Cell Phone (film)

Cell Phone simplified Chinese traditional Chinese pinyin shuj is an awardwinning Chinese comedydrama film directed by Feng Xiaogang and starring Ge You, Zhang Guoli, Xu Fan and Fan Bingbing. It was first released onDecember 2003 in Mainland China and was subsequently screened at the Cleveland International Film Festival onMarch 2005. With box office earnings of over 50 million, Cell Phone became the bestselling domestic film in 2003.

Yan Shouyi is a TV host who has an affair with Wu Yue Fan Bingbing, a young and attractive woman working in publishing. Yan diligently erases all text messages and call records between him and Wu on his cellphone before he gets home everyday, in order to avoid detection by his wife Yu Wenjuan Lu Zhang. One night, after telling Yu that he has a work meeting with Fei Mo Zhang Guoli, a TV producer and Yans superior, Yan rendezvous with Wu and switches off his cellphone. Not being able to reach Yan a while later, Yu calls Fei, who has been in the know of Yans affair.The popularity of Cell Phone among the cinemagoers is evident in its strong box office performance. Having achieved 50 million in box office within a month after release US6.4 million in total according to Business Week, the film became the bestselling domestic production in 2003. The film also clinched all three top awards at the 2004 Hundred Flowers Awards, which is based on viewer voting. However, it failed to bag any award or even acquire nomination for any of the major awards at the jurybased Golden Rooster Awards in the same year. According to Golden Roosters leading juror Zhong Chengxiang, albeit being popular among viewers, Cell Phone lacked class and style. Producer Wang Zhongjun retorted that viewers approval is of the utmost importance and rejected the Golden Rooster as an award that has not a single bit of commercial driving force. On the other hand, the official Huabiao Awards gave out an unprecedented special award to Cell Phone for its achievements in market development, signifying official recognition of the market forces and taste of the masses. ........

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