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Chicken and Duck Talk (Chinese: 雞同鴨講; Jyutping: gai1 tung4 aap3 gong2; lit. 'Chicken with Duck Talk') is a 1988 comedy film starring and co-written by Michael Hui. It is directed and co-written by Clifton Ko.
Following a stubborn roast duck restaurateur struggling to survive under intense competition from a fast-food chicken store across the street.
Jul 14, 1988 · Chicken and Duck Talk: Directed by Clifton Ko. With Michael Hui, Ricky Hui, Sylvia Chang, Lowell Lo. Old Hui, the stingy owner of a traditional BBQ duck restaurant, has to fight to retain customers defecting to a new fast-food fried chicken joint just across the street.
The original trailer in high definition of Chicken and Duck Talk directed by Clifton Ko and starring Michael Hui, Ricky Hui, Sylvia Chang, Lowell Lo and Lawrence Ng.
With Hongkongers these days asserting local identity and cultural heritage more than ever before, Chicken and Duck Talk plays like the movement’s delightful pop-cult precursor. Under the guiding hand of Hui and writer-director Clifton Ko, the duck restaurant is a greasy microcosm of Hong Kong business practices in need of sprucing up.
Chicken and Duck Talk. Old Hui is forced to clean up his filthy shop and to stop cutting costs to compete with a new fried chicken restaurant.
- Comedy
Chicken and Duck Talk. COMEDY. "Chicken and Duck Talk" – A Michael Hui (Mr Boo!) 1988 classic satire about traditional Chinese food versus the west. Hui plays a stubborn "roast duck" restauranteur struggling to survive under intense competition from a fast-food chicken store across the street.
This comedy about a roast duck restaurant threatened by the opening of a nearby fried chicken fast food joint qualifies as a classic thanks to its satirical look at Hong Kong culture and its strong understanding of local people. It’s also side-splittingly funny and remains relevant even today.
Chicken and Duck Talk. COMEDY. "Chicken and Duck Talk" – A Michael Hui (Mr Boo!) 1988 classic satire about traditional Chinese food versus the west. Hui plays a stubborn "roast duck" restauranteur struggling to survive under intense competition from a fast-food chicken store across the street.
A witty and thoroughly engaging send-up of both the fast food business and the cut-throat techniques often employed by conglomerates to crush independent competition.
