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[first lines] Dicky: Good morning, sir. Mr. Cao: Dicky Chow! Just look at yourself. You're covered in dirt. Dicky: [stepping forward] I just... Mr. Cao: [stepping back] Don't move. And don't give me the usual routine. Why are you always so untidy? Miss Yuen: What's the matter, Mr. Cao? Mr. Cao: [to Dicky] Explain yourself! Miss Yuen: Let me talk to him. Where did the dirt come from, Dicky? Dicky: Well, on my way to school, I slipped and fell over. Miss Yuen: Don't your mom or dad bring you to school? Dicky: My mom died a long time ago, and my dad's very busy. Miss Yuen: What does you dad do? Dicky: He's a coolie. Miss Yuen: I'd like to meet him one day. Would that be possible? Dicky: I don't think he has the time. Miss Yuen: When he's available, then. Will you let me know? Go clean up before class starts. Dicky: Thanks Miss Yuen. [runs off] Dicky: It's not easy to win a girl over, but dad won't give up. He's my hero. [last lines] Dicky: I'm so lucky to have you, CJ7. Every day while you sleep, I close my eyes and count to three, hoping that when I look again, you'll wake. I so much want you back. Where are you, CJ7? One, two, three… Dicky: Miss Yuen, bitterness, like the sea, is boundless. from ‘CJ7’ (2008) Starring Stephen Chow (Love on Delivery), Yuqi Zhang (Love in the Pacific), and Jiao Xu (Starry Starry Night). Written, Produced, and Directed by the Man himself Stephen Chow (Forbidden City Cop). CJ7 (Chinese: 長江七號; Cantonese Yale: Cheung gong chat hou) is a 2008 Hong Kong–Chinese comic science fiction film co-written, co-produced, starring, and directed by Stephen Chow. It was released on January 31, 2008 in Hong Kong. It was also released on March 14, 2008 in the United States. In August 2007 the film was given the title CJ7, a play on China's successful Shenzhou manned space missions—Shenzhou 5 and Shenzhou 6. It was previously known by a series of working titles—Alien, Yangtze River VII, Long River 7 and most notably, A Hope. The title probably refers to the Chinese name of the Yangtze River, which is Changjiang. CJ7 was filmed in Ningbo, in the Zhejiang province of China. As with the title CJ7, the earlier working titles, A Hope, Yangtze River VII, and Long River 7, referred to the Chinese manned space program. The mission of Shenzhou 6 was completed in 2006 and the real Shenzhou 7 successfully launched in September 2008. The film had a budget of US$20 million, and heavily uses CG effects. Xu Jiao, the child who plays Dicky, is in fact female. She had to cross-dress to be in the film. Music tracks featured in CJ7 include "Masterpiece" and "I Like Chopin" by Gazebo and "Sunny" by Boney M. References to Chow's other films are made during some scenes, particularly during Dicky's dream sequence. These references include Dicky using his super sneakers to kick a soccer ball into the goal, which subsequently collapses (referencing Shaolin Soccer) and Dicky flying into the sky with his sneakers, jumping from the head of an eagle, seeing CJ7's shape as a cloud and using the Buddha's Palm, (referencing Kung Fu Hustle). The scene where Dicky tosses away his glasses while they self-destruct is a reference to John Woo's Mission: Impossible 2. On one of the DVD featurettes, Chow cites E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and Doraemon as an influence on the film. Stephen Chiau Sing Chi a.k.a. Stephen Chow (Chinese: 周星馳, born 22 June 1962) is a Hong Kong filmmaker, actor, and producer. Stephen Chow was born in Hong Kong on 22 June 1962 to Ling Po Yee (凌寶兒), an alumna of Guangzhou Normal University, and Chow Yik Sheung (周驛尚), an immigrant from Ningbo, Zhejiang. Chow has an elder sister named Chow Man Kei (周文姬) and a younger sister named Chow Sing Ha (周星霞). Chow's given name "Sing-chi" (星馳) derives from Tang dynasty (618–907) Chinese poet Wang Bo's essay Preface to the Prince of Teng's Pavilion. After his parents divorced when he was seven, Chow was raised by his mother. Chow attended Heep Woh Primary School, a missionary school attached to the Hong Kong Council of the Church of Christ in China in Prince Edward Road, Kowloon Peninsula. When he was nine, he saw Bruce Lee's film The Big Boss, which inspired him to become a martial arts star. Chow entered San Marino Secondary School, where he studied alongside Lee Kin-yan. After graduation, he was accepted to TVB's acting classes. Chow began his career as an extra for Rediffusion Television. He later joined TVB in 1982. He found some success hosting the TVB Jade children's program 430 Space Shuttle. Chow made his film debut in the 1988 film Final Justice, which won him the Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actor at the 25th Golden Globe Awards. Chow shot to stardom in The Final Combat (1989). The following decade, he appeared in more than 40 films. Fight Back to School (1991) became Hong Kong's top-grossing film of all time. In 1994, he began directing films, starting with From Beijing with Love. In the latter half of the 1990s, China began to warm to his films and he became the Stephen Chow Phenomenon (周星驰现象). Source: Wikipedia