Rough Cut (2008 film)
Rough Cut (Korean: 영화는 영화다; RR: Yeonghwanun Yeonghwada; lit. "A Movie is a Movie") is a 2008 South Korean action film. It is the debut feature of director Jang Hoon and based on an original story by Kim Ki-duk. The film had a total of 1,307,688 admissions nationwide.[4]
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Hangul | 영화는 영화다 |
Hanja | 映畫는 映畫다 |
Revised Romanization | Yeonghwaneun yeonghwada |
McCune–Reischauer | Yŏnghwanŭn yŏnghwata |
Directed by | Jang Hoon |
Produced by | Kim Ki-duk David Cho |
Written by | Kim Ki-duk |
Starring | |
Music by | Roh Hyoung-woo |
Cinematography | Kim Gi-tae |
Production company | Kim Ki-duk Film |
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Running time | 113 minutes |
Country | South Korea |
Language | Korean |
Budget | ₩650 million[1] US$1.5 million[2] |
Box office | US$7.2 million[3] |
Synopsis
Gang-pae, played by So Ji-sub, is a local organized crime leader who still wishes he could be in movies. Soo-ta, played by Kang Ji-hwan, is a haughty actor who is easy to provoke. Within his latest film, where he plays a gangster, he gets into the role too much and sends one of the stuntmen to the hospital. The two men meet by chance at a room salon and Soo-ta enlists Gang-pae to join the production. But this real life gangster will only join the production if the fights are real. The two main characters continue to try and one-up the other every chance they get.
Cast
- So Ji-sub as Gang-pae (gangster)
- Kang Ji-hwan as Jang Soo-ta (actor)
- Hong Soo-hyun as Kang Mi-na (actress)
- Park Soo-young as Chief Lee
- Ko Chang-seok as Director Bong (director)
- Song Yong-tae as Chairman Park
- Jang Hee-jin as Eun-sun (Soo-ta's girlfriend)
Blurring of real and fake
Since this film crosses back and forth between being an actual movie and a movie within a movie, the lines get blurred as to which the audience is watching. Examples:
- The character name Soo-ta (수타) is a parody of 스타 meaning "(movie) star" in Korean. And the character name Gang-pae (강패) is a parody of 깡패 which means "gangster" in Korean.
- Choreographed fights become "real" and a "real" fight turns out to be planned but is however "real".
- The actual movie script for Rough Cut is shown being read and held several times by rehearsing characters and crew within the film.
- Numerous members of the actual crew, including the producer and editor, are seen in the film as "crew members".
- Various movie posters can be seen including Time also written by Kim Ki-duk and an early draft of a Rough Cut poster, which is the same image on the cover of the scripts.
- The "real" arrest of a bloodied Gang-pae for a recent murder turns out to be in image from a film shown in a theater right before the actual credits roll.
Awards and nominations
- Best New Actor - So Ji-sub
- Best New Actor - Kang Ji-hwan
- Nomination - Best Supporting Actor - Ko Chang-seok
- Nomination - Best New Director - Jang Hoon
- Best Actor - So Ji-sub
- Best New Director - Jang Hoon
- Best New Actor - Kang Ji-hwan
- 2008 Korean Film Awards
- Best New Actor - Kang Ji-hwan
- Nomination - Best Film
- Nomination - Best Actor - So Ji-sub
- Nomination - Best Supporting Actor - Ko Chang-seok
- Nomination - Best New Director - Jang Hoon
- Nomination - Best Screenplay - Kim Ki-duk
- Best Producer - Kim Ki-duk
- Nomination - Best Newcomer - So Ji-sub
- 2009 Baeksang Arts Awards
- Best New Actor - So Ji-sub
- Best New Actor - Kang Ji-hwan
- Nomination - Best Film
- Nomination - Best New Director - Jang Hoon
- Nomination - Best Screenplay - Kim Ki-duk
- Best Music - Roh Hyoung-woo
- 2009 Buil Film Awards
- Best New Actor - So Ji-sub
- Best New Actor - So Ji-sub
- Best New Actor - Kang Ji-hwan
- Best Screenplay - Kim Ki-duk, Jang Hoon, Ok Jin-gon, Oh Se-yeon
- Nomination - Best New Director - Jang Hoon
- Nomination - Best New Actor - So Ji-sub
References
- "Low Budget the New Answer for Chungmuro?". Twitch Film. 25 September 2008. Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 2012-12-18.
- D'Sa, Nigel (14 August 2008). "Rough Cut Ready for September Release". Korean Film Council. Retrieved 2010-06-08.
- "Youngwhaneun Youngwhada (Rough Cut)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-12-18.
- "Theatrical Releases in 2008: Box-Office Admission Results". Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 2012-12-18.
- "Rough Cut - Awards". Cinemasie. Retrieved 2012-12-18.
External links
- Official website (in Korean)
- Rough Cut on IMDb
- Rough Cut at the Korean Movie Database
- Rough Cut at HanCinema