The Blue Mansion english Camedy movie 2009
Cast And Crew
Cast ::Patrick Teoh ,Louisa Chong ,Kay Siu Lim ,Adrian Pang ,Swee Lin Neo ,Emma Yong , Claire Wong
Kheng Hua Tan ,Huzir Sulaiman ;Steve Yap ,Denise Chan ,Ben Tan ,Deborah Png ,Pamela Oei ;Wendy Kweh
Director: Glen Goei
producer : Glen Goei
written : Ken Kwek
Original Music by David Hirschfelder
Associate producer : Kate James
Country: Singapore
Language: English
Filming Locations: Malaysia
Release Date: 22 October 2009 (Singapore)
Genre: Comedy
Blue Mansion Movie Synopsis
The film is a quirky murder mystery about a wealthy Asian tycoon who dies suddenly under mysterious circumstances. He returns as a ghost to try to uncover the secret of his death with the help of his family and the police
News for
Singapore director Glen Goei’s upcoming film, The Blue Mansion has been selected to open in the “Window on Asian Cinema” at the 14th Pusan International Film Festival (Piff) this year. Glen’s first feature film That’s The Way I Like It / Forever Fever was one of Singapore’s earlier films which had its world rights picked up by Miramax, and it’s been a long 11 years since for his second feature film to be made and to hit the big screen.Watch online Movie Trailer free The Blue Mansion hollywood film
With a cast of thespian talent from both Singapore and Malaysia, and backed by an international production crew, I’m having quite high hopes for this film, possibly the final local film to be released this year in Singapore, scheduled for October 22nd. But for those who will be heading toward Pusan in early October, you’re in luck to catch its World Premiere there!
Blue Mansion steals the show from real life cast
The Blue Mansion Movie Review
SINGAPORE : Singapore director Glen Goei’s latest film “The Blue Mansion” revolves around the quirky story of an eccentric extended family in the middle of a murder mystery.
Though it features several big names in the local theatre scene such as Lim Kay Siu, Emma Yong, Pam Oei and Adrian Pang, the movie's main star however, is the mansion itself where the story is set.
Filmed on location at the Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion in Penang, the UNESCO heritage site has proven to be a character of its own in the movie, according to Goei who described its feng shui as "very good".
The house definitely has an atmosphere and every scene takes places in the house.”
Actress Emma Yong who stars in the movie added, “I think the house welcomed us. It felt like it was happy to have us there.”
Goei told Primetime Morning that the idea for the film, his first in 11 years, came about after he had attended a funeral wake of his friend’s mother ten years ago.
I was watching the going-ins and the going-outs over three days. It was hilarious, the aunties and uncles giving advice, there were cousins running around. There were strangers from all walks of life whom my friends had never seen before. So I just felt it was a situation for a melodramatic soap opera. I thought it was a great concept for a film.”
He chose to film at the blue mansion after search attempts for an old, colonial mansion in Singapore resulted in none. Malaysia was their next option and a house was eventually found in Penang.
The house was built in 1890 by a wealthy Chinese business man and had 16 bedrooms for his eight wives and their families, said Goei.
It belonged to the family up to about 15 years ago when it was sold to the current owner who is a well-known architect in Penang who believes very much in conservation. He preserved the house and it won a UNESCO architectural heritage conervation award."
Yong clearly enjoyed her filming experience despite it being her first movie role. She attributed it to the fact that the cast has known each other for many years and compared it to a “huge family outing” for them.
Being in the mansion which had an “electric” atmosphere, Yong said that they felt very at home there while filming.
Besides the local cast, an international crew was also behind the film. Goei thought the “unusual” story and script was what attracted the foreign crew to work with them.
As non-locals, they brought along different perspectives which was exactly what Goei wanted.
The film is in English, even though it’s a local film. And it’s about a family who are very anglophile. So I wanted that western perspective that they gave. It’s very much a film noir in the old traditional sense."
On the film’s combination of different genres, Yong said she loved the script when she first read it.
“It’s a little bit family drama, a little bit murder mystery, a little bit revenge tragedy, a lot of different elements all in it. So I think it’s quite rich and multi layered.”
And Yong isn't the only one who's impressed. “The Blue Mansion” has won a place in the prestigious Pusan International Film Festival where it will make its world premiere on October 10. The film opens in Singapore theatres on October 22.
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