Other Side of Gentlemen (1984)
Hanyu Pinyin : Jun Zi Hao Qiu

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Alan Tam is a playboy cum jean salesman who has never been seriously in love.  Brigitte Lin is engaged to a professor who is the same faculty as her in the University.  As their research is on Love, they picked Alan to experiement with.  He falls in love with Brigitte, learns Japanese and becomes a more responsible young man only by a little bit.  As a result of spending a lot of time with him plus Alan's strong pursuit, Brigitte also falls in love with him.  Caught between 2 men, Brigitte decides to marry the Professor but changes her mind at the last minute.  Alan causes an embarassing scene at the wedding ceremony between Brigitte and the professor.  He even causes a car accident after the wedding for the wedding car whose passengers include both Brigitte and the Professor. Will Brigitte die and leave Alan alone?  Click for the conclusion of Other Side of Gentlemen.

Alan's acting is stiff and a chore to watch.  The script is not too great either.  I never knew that plastic jackets were ever in fashion.  Maybe never after they watched this show.  No chemistry between Brigitte and Alan.  Considering that the professor is conservative and boring, yet there was more rapport between Brigitte and the Professor (look at the driving scene above).

The DVD contains subtitles in Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, English, Thai, Vietnamese, Spanish.

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The DVD includes theatrical trailer and "about the film".

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Cast : Brigitte Lin Ching-Hsia, Alan Tam Wing-Lun (Tan Yong Lin), Barry Wong Ping-Yiu (Wong Bing Yao), Chan Yau-Hau, Tsui Kwok-Keung

Director : Ringo Lam Ling Tung (Lin Ling Dong)
Writer : Barry Wong, Cheung Lai Ling
Director : Ringo Lam
Music : Philip Chan
Editor : Choi Hung
Photography Director : Lam Fai Tai, Yu Chun, Chan Kow Hung, Cheung Chi Keung
Air Director : Dom Lo
Producer : Barry Wong
Executive Producer : Lai Ying Chow, Frankie Chan,\

Spoken : Cantonese in both VCD & DVD, Mandarin in DVD.
Subtitles : English and Traditional Chinese on both VCD and DVD, Simplified Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese and Spanish on DVD.
Film : Hong Kong
Distributor : Mega Star Video Distribution (HK) Ltd

Other Reviews:

  1. Alan Tam web site - Other Side of Gentlemen
  2. Brigitte Lin 2002 - Other Side of Gentlemen
  3. Chinese Movie Database - Other Side of Gentleman, The (1984)
  4. CinemAsie.com - Other Side of Gentleman (in French)
  5. Dragon's Den UK - Other Side of Gentleman
  6. Hong Kong Cinema View from the Brooklyn Bridge - The Other Side of Gentleman
  7. Hong Kong Cinemagic - Other Side of Gentleman, The
  8. Hong Kong Movie Database - Other Side of Gentleman, The (1984)
  9. The Internet Movie Database - Gwan ji ho kau (1984)
  10. The New York Times - The Other Side of Gentleman
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