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Upcoming Movie... 881
Wednesday, August 8, 2007

Official Website: http://www.zhaowei.com/881/synopsis.html
Genre: Mandarin, Drama, Music

The Chinese Hungry Ghost Festival is certainly a showcase of Singapore's heritage that's loud and proud.

This explains why director Roystan Tan's latest film, "881" is based entirely on the festival's Getai performers whose job is to take to the stage to entertain the spirits of the dead. It is a story about two girls with one dream - becoming superstar Getai performers at the Hungry Ghost Festival.

"881" revolves around the lives of these flamboyant performers, which the Chinese festival has become synonymous with.

Roystan Tan says: "I actually followed the Queen of Getai, she's known to run like 177 stage shows in a month. So I sat in her car one evening, and see how she actually rushes from one show to another show. I filmed the whole thing down, her dialogue, how she panics and everything, how she runs. So the Papaya Sisters actually follow the way she reacts in the film."

The stars of this film actually go by the name of "Papaya Sisters". Yeo Yann Yann and Mindy Ong are the "Papaya Sisters". Getai performances have always been a hit among the older generation, but this film may just create a whole new fan base.

Mindy says: "I love Hokkien songs, I'm a Hokkien, I speak Hokkien to my family members at home, but honestly speaking that was one point of time when I was much younger. I do feel a bit shy about telling friends that I go and watch Getai. They might think it's kind of like old school. But now come to think about it, it's what makes Singapore special. Getai - I'm so proud of it."
And here is something else everyone behind the film can be proud of.

Lucas Chow, CEO, MediaCorp, says: "This is the only local musical film and it's in Hokkien. And I hope that through this movie, we can introduce the local culture to overseas audiences as well."

Daniel Yun, Managing Director, MediaCorp Raintree Pictures, says: "For a local film, I think the reviews are quite unprecedented. The reviews have been good to excellent."
This film is called "881" because in Chinese "881" is pronounced as pa-pa-yao, quite close to papaya hence the connection.

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Nice blog...Love it! Do visit mine regulary :)

Posted By Blogger Ardor of the Hearts, at August 8, 2007 at 11:34 PM  

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I am in! See you at MBL :-)

Posted By Blogger Speedcat Hollydale, at August 14, 2007 at 7:27 AM  

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