Tuesday, October 4, 2011

[2011.10.05] ANDY LAU AND DEANIE IP RECEIVE GOLDEN HORSE NOMINATIONS

SEEDIQ BALE
LET THE BULLETS FLY's Ge You
JUMP! ASHIN's Eddie Peng
A SIMPLE LIFE's Deanie Ip at the Venice Film Festival
Albert Yeung (right) earlier celebrated with LET THE BULLETS FLY cast
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LET THE BULLETS FLY's Carina Lau, Ge You
LET THE BULLETS FLY's Carina Lau
A CHINESE GHOST STORY's Wai Ying Hung
A SIMPLE LIFE's Deanie Ip and Andy Lau
JUMP! ASHIN's Eddie Peng
LET THE BULLETS FLY's Ge You
A BEAUTIFUL LIFE's Shu Qi
YOU ARE THE APPLE OF MY EYE's Ko Chen-Tung
SEEDIQ BALE
Wei Te-Sheng
THE PIANO IN A FACTORY receives seven nominations
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The 48th Golden Horse Award announced its nominations yesterday.  CAPE NO. 7 director Wei Te-Sheng's Taiwan film SEEDIQ BALE received 13 nominations in 11 categories and was the most nominated film.  LET THE BULLETS FLY followed with 9 nominations.  With its earlier Venice Film Festival success A SIMPLE LIFE (TOH JEH) also received 6 nominations.

Andy Lau Tak Wa and Deanie Ip Tak Han both received Best Actor and Best Actress nomination.  Wa Jai will compete with JUMP! ASHIN's Eddie Peng Yu-Yan, LET THE BULLETS FLY's Ge You and THE PIANO IN A FACTORY's Wang Qianyuan; Sister Deanie's opponents will include A BEAUTIFUL LIFE's Shu Qi, YOU ARE THE APPLE OF MY EYE's Michelle Chen and THE PIANO IN A FACTORY's Qin Hailu.

Ip Tak Ha earlier won the Venice Best Actress award with A SIMPLE LIFE.  This time Sister Deanie again with this film received the Golden Horse Best Actress nomination and will even have a chance to win with Best Actor nominee Lau Tak Wa.  A SIMPLE LIFE also received six nominations including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Original Screenplay and Best Editing.  Sister Deanie very humbly said about her nomination, "I am very happy to receive the nomination, very fortunate to be able to participate in the Golden Horse Award."  Shu Qi with A BEAUTIFUL LIFE will compete with Sister Deanie.  Shu Qi said, "I am truly very happy!  Thank you Director (Andrew) Lau Wai Keung, without him, ther would be no Shu Qi in A BEAUTIFUL LIFE.  This time the competition is rather strong, the nomination itself is already the biggest reward.  Tonight I have to celebrate."  Other Best Actress nominees included Michelle Chen and Qin Hailu.

As for Best Actor, the competition will be between A SIMPLE LIFE's Lau Tak Wa and LET THE BULLETS FLY's Ge You.  The other two nominees will be JUMP! ASHIN's Eddie Peng and THE PIANO IN A FACTORY's Qang Qianyuan.  Wa Jai said, "Thank you everyone for your support, thank you to all the workers, thank you to all the actors, thank you to the seniors, thank you very much to the Golden Horse Award."  Returning to the film industry this year, Jimmy Wang Yu with WU XIA was nominated for Best Supporting Actor.  His competition will be REVENGE A LOVE STORY (FUK SAU JEH ji SEI)'s Anthony Lau Wing, JUMP! ASHIN's Lawrence Ko Yu Lun and SEEDIQ BALE's Bokeh Kosang (Hsu Yi-Fan).

Carina Lau Ka Ling who did not have much screen time in LET THE BULLETS FLY also will compete for Best Supporting Actress.  Ka Ling said, "I am very happy!  The credit all belongs to Jiang Wen.  I have to congratulate him!  As for whether I will attend the award ceremony, it will depend on my work schedule."  Ka Ling's competition will include A CHINESE GHOST STORY (SIN NUI YAU WON)'s Wai Ying Hung, LOVE FOR LIFE's Jiang Wenli and RETURN TICKET's Tang Qun.  Jiang Wen said, "Representing  Big Brother Nine Dot I thank the Golden Horse Awards nine times in nine ways for BULLETS' nine nominations."  Best Picture nominees will include SEEDIQ BALE, LET THE BULLETS FLY, A SIMPLE LIFE, RETURN TICKET and THE PIANO IN A FACTORY.

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