Thursday, May 1, 2008
Ti is a poor father who works all day, everyday at a construction site to make sure his son Dicky Chow can attend an elite private school. Despite his father's good intentions to give his son the opportunities he never had, Dicky, with his dirty and tattered clothes and none of the "cool" toys, stands out from his schoolmates like a sore thumb. Ti can't afford to buy Dicky any expensive toys and goes to the best place he knows to get new stuff for Dicky--the junk yard! While out "shopping" for a new toy for his son, Ti finds a mysterious orb and brings it home for Dicky to play with. To his surprise and disbelief, the orb reveals itself to Dicky as a bizarre "pet" with extraordinary powers. Armed with his "CJ7" Dicky seizes this chance to overcome his poor background and shabby clothes and impress his fellow schoolmates for the first time in his life. But CJ7 has other ideas and when Dicky brings it to class, chaos ensues.
Also Known As:
A Hope
Alien
Chang Jiang XII
Cheung Gong 7 Hou
Cheunggong 7 Hou
Long River 7
Wai Xing Ren
Yangtze River VII
Production Status:Released
Genres:Action/Adventure, Art/Foreign, Comedy, Kids/Family and Science Fiction/Fantasy
Running Time:1 hr. 28 min.
Release Date:March 7th, 2008 (limited)
MPAA Rating:PG for language, thematic material, some rude humor and brief smoking.
Distributors:Sony Pictures Classics
Production Co.:Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia, Star Overseas, Beijing Film Studio, China Film Group Corp.
Financiers:Bona International Film Group, China Film Group Corp.
U.S. Box Office:$206,678
Filming Locations:Ningbo, China
Produced in:Hong Kong
