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It's a Great, Great World! is a Singapourien film directed by Kelvin Tong with Olivia Ong
It's a Great, Great World! (2011)
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Add to a movie listIt's a Great, Great World () is a Singapore film directed by Kelvin Tong. It is set in the Great World Amusement Park and was released in Singapore cinemas on 27 January 2011. The film features an ensemble cast of local singers, established MediaCorp artistes, a number of celebrities from Hong Kong and Taiwan and getai group "Babes in the City". A noted feature of the film is the heavy use of common Chinese dialects and many actors had dialogues in dialects they were not familiar with.
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It's A Great Great World is set in Singapore's legendary amusement park named Great World, which was also known to locals by its Hokkien name 'Tua Seh Kai'. Spanning from the 1940s to the present day, the film presents four tales centred on attractions within these once famous walls.Actors
Olivia Ong
(Ah Min)
Nancy Sit M.H.
(Mrs Tan)
Chew Chor Meng
(Dip Dip Seller)
Chen Tian Wen
(Bellboy)
Gurmit Singh
(security guard)
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