Sparrow (2008 film)
Sparrow (Chinese: 文雀; pinyin: Wen que; Cantonese Yale: Man jeuk) is a 2008 Hong Kong caper film produced and directed by Johnnie To. The film stars veteran Milkyway Image cast and crew alumni Simon Yam, Gordon Lam, Law Wing-cheung and Kenneth Cheung as a small gang of pickpockets, with each member being mysteriously approached by a beautiful Taiwanese woman (Kelly Lin) with a hidden agenda.
Sparrow remained in pre-production for three years from 2005 to 2008, with To shooting the film in between other projects. The film was selected in competition at the 58th Berlin International Film Festival, premiering during the festival in February 2008. It was released in Hong Kong on 19 June 2008.
Plot
Kei (Simon Yam) is the experienced leader of a team of pickpockets.(Pickpockets are also known as "Sparrows" in Hong Kong slang). He enjoys a carefree lifestyle taking photos with his vintage Rolleiflex. One day a dashing beauty, Chun-Lei (Kelly Lin), suddenly appears in Kei's viewfinder. Kei is mesmerized. Every member of his team has an encounter with her.... But behind Chun-lei's attractive facade lies a mysterious past and a mission to set herself free.
Podcasts:
Sparrow
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- The Early Years released: 2005
- Sparrow released:
Sparrow
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- Underground Hip Hop for Dummies, Volume 3 released: 2004
Underground Hip Hop for Dummies, Volume 3
Released 2004- Whoa (Easy Mo Bee remix)
- DSP
- Remember the Face
- Iz You Dee
- Rhyme Impotence
- Cops and Crackrock
- Special EFX (feat. Godfather Don)
- Keep Rockin'
- Luchini a.k.a. This Is It
- Good to Go (feat. Aceyalone)
- Roadrunner
- The Way It Iz
- Chillin'
- Uknowhowwedu (Ski remix)
- Party Thuggin' Chedda Forever
- Wrong Side of da Tracks
- Cranium (remix) (feat. The Dwellas)
- My Oddity
- Ain't a Damn Thing
Sparrow
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- Warning Track Records Compilation - Summer 2008 released: 2008
Sparrow
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- Beijing Post-Rock released: 2012
Mighty Sparrow
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- Doctor Bird: Soca Anthology released: 2011
- First Flight: Early Calypsos From the Emory Cook Collection released: 2005
- Only a Fool released: 2002
- Mighty Sparrow - Volume Three released: 2002
- 16 Carnival Hits released: 2000
- Down Memory Lane released: 2000
- Volume One released: 2000
- Hot and Sweet released: 1999
- Soca Lover released: 1997
- Renaissance released: 1996
- Explodes Into Calypso Time: The Best of released: 1996
- Volume Four released: 1994
- 25th Anniversary released: 1980
- Sparrow Meets the Dragon released: 1969
- Calypsoes released: 1959
- Mighty Sparrow: Volume Two released:
- No Money No Love released:
- Sparrow's Dance Party released:
Down Memory Lane
Released 2000- Jean & Dinah/w intro by Melo
- Cowboy Melo
- Fowl Thief Melo
- Lying Melo (Melody Lie)
- Madam Dracula (Wif of Melo)
- Play One For Melo
- King Kong
- Lion & Donkey (Rematch)
- Animal Beauty Contest
- Old Man & The Donkey
- The Govenors Ball
- A Man Likes To Feel
- Keep The City Clean
- B.G. Plantain
- B.G. War
- Don't Go Joe
- Bonus - Jean & Dinah
Sparrow
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- Circus Days, Volume 6 released: 1991
Circus Days, Volume 6
Released 1991- Dream, Dream, Dream
- Barefoot & Tip Toe
- You Outside
- Liquid Blue
- Take a Walk in the Sun
- The Elastic Band
- Mystery Track
- Eiderdown Clown
- Memories of Melinda
- Tracy Smith
- Fire
- Second Glance
- Red Brick House
- Little Man
- Regency Gardens
- Dream Song
- Don't Make a Sound
- Remember
- The Nymphs of Umtwalumi Wood
- Father Good's Space Flight
- Red Chalk Hill (demo)
- Call Me a Friend
- Smokey Wood
- 200 Million Red Ants
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by Rankin Family
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by Fighting Gravity
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by Carrie Newcomer
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by Smashing Pumpkins
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by Eric Carmen
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by Simon And Garfunkel
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by Magic Dirt
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by Basia Bulat
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by Madee
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by Lisa Angelle
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by Love Outside Andromeda
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by Jessie Baylin
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by Attack In Black
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by Simon & Garfunkel
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by Trespassers William
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by Marvin Gaye
Sparrow
by: Rankin FamilyAll around us flies the snow
Winter finds us moving slow
From a dark wood comes the sound
Of a tall tree falling down
Little sparrow, did you hear?
Wings of angels draw you near
Breath of winter chills the ground
Now a tall tree's fallen down
Little sparrow, did you weep?
Did you wake from restless sleep?
Was your heart then turned around
By a tall tree falling down?
From the dark wood comes the sound
Breath of winter chills the ground
Was your heart then turned around
Sparrow?
Little sparrow, still you fly
Still you gaze into the sky
Are you longing, do you yearn
For a tall tree to return?
All around us flies the snow
Winter finds us moving slow
From a dark wood comes the sound
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