The Warlords, the biggest winner in Hong Kong Film Awards 2008
Apr 14, 2008 Around the Word, Movie
<<The Warlords>>, the movie featuing Jet Li, Andy Lau and Takeshi Kaneshiro is the biggest winner in Hong Kong Film Awards 2008 by taking home 8 awards. The 8 includes Best Actor for Jet Li, Best Film, Best Director for Peter Chan, Best Cinematography for Arthur Wong Ngok Tai, Best Art Direction for Yee Chung Man, Yi Zheng Zhou and Peter Wong, Best Costume Make Up Design for Yee Chung Man, Jessie Dai and Lee Pik Kwan, Best Sound Design for Sunit Asvinikul and Nakorn Kositpaisal, and Best Visual Effects for Ng Yuen Fai, Chau Chi Shing and Tracy Kok. Basically, it took all the major awards, except for Best Actress which went to Siqin Gaowa for her performance in <<The Post-modern Life Of My Aunt>>.
<<Mad Detective>>, another movie that was considered a strong competitor to <<The Warlords>>, only managed to bag home the Best Screenplay for Wai Ka Fai and Au Kin Yee. The <<Lust, Caution>> by Ang Lee is the Best Asian Film while Donnie Yen got the Best Action Choreography for his works in <<Flash Point>>.
The complete list:
Best Film (最佳影片) - <<The Warlords>> (<<投名状>>)
Best Director (最佳导演) - Peter Chan, <<The Warlords>> (陈可辛, <<投名状>>)
Best Screenplay (最佳编剧) - Wai Ka Fai and Au Kin Yee, <<Mad Detective>> (韦家辉 欧健儿, <<神探>>)
Best Actor (最佳男主角) - Jet Li, <<The Warlords>> (李连杰, <<投名状>>)
Best Actress (最佳女主角) - Siqin Gaowa, <<The Post-modern Life Of My Aunt>> (斯琴高娃, <<姨妈的后现代生活>>)
Best Supporting Actor (最佳男配角) - Andy Lau, <<Protege>> (刘德华, <<门徒>>)
Best Supporting Actress (最佳女配角) - Susan Shaw, <<The Pye-Dog>> (邵音音, <<野·良犬>>)
Best New Performer (最佳新演员) - Kate Tsui, <<Eye In The Sky>> (徐子珊, <<跟踪>>)
Best Cinematography (最佳摄影) - Arthur Wong Ngok Tai, <<The Warlords>> (黄岳泰, <<投名状>>)
Best Film Editing (最佳剪接) - Eric Kong Chi Leung, <<Protege>> (邝志良, <<门徒>>)
Best Art Direction (最佳美术指导) - Yee Chung Man, Yi Zheng Zhou and Peter Wong, <<The Warlords>> (奚仲文, 易振洲, 黄炳耀, <<投名状>>)
Best Costume Make Up Design (最佳服装造型设计) - Yee Chung Man, Jessie Dai and Lee Pik Kwan, <<The Warlords>> (奚仲文, 戴美玲, 利碧君, <<投名状>>)
Best Action Choreography (最佳动作设计) - Donnie Yen, <<Flash Point>> (甄子丹, <<导火线>>)
Best Sound Design (最佳音响效果) - Sunit Asvinikul, Nakorn Kositpaisal, <<The Warlords>> (<<投名状>>)
Best Visual Effects (最佳视觉效果) - Ng Yuen Fai, Chau Chi Shing and Tracy Kok, <<The Warlords>> (吴炫辉, 邹志盛, 郭惠玲, <<投名状>>)
Best Original Film Score (最佳原创电影音乐) - Joe Hisaishi, <<The Post-modern Life Of My Aunt>> (久石让 - ‘听歌’, <<姨妈的后现代生活>>)
Best Original Film Song (最佳原创电影歌曲) - ‘逼得太緊’ (from movie <<Love Is Not All Around, 十分愛>>), Composed Dennie Wong (黃丹儀), Lyrics by Lin Xi (林夕), Sung by Kary Ng (吳雨霏)
Best New Director (新晋导演) - Yau Nai Hoi, <<Eye In The Sky>> (游乃海, <<跟踪>>)
Best Asian Film (最佳亚洲电影) - <<Lust, Caution, 色戒>>
Professional Spirit Award (专业精神奖) - Lydia Sum (沈殿霞)
Contributions of the Century Awards (世纪成就大奖) - Raymond Chow Man Wai (鄒文懷)
Hong Kong Film Awards 2008 Official Site
Note: for the last 2 awards, I am not sure about the translations.
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Tags: Andy Lau, Ang Lee, Donnie Yen, Eye In The Sky, Flash Point, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Film Awards 2008, Jet Li, Lust Cautions, Lydia Sim, Mad Detective, Peter Chan, Protege, Raymond Chow, Siqin Gaowa, Takeshi Kaneshiro, The Post-modern Life Of My Aunt, The Warlords
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