Peggy Su!

Peggy Su!
Directed by Frances-Anne Solomon
Produced by Poonam Sharma, Colin Rogers
Written by Kevin Wong
Starring Jonathan Arun
Jacqueline Chan
Daphne Cheung
Alphonsia Emmanuel
Glen Goei
Burt Kwouk
Pamela Oei
Music by Peter Spence
Cinematography Shelley Hirst
Edited by Greg Miller
Distributed by BBC Worldwide (Foreign TV Distributor)
Release date
 1998
Running time
 100 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English

Peggy Su! is a 1998 film written by Anglo-Chinese playwright Kevin Wong. 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 played by Pamela Oei, her attempts to find a husband and also her coping with the changing times in the early 1960s.[5][6]

Other actors that were in the film include Daphne Cheung, Barbara Yu Ling, Alphonsia Emmanuel and Burt Kwouk.

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

Cast and crew

Cast

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

Crew (selective)

  • Director ... Frances-Anne Solomon
  • Screenplay ... Kevin Wong
  • Executive producer ... George Faber
  • Associate producer ... Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo
  • Producer ... Colin Rogers, Poonam Sharma
  • Music ... Peter Spencer
  • Director of photography ... Shelley Hirst
  • Editor ... Greg Miller
  • 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
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