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Happy Times AKA Happy Times Hotel AKA Xingfu Shiguang (2000)
Zhao is an aging bachelor who hasn't been lucky in love.Director: Zhang Yimou
OVERALL: Draw-
OVERALL: Draw
US Version:
The US release is currently the only release we have specs for.
Shorter Chinese Theatrical Version:
Only minor language differences between other releases.
Note there are two versions:
- The uncut US version (102 mins)
- The shorter Chinese theatrical version (96 mins)
The US version features more content in the early scenes when the two couples come to the Happy Times Hut hoping to have sex. In the Chinese cut, these scenes are more ambiguous as to what the couples have in mind.
In the Chinese version's ending, after Zhao writes the letter supposedly from Ying's father, the film cuts to him reading it to her as the credits start to roll. In the US version's ending, after Zhao leaves the restaurant in which he writes the letter, he is hit by a car. His friends visit him in the hospital and find the letter he wrote for Ying. Upon returning to her apartment, however, they find it deserted. A tape recording Ying has made and left behind explains that she knew all along the Happy Times Hotel didn't exist, but she didn't mind as they were the happiest days of her life. She then explains that she is going to Shenzhen. After the message is finished, Fu plays it again, reading aloud Zhao's letter at the same time. The film then cuts to Ying walking along a crowded city street as the credits roll. -
CUTS:
- R1 America- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment - No cuts - US version (102:36 NTSC).
- R2 United Kingdom- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts - shorter Chinese theatrical version (92:55 PAL)
- R3 Hong Kong- Deltamac - No cuts - shorter Chinese theatrical version (96:45 NTSC)
- R3 South Korea- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts - shorter Chinese theatrical version (96:45 NTSC)
- R4 Australia- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts - shorter Chinese theatrical version (92:55 PAL)
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Comparison added by Vincent_Bouche on 07/02/09
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 07/12/22UPDATE LOG:
06/03/16: Addition of Hong Kong, Tagline, ASINs, corrected typo "especillay" to "especially".
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07/12/22: Updated winner notes.
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