Happy Times
2000 · 102 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 4,247 VOTES · DIR. Zhang Yimou
Overview
Zhao is an old laid-off worker who's dreaming of getting married. After trying unsuccessful proposals, he finally pairs off with a gargantuan divorcée with two children. She, however, demands a lavish wedding and that Zhao finds a job and another place to stay for her blind step-daughter. Pretending he's the General Manager of a non-existent posh hotel "Happy Times", Zhao has to find ways and means of keeping both mother and stepdaughter happy.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,207 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:28 HAPPY TIMES
00:03:59 - I've got some money. - What?
00:07:17 Grandpa!
00:11:06 - If you're not a grandpa, then hurry up! - All right.
00:14:24 You like football? You're a football player?
00:19:05 Was it nice when she barged in on us like that?
00:22:27 - I promised your mum. - She's not my mum.
00:25:17 I lost all feeling on one side of my body.
00:28:47 How many times do I have to tell you?
00:32:46 Listen, it's a good idea. It's settled!
00:38:20 They're off-limits.
00:42:17 That's easy. Li, don't you have a tape recorder at home?
00:45:36 Turn again, we're there.
00:49:18 Right, Zhao, you come in with me.
00:55:49 I paid over 500.
01:00:46 - Not a single person showed up today? - Right.
01:03:54 "Take them all away!"
01:06:54 I won't go. You know I can't keep a secret.
01:10:27 She may already know.
01:14:16 ...on the stock market."
01:17:31 You're right about the Happy Times Hotel.
01:23:20 - Are any of you related to him? - We work together.
01:27:04 Manager Zhao...
180:00:00 doctors in Beijing will fix your eyes.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,207
Dialogue density11.8 lines / min
First line00:00:28
Final line180:00:00
Production Record
DirectorZhang Yimou
LanguageChinese
Budget$1,900,000
Revenue$240,093
IMDb votes4,247