Crazy English (1999)

Name: Crazy English
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1999-08-07

1h 30m

Running Time

Plot.

A documentary about Li Yang, who tries to teach large numbers of Chinese to speak English, using unusual methods. He holds motivational rallies, where he gets the crowd to shout out English phrases, in order to instill confidence, and tells them not to be afraid of losing face. His goal is to increase Chinese trade, and export Chinese culture, to the main world markets: North America, Japan, and Europe. After the rally, they can continue their English lessons using his taped courses.

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Cast & Crew.

yang li

Gu Changwei

Zhang Yuan

Director

Details.

Release Date
August 7, 1999

Original Name
疯狂英语

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 30m

Genres
Documentary

Last updated: 2023-11-12

Wiki.

Crazy English is a 1999 Chinese documentary directed by Zhang Yuan. The film premiered along with Zhang's Seventeen Years at the 1999 Locarno International Film Festival. It established Zhang's position as a "legitimate" director after years of working independently from, and often at odds with, the Chinese authorities.In contrast to earlier films, like East Palace, West Palace (1997), Crazy English was produced with the cooperation of the state-owned Xi'an Film Studio, which enjoys a "presented by" billing in the film's credits.