Dance Dance Dragon

Dance Dance Dragon
Dance Dance Dragon
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Kat Goh
Written by	Kelvin Tong; Marcus Chin
Produced by	Man Shu Sum; Kelvin Tong; Sock Ling; Leon Tong; Hui Hui
Starring	Lai Meng; Kym Ng; Dennis Chew; Adrian Pang; Melvin Sia
Music by	Alex Oh; Joe Ng
Production; company	Mediacorp Raintree Pictures
Distributed by	Cathay
Release date	19 January 2012;
Running time	93 minutes
Country	Singapore
Languages	Mandarin Chinese with some Teochew, Hokkien and Singlish dialogue
Budget	$1.2 million

Dance Dance Dragon (Chinese: 龙众舞; pinyin: lóng zhòng wǔ) is a Singaporean comedy film from Mediacorp Raintree Pictures and Golden Village Pictures that was released for Chinese New Year on 19 January 2012 in Singapore and in March in Malaysia.^[2]^[3] It is MediaCorp Raintree Pictures's last film. It was produced by most of the production team of It's a Great, Great World. The cast includes artistes from both Singapore and Malaysia.

Plot

As Chinese New Year 2012 marks the year of the Dragon, the film explores the Chinese's age-old obsession with the Dragon and having children on a "Dragon year" (see Chinese zodiac). In the introduction, Ah Long (Melvin Sia) tells about how his father (Zheng Geping) was desperate to have a son born in the Dragon year because his ancestors had decreed that only a "Dragon boy" could take over the family's Dragon Dance Association, known as Long Zhong Wu Dragon Dance and Lion Dance Association (龙众舞舞龙舞狮团). His mother (younger, Pan Lingling and older, Lai Meng) instead gives birth to "Dragon girls" while Ah Long himself was born several seconds after the clock struck twelve, making him a "Snake baby", much to the disappointment of his father.

At present time, Mother Long prays to the gods for blessings on her three children and pours out her desire for a grandchild. The oldest daughter Lucy, 48, is a spinster and can't find suitable work. The second daughter Ah Bee, 36, is a gambling addiction counselor who is tomboyish and was recently dumped by her boyfriend. The youngest and only son Ah Long is married but is terrified of children.

Meanwhile, up in heaven, the gods are growing sick and tired of hearing Mother Long's daily prayers for a grandchild and deliberate whether to grant Mother Long her wish.

Cast

Lai Meng
Kym Ng as Long Ah Bee
Dennis Chew as Lucy Long
Adrian Pang as Eric Tan
Melvin Sia as Ah Long
Zheng Geping
Pan Lingling
Belinda Lee as midwife
Bryan Wong as Uncle Teck
Chen Huihui
Marcus Chin as Ah Gui
John Cheng as Ah Gao
Brandon Wong
Patricia Mok
Dawn Yeoh as Ah Long’s wife

References

^ "Kelvin Tong's new film 'Dance Dance Dragon' more than just a comedy". Channel News Asia. 17 November 2011.
^ 送！贺岁片《龙众舞》首映戏票15对 (in Chinese). xin.msn.com. 26 December 2011. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
^ 《龍眾舞》馬星幫拼笑果 (in Chinese). lifetv.com.my. 20 February 2012. Archived from the original on 10 November 2012.

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[1] "Kelvin Tong's new film 'Dance Dance Dragon' more than just a comedy". Channel News Asia. 17 November 2011.

[2] 送！贺岁片《龙众舞》首映戏票15对 (in Chinese). xin.msn.com. 26 December 2011. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2012.

[3] 《龍眾舞》馬星幫拼笑果 (in Chinese). lifetv.com.my. 20 February 2012. Archived from the original on 10 November 2012.

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