Kung Phooey! (2003)
All the action, twice the laughs... no M.S.G.
87 min
The plot follows Art Chew's (a pun of the sound one makes when sneezing) quest to retrieve the ancient peach. The movie starts with Art Chew traveling to America, as well as showing Art's training at the Shur-li temple (a play on words with the child actor Shirley Temple), showing many kung-fu clichés such as grabbing the pebble from the masters hand (which Art succeeds without effort), fighting on trees in this case small potted palms and "listing" for elements (Earth, Wind and Fire play a funky tune). After the montage is shown Art meets up with his cousin Wayman (A parody on the way Chinese pronounce r as w) a Chinese adult who tries to act American so he isn't embarrassed by stereotypes and foster cousin Roy Lee, an African American who sincerely believes he is a reincarnation of Bruce Lee.
- Release date
- March 11, 2003
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- Michael Man-Kin Chow as Art Chew
- Joyce Brew as Helen Hu
- Colman Domingo as Roy Lee
- Darryl Fong as Waymon
- Karena Davis as Sue Shee
- Wallace Choy as Uncle Wong
- Fred Salvallon as One Ton
- Robert Wu as Lo Fat
- Stuart W. Yee as Non Fat
- Karl-Heinz Teuber as Dr. Kotzbrocken
Crew
- Darryl Fong · Director
- Darryl Fong · Writer
- Michael Man-Kin Chow · Producer
- Darryl Fong · Producer
- Kent Carter · Composer
- Cliff Traiman · Cinematographer
- Rick LeCompte · Editor
- Steven Liu · Editor
- Michael Ching · Casting director
- Mulan Chan · Production designer