Peggy Su!

1998 British film
  • 1998 (1998)
Running time
100 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

Peggy Su! is a 1998 film written by Anglo-Chinese playwright Kevin Wong, directed by Frances-Anne Solomon and starring Pamela Oei. His own experience and background being the son of Chinese immigrants working in the laundry business was used.[1] It was directed by Trinidadian Frances-Anne Solomon who had previously worked on What My Mother Told Me in 1994 and Bideshi in 1996.[2][3][4]

About the film

This romantic comedy set in Liverpool in 1962. It is about the Chinese community there and 19-year-old Peggy who lives above a family laundry business with her brother and his wife. it centers on Peggy (Pamela Oei) her attempts to find a husband and also her coping with the changing times in the early 1960s.[5][6]

The film has the distinction of being the first feature film to receive National Lottery funding. It was joint funded with the BBC.[7][8] It was distributed by BBC Worldwide.[9]

Film festival and award

Festival

  • Reel Word Film Festival Canada (2001) [10][11]
  • Overseas Chinese Fim Festival Glasgow (2002) [12]

Award

  • RTS Television Award & BAFTA winner for best Costume Design by Joey Attawia.[13][14]

Review

  • The Independent Sunday 23 August 1998 [15]
  • Positif n° 448, Page 41 & 60, 1998 [16]

Cast

  • Jonathan Arun as Brian
  • Jacqui Chan as Ifec Mah
  • Daphne Cheung as Jackie
  • Alphonsia Emmanuel as Miss James
  • Glen Goei as David
  • Burt Kwouk as Dad
  • Pamela Oei as Peggy
  • Charles T.H. Ong as David's father
  • Adrian Pang as Gilbert
  • Vincenzo Pellegrino as Terry
  • Stuart Richma as Vicar
  • Sukie Smith as Rita
  • Daniel York as Jack
  • Barbara Yu Ling as David's mother

Crew (selective)

  • Screenplay ... Kevin Wong
  • Executive producer ... George Faber
  • Associate producer ... Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo
  • Director of photography ... Shelley Hirst
  • Casting ... Carl Proctor
  • Production design ... Choi Ho Man
  • Costume design ... Joey Attawia
  • Makeup artist ... Natasha Chambers
  • Makeup designer ... Sharon Martin
  • First assistant director ... Julian Holmes
  • Second assistant director ... Pauline Oni
  • Third assistant director ... Mzee Coffey, Lab Ky Mo

Company credits

Production

  • Production Companies ... Arts Council of England, BBC Films,
  • The Mersyside Film Production Fund

Other

  • ADR Facility ... Goldcrest Post Production London
  • Post production sound services ... The Sound Design Company

References

  1. ^ World Film Locations: Liverpool By Jez Conolly, Caroline Whelan Page 86 Peggy Su! (1997) Location > Liverpool Town Hall, High Street, Chamber
  2. ^ Frame by Frame Three By Audrey T. McCluskey Page 1005 Index of International (non-US) Black Directors
  3. ^ Trinidad and Tobago Newsday Thursday, May 22, 2008 Film Company hosts workshop
  4. ^ Turner Classic Movies Freances-Anne Solomon Filmography
  5. ^ BFI screenonline Peggy Su! (1998)
  6. ^ Caribbean Beat Issue 36 Frances Anne Solomon: Beating the System by Bruce Paddington
  7. ^ BFI screenonline Peggy Su! (1998)
  8. ^ Caribbean Beat Issue 36 Frances Anne Solomon: Beating the System by Bruce Paddington
  9. ^ New York Times Peggy Su! Production Credits
  10. ^ Famous March 2001 Volume 2 No 3 Page 10 Get Reel
  11. ^ Cineplex http://mediafiles.cineplex.com/FamousMagazineArchive/MAR2001/Mar2001_lo.pdf
  12. ^ Bidding for the Mainstream?: Black and Asian British Film Since the 1990s By Barbara Korte, Claudia Sternberg Page 2, Introduction
  13. ^ Imdb Peggy Su! (1997) Awards Royal Television Society, UK 1998
  14. ^ francesannesolomon.net Press Kit, Page 2, Short synopsis http://francesannesolomon.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/PEGGY-SU-PRESS-KIT-2-reduced.pdf
  15. ^ The Independent Sunday 23 August 1998 Television drama: In the end, Peggy Su gets married
  16. ^ Positif, Issues 447-450 Positif, Issues 447-450

External links

  • Peggy Su! at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata