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Fly Me to Polaris 1999 7+ 1h 33m Hong Kong Movies A recently deceased man is given the chance to return to earth to find the nurse he loves, but only has five days and must assume another man's body. 50+ videos Play all Mix - Fly Me to Polaris (Xin Yi Xun Yuan) - Cecelia Cheung instrumental Music Sheets/MP3 Provided YouTube Chinese Bamboo Flute 3 笛子曲 Fly Me To Polaris - Duration: 3:26.
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Pronunciation | Cheung Pak-chi |
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Born | May 24, 1980 (age 40) |
Nationality | Australian |
Other names | Cecilia Cheung |
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Alma mater | Camberwell Girls Grammar School |
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Years active | 1998-present |
Known for | Sing girl |
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Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) |
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Origin | Hong Kong |
Genres | Cantopop |
Instruments | Vocals |
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Cecilia Cheung is a Hong Kongactress and C-popsinger. She is the ex-wife of Nicholas Tse and ex-daughter-in-law of Patrick Tse and Deborah Lee. She and Nicholas have two sons, Lucas and Quintus.
Biography[change | change source]
Cheung was born in Hong Kong to a Chinese father and a Chinese-British mother. Her parents divorced when she was just a child, after which she was sent to Australia to live with her aunt. Cheung has an elder half-sister, two younger brothers and a younger half-brother from her father's side of the family.
In 1998, while helping a hairstylist friend at a catwalk show, she was offered to appear in a TVadvertisement advertising lemon tea. Later, Cheung made her movie debut as a young nightclub hostess in Stephen Chow's King of Comedy in 1999, followed soon after by Fly Me to Polaris. Her role in Fly Me to Polaris got her the award for Best Newcomer at the Hong Kong Film Awards. In the same year, Cheung launched her singingcareer with her first C-pop album Any Weather.
For Derek Yee's romance-dramaLost in Time (2003), Cheung won the Best Actress award at the Hong Kong Film Awards. She played a young woman who lost her fiancé in a traffic accident which left her as a grieving single mother struggling to make ends meet.
Cheung has been linked to Hong Kong singer-actor Edison Chen and has also dated another Hong Kong singer-actor Daniel Chan. She then dated Nicholas Tse in early 2002, but they split up late that year. Later she was rumored to have dated a younger Lu Siyuan before the relationship ended in 2003. Cheung suffered serious depression and eating disorder after the break up[source?].
Cheung and Tse were first reported to be 'getting back together' in early 2006 and on July 31 that year, Tse officially admitted dating Cheung in an interview with Commercial Radio Hong Kong 881/903. In September, the same year, Tse showed off his wedding ring at the Hong Kong International Airport, announcing he and Cheung had been married in a secret wedding ceremony in the Philippines.
On the 8 January 2007 episode of TVB's Entertainment Scoop (東張西望), Cheung was publicly confirmed by Nicholas' father, Patrick Tse to be approximately three months pregnant with the couple's first child. A March episode of Entertainment Scoop (東張西望) said that their child is due in August. It is confirmed by Nicholas Tse that she is expecting a babyboy.
On 2 August, it was reported that Cheung and Tse were both in the maternity ward waiting for their child to be born. However no specific photo was enclosed with such report. The very next day, Cecilia gave birth to a baby boy named Lucas.
2008 Edison Chen Photo scandal[change | change source]
In January and February 2008 many explicit photos were found online involving Cecilia Cheung and Edison Chen. The scandal also involved Gillian Chung and Bobo Giglioti.[1]
Filmography[change | change source]
- The 601st Phone Call (第601個電話) (2006)
- My Kung-Fu Sweetheart (野蠻秘笈) (2006)
- The Shopaholics (最愛女人購物狂) (2006)
- The Promise (無極) (2005)
- Nominated in the Golden Globe, Hong Kong Film Awards, Golden Trailer and Fantasporto.
- Himalaya Singh (喜瑪拉阿星) (2005)
- The White Dragon (小白龍情海翻波) (2004)
- One Nite in Mongkok (旺角黑夜) (2004)
- Papa Loves You (這個阿爸真爆炸) (2004)
- 性感都市 (2004)
- Fantasia (鬼馬狂想曲) (2004)
- Lost in Time (忘了忘不了) (2003)
- Won Best Female Actress in Golden Bauhinia and Hong Kong Film Awards
- Running on Karma (大隻老) (2003)
- Cat and Mouse (老鼠愛上貓) (2003)
- Honesty (絕種好男人) (2003)
- Mighty Baby (絕世好B) (2002)
- Second Time Around (無限復活) (2002)
- The Lion Roars (我家有一隻河東師) (2002)
- The Legend of Zu (屬山正傳) (2001)
- Para Para Sakura as Yuriko (2001)
- Shaolin Soccer (少林足球) (2001)
- Cameo appearance
- Failan (파이란, 白蘭) (2001)
- Every Day Is Valentine (情謎大話王) (2001)
- Master Q 2001 (老夫子2001) (2001)
- 鐘無艷 Wu Yen (2001)
- Twelve Nights (十二夜) (2000)
- Tokyo Raiders (東京功略) (2000)
- Help!!! (辣手回春) (2000)
- The Legend of Speed (烈火戰車2之極速傳說) (1999)
- Fly Me to Polaris (星願) (1999)
- Won Best Newcomer in the Hong Kong Film Awards.
- King of Comedy (喜劇之王)(1999)
- Nominated Best New Actress in the Hong Kong Film Awards.
Discography[change | change source]
- C1 (2005)
- Colour of Lip (至愛唇色(新曲+精選) (2002)
- Shaolin Soccer (2002)
- Party All the Time (2001)
- New and Best Collection (2001)
- Party All the Time (2001)
- Cecilia Cheung (2000)
- Brand New Me (最新形象) (2000)
- 903 California Red Concert (2000)
- Destination (1999)
- Any Weather (1999)
References[change | change source]
- ↑batgwa.com. 'batgwa.com - 'Edison's Conquests' Sex Photos - Suspect Arrested'. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
Other websites[change | change source]
- Cecilia Cheung on IMDb
- Portrait of Cecilia Cheung (French)
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Fly Me to Polaris | |
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Traditional | 星願 |
Simplified | 星愿 |
Mandarin | Xīng Yuàn |
Cantonese | Sing1 Jyun6 |
Directed by | Jingle Ma |
Produced by | David Chan |
Screenplay by | Law Chi-leung Yeung Sin-ling |
Starring | Richie Jen Cecilia Cheung William So |
Music by | Peter Kam |
Cinematography | Chan Kwok-Hung Jingle Ma |
Edited by | Kwong Chi-leung |
Production company | Golden Harvest Deltamac Films Sil-Metropole Organisation Jayline Limited |
Distributed by | Gala Film Distribution |
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96 minutes | |
Country | Hong Kong |
Language | Cantonese |
Box office | HK$12,040,675 |
Fly Me to Polaris is a 1999 Hong Kong romantic fantasy film directed by Jingle Ma and starring Richie Jen and Cecilia Cheung.
Plot[edit]
The plots focuses on the character Onion (Jen) who became blind and mute during his childhood. Onion works at a hospital transcribing documents into braille for blind patients. His work allows him to live in the hospital dorm and get health checks from Dr. Woo (So). We learn that Onion always gets his haircut by Autumn (Cheung) whose first impression was full of apologies for being late and she was very clumsy. One time, she accidentally cut Onion's ear, but Onion never got mad. Instead he tried to console her and joke with her. Gradually they became close and Autumn gave Onion his nickname 'Onion' because after the haircut, she said he looks like an onion head. One day, Onion and Autumn were hanging out on the rooftop of the hospital and she told Onion excitedly about a meteor shower that is about to happen in a few days and how they should each make a wish. Onion later accompanied Autumn back to the dormitories for her to get ready for her night shift. Before parting, Onion asks Autumn out on a date and when she says yes, he becomes really happy. He trips over a rock running into the street and is hit by a car. The death of Onion made Autumn realize that she was really deeply in love with him.
Because he was the 6 billionth human to die and depart to Polaris, Onion is granted a wish. He wishes to return to Earth. But there's a limit of five days. Unfortunately the rules stipulate that he cannot tell anyone who he really is and that, at the same time, his face will be different, so he will not be recognized as Onion by his former friends.
Upon returning to Earth, Onion wakes up in the storage of the same hospital he use to work at. After changing into overalls, Onion sets out exploring the hospital grounds taking in the sights. Finally able to speak to his colleagues, Onion soon learns from a nurse that Autumn has left the grounds to attend the funeral of a dear friend. That dear friend turns out to be Onion himself. At the funeral, Onion sees an inconsolable Autumn with Dr. Woo by her side. After the funeral, Onion discovers an insurance broker's business card in his secret storage in his dorm. THe name on the card reads 'Cheuk Ji Mun'. Posing as Cheuk Ji Mun, a life insurance broker, Onion tries to get close to Autumn again by posing as a friend of Onion. But his approach is all wrong and only gets Autumn mad at him. When he finds her being courted by Dr. Woo, he wastes a few days trying to tell her who he really is, even writing a card and voice recording himself, but the rules keep stopping him with epileptic effects, a smudged out card, and an empty recording. Just when he was about to give up, he discovers that he can share his memories with Autumn indirectly by narrating Onion's life story via Onion's diary. But that ended up hurting Autumn more as her memories about Onion come flooding back overwhelming her. Onion then makes the most of the time he has remaining with her by being her guardian angel, secretly helping her with hospital duties, loading her grocery cart with her favourite candy, and serenading her with his saxophone outside her dorm window just like he has always done in the past. His action made Autumn feel like Onion has come back to her. But where is he?
Towards the end of Onion's stay, Autumn slowly realizes that he is Onion. But by that time, there are only few minutes left until the meteor showers, flying him back to Polaris.
2008 Cecilia Cheung
Cast[edit]
- Richie Jen as Onion / Cheuk
- Cecilia Cheung as Autumn Yue
- William So as Dr. Woo
- Eric Tsang as Jumboball
- Eric Kot as Angel
- Sheren Tang as Autumn's sister
- Sandy Lamb as Radio program host
- Isabel Chan as Nurse Joe Chan
- Wong Chi-choi as Mr. Wong
- Lam Chui-fung as Nurse Chow
- Chan Po-chun as Hospital canteen waiter
- Max Yip as Cra driver in accident
- Lai Wing-san as Car passenger in accident
- Cheung Yue-lee as Little boy patient
- Ng Hoi-ying as Little girl patient
- Macy Yik as Little girl patient's mom
- Yiu Nag-si as Nurse
- Oh Ho-yue as Fat nurse
- Chan Man-yiu as Rude passerby in suit
- Wong Wai-chuen as Taxi driver
- Lam Wai-lun as Angel's assistant
- Audrey Mak as Chubs
Awards[edit]
Cecilia Cheung Songs
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Ceremony | Category | Recipient | Outcome |
19th Hong Kong Film Awards | Best Film | Fly Me to Polaris | Nominated |
Best Actress | Cheung Pak Chi | Nominated | |
Best New Performer | Won | ||
Richie Jen | Nominated | ||
Best Cinematography | Jingle Ma, Chan Kwok-Hung | Nominated | |
Best Original Film Score | Peter Kam | Won | |
Best Original Film Song | Song: Xing Yu Xin Yuan (星語心願) Composer: Peter Kam Lyricist: Ko Suet-nam Singer: Cecilia Cheung | Won | |
Song: Candle Light Composer/Lyricist: Poon Hip-hing Singer: Richie Jen | Nominated |
See also[edit]
- Heaven Can Wait, a 1943 film directed by Ernst Lubitsch
- A Matter of Life and Death, a 1946 film directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
- Always, a 1989 film directed by Steven Spielberg
- Ghost, a 1990 film directed by Jerry Zucker
External links[edit]
- Fly Me to Polaris on IMDb
- Xing yuan (Sing yun) (Fly Me To Polaris) (2000) at Rotten Tomatoes
Cecilia Cheung Photos
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