and scriptwriter. Games Gamblers Play (1974), The Private Eyes (1976), The Contract (1978) and Security Unlimited (1981) - the last of which won him the first Hong Kong Academy Best Actor - are often seen as the quintessential, highly popular comedies made by the company. Games Gamblers Play was a huge success when first released and paved the way for Cantonese movies to hold their own against the colonial trend of Mandarin production. 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Ricky Hui Koon-Ying (許冠英, pinyin: Xǔ Guànyīng) (born August 3, 1946) is a Hong Kong movie star in the Hong Kongs 70s to 90s. ... Samuel Koon-kit Hui (許冠傑, Jyutping: heoi2 gun3 git6; pinyin: Xǔ Guànjié; born September 4, 1948), usually known as Sam Hui, was a star in Cantopop and movie industry in Hong Kongs 1960s to 1990s. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke while waiting between takes during location filming An actor or actress is a person who acts, or plays a role, in a dramatic production. ... Screenwriters, scenarists or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies and television programs are made. ... Games Gamblers Play is a 1974 Hong Kong film directed by Michael Hui. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... The Contract is a film expected to be released in 2006. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Cantonese is a major dialect group or language of the Chinese language, a member of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages. ... Mandarin (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; pinyin: ; literally speech of officials), or Beifanghua (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ; literally Northern Dialect(s)), is a category of related Chinese dialects spoken across most of northern and southwestern China. ...

The earliest Hui comedies combined episodic gags with the comedic appeal of Michael and his brothers. This usually involves the trio of actors -- Michael, Sam and Ricky -- who pit their wits against the odds to earn quick bucks and their livelihood. Set in modern-day Hong Kong, with upbeat soundtracks performed by Sam himself, it is not hard to see these works became wildly popular amongst the working classes in the 1970s and early 1980s.

After the breakup with his brothers in the early 1980s, Hui developed a new brand of satiric comedy, one which capitalizes on his deadpan comic timing and a character-driven storyline.

Some of his more renowned works came during this period in the 1980s, where he frequently acts out the archetypal "ne'er-do-well" who is sometimes driven on by a cash-mad Hong Kong society. Equally caustic and funny, they now focus more fully on himself and the plot, against the backdrop of present-day Hong Kong consumerism. In Inspector Chocolate (1986), he plays a chocolate-eating inspector who must solve a kidnap case while his subordinate is involved in a Miss Hong-Kong pageant. In Chicken and Duck Talk (1988), opposing restauranteurs come to blows to secure profits. Front Page (1990), which reunites the three brothers, lampoons the Hong Kong press, while The Magic Touch (1991) builds on the Chinese knack for fortune-telling and satirizes the their obsession with wealth. Always on My Mind (1993) continues on this vein of self-deprecating humour, where Hui plays the head of a family who would stop at nothing to grab money. The 1980s refers to the years of 1980 to 1989. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... MCMXC redirects here; for the Enigma album, see MCMXC a. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For prophecy in the context of revealed religions see Prophet. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

Hui has continued acting and producing his own comedies, albeit at a less prolific rate, where he is regarded as the veritable predecessor comedian before Stephen Chow. Chinese Box (1997), directed by Wayne Wong, remains Hui's only film in the West. Stephen Chow (also Stephen Chaiu) (traditional Chinese : 周星馳; simplified Chinese : 周星驰; Romanticized as: Chow Sing Chi ; pinyin : Zhōu XÄ«ngchí) (born June 22, 1962) is a highly popular Hong Kong actor and director, whose expertise in the field of comedy has led him to be dubbed the The King of Comedy... Chinese Box is a 1997 movie directed by Wayne Wang and starring Jeremy Irons, Gong Li, Maggie Cheung and Michael Hui. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Wayne Wang (王穎, pinyin: Wáng Yǐng) (born January 12, 1949) is a Chinese American film director. ... The term Western World or the West (also on rare occasions called the Occident) can have multiple meanings depending on its context (i. ...

In 2006, he became the host of Deal or No Deal. For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Deal or No Deal is produced in Hong Kong by TVB. It has been casting through its website and its magazine, and premiered on October 29, 2006 at 9:30pm. ...

See also

• Cinema of Hong Kong

The cinema of Hong Kong is one of the three major threads in the history of Chinese language cinema, alongside the cinema of China, and the cinema of Taiwan. ...

External links

• IMDB filmography.
• Official Michael Hui Website