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CJ7

CJ7
CJ7 (movie poster).jpg
Official poster
Traditional 長江七號
Cantonese coeng4 gong1 cat1 hou4
Directed by Stephen Chow
Produced by Stephen Chow
Han Sanping
Chui Po-Chu
Written by Stephen Chow
Vincent Kok
Tsang Kan-Cheong
Sandy Shaw Lai-King
Fung Chi-Keung
Lam Fung
Starring Stephen Chow
Xu Jiao
Zhang Yuqi
Music by Raymond Wong Ying-Wah
Cinematography Poon Hang-Sang
Edited by Angie Lam, Kendall Murillo Montoya
Production
company
Beijing Film Studio
China Film Group
Star Overseas
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Sony Pictures Classics
Release date
  • 30 January 2008 (2008-01-30) (China)
  • 31 January 2008 (2008-01-31) (Hong Kong)
Running time
88 minutes
Country Hong Kong
China
Language Cantonese
Budget US$20 million
Box office US$47,301,471

CJ7 (Chinese: 長江七號; Cantonese Yale: Cheung gong chat hou) is a 2008 Hong Kong-Chinese science fiction comedy drama co-written, co-produced, starring, and directed by Stephen Chow. It was released on 31 January 2008 in Hong Kong. It was also released on 14 March 2008 in the United States.

In August 2007 the film was given the title CJ7, a play on China's successful Shenzhou manned space missions—Shenzhou 5 and Shenzhou 6. It was previously known by a series of working titlesAlien, Yangtze River VII, Long River 7 and most notably, A Hope.

CJ7 was filmed in Ningbo, in the Zhejiang province of China.

Chow Ti is a poor construction worker. He lives in a partially demolished house with his nine-year-old son, Dicky. Ti is eager to save money so he can continue sending his son to private school. However, Dicky is often bullied by other children and chided by his teachers at school.

One day, while at a department store, Dicky begs his father to buy him a popular robotic toy called CJ1. Ti cannot afford it, and the situation ends badly when Ti spanks the stubborn Dicky in front of other customers. Dicky finds comfort in Ms. Yuen, his schoolteacher, who is passing by. That night, Ti visits the junkyard where he often picks up home appliances and clothes for Dicky. He finds a strange green orb and takes it home, telling Dicky that it is a new toy. He is hesitant at first, but later accepts it. The following evening, the green orb transforms into a cuddly alien creature that befriends Dicky. After playing with the alien, he names the alien "CJ7", and then falls asleep. He dreams that the alien will help him gain popularity and good grades at school.


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