World Cup soccer boom hits big screen
월드컵 붐이 영화계를 뒤흔든다.
The ongoing World Cup fever has finally spread to the cinema industry, resulting in the sudden surge of soccer-themed movies on tap in the days leading up to the opening of the global soccer extravaganza late this month.
현재 진행중인 월드컵 성행이 마침내 영화계까지 퍼져있다. 결국 이번달 말쯤, 범세계적 축구 행사의 개막일까지 차츰 다가가는 나날속에서 축구를 주제로 한 개봉작 영화들의 돌풍을 이끌어냈다.
Setting the pace are two imports movies - British soccer drama "Mean Machine" and soccer comedy "Shoalin Soccer" from Hong Kong.
두 개의 수입영화- 영국축구드라마"그들만의 월드컵"과 홍콩축구 코메디"소림사 축구"-가 선도적 역할을 한다.
Released nationwide yesterday, "Mean Machine" tells the story of a jailed English football star who leads a group of inmates to victory in a match against prison guards.
어제 전국적으로 개봉된 "그들만의 축구"는 감수들에 대항하여 시합에서 승리를 위해 투옥수그룹을 선도하는 영국축구스타의 이야기다.
Directed by Barry Skolnick, the movie features real soccer player Vinnie Jones as Danny Meehan, who is sentenced to three years in jail for a drunken assault on a police officer.
배리 스콜닉 감독의 그 영화는 경찰에게 술을 먹고 폭행한 죄로 3년형을 받은 왕년의 축구스타 비니존스<대니 미한>이 주연역할을 한다.
The governor is desperate to install Danny as the coach of the prison guards' semi-professional soccer team. By means of a compromise, Danny agrees to coach a team of inmates instead. The match turns into a bitter war of words.
간수장은 대니를 간수들의 반직업적 축구팀의 코치로 임명하기 위해 필사적이다. 타협에 의해, 대신 대니는 죄수들의 팀코치에 합의를 한다. 그 시합은 쓰디쓴 전쟁의 말로 표현한다.
Scheduled to open next Friday, May 17, "Shaolin Soccer" skillfully brings together two seemingly distant themes of soccer and martial arts in a delightful way of presentation.
다음주 5월17일 금요일에 개봉예정인 "소림사축구"는 겉으로 보기에는 상당히 거리감이 있는 축구와 상무<소림사 무술>의 테마를 교묘하게 희극방식으로 전개한다.
Having already become the biggest hit ever at the Hong Kong box office last summer, "Shaolin Soccer" is to be released in the United States by Miramax, which recently earned the U.S. distribution rights of the movie.
이미 지난 여름 홍콩영화에서 대히트를 기록한 후, 소림사축구는 최근 미국 영화배급권을 취득한 미라맥스에 의해 미국에서 개봉예정이다.
Funnyman Stephen Chow directed and stars in the movie. He is one of the biggest names in Hong Kong cinema but is still relatively unknown in Korea compared to Chow Yun-fat, Jackie Chan and Jet Li.
코메디언 주성치가 감독겸 주연을 맡는다. 그는 홍콩영화에서는 거물중의 하나지만, 여전히 주윤발, 성용, 이연걸에 비하면 한국에서 여전히 상대적으로 인식도가 떨어진다.
Chow plays Sing, a Shaolin monk with superlative martial arts skills and a "leg of steel." Unfortunately, in modern China, there is little money to be made in being a monk, so Sing ekes out a meager living collecting garbage. The situation is not much better for his fellow Shaolin brothers, who, following the death of their master long ago, have left their martial arts ways to become a janitor, a grocery store clerk and even a stockbroker.
주성치는 씽-가공할만한 상무능력<소림사 무술기술>과 강철다리를 지닌 소림사 수도승-의 역할을 한다. 불행하게도 현대 중국에서는 수도승이 되는데 지원금이 없다. 그래서 싱은 폐품수집을 하며 비천한 삶을 간신히 유지한다. 상황은 그의 친구 소힘사 형제들에게 있어서 훨씬 안좋다. 그들은 오래전에 그들의 사부의 죽음을 따라 그들의 상무능력<소림사권법>을 버리고 경비원, 식품가게점원, 심지어는 주식중매인이 되었다.
However, they are all reunited when Sing's unique kick catches the attention of down-on-his-luck soccer coach Fung, who enters the former monks in a soccer competition with a $1 million prize.
그러나 싱의 독자적인 발차기가 운나쁜 축구코치 펑의 관심을 끌었을 때, 다시 뭉쳤다. 펑코치는 1백만 달러의 상금으로 축구경기에 수도승들을 입회시킨다.
Though it takes Sing and his brothers a while to get the hang of the game, the combination of their Shaolin-style martial arts and their newfound soccer skills makes them an unbeatable force.
비록 축구방법을 익히는데 싱과 그의 소림형제들에게 얼마간의 시간이 걸릴지라도, 그들의 소림스타일의 상무와 새로 발견된 축구능력이 그들을 무적의 팀이 되도록 한다.
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World Cup soccer boom hits big screen
The ongoing World Cup fever has finally spread to the cinema industry, resulting in the sudden surge of soccer-themed movies on tap in the days leading up to the opening of the global soccer extravaganza late this month.
Setting the pace are two imports movies - British soccer drama "Mean Machine" and soccer comedy "Shoalin Soccer" from Hong Kong.
Released nationwide yesterday, "Mean Machine" tells the story of a jailed English football star who leads a group of inmates to victory in a match against prison guards.
Directed by Barry Skolnick, the movie features real soccer player Vinnie Jones as Danny Meehan, who is sentenced to three years in jail for a drunken assault on a police officer.
The governor is desperate to install Danny as the coach of the prison guards' semi-professional soccer team. By means of a compromise, Danny agrees to coach a team of inmates instead. The match turns into a bitter war of words.
Scheduled to open next Friday, May 17, "Shaolin Soccer" skillfully brings together two seemingly distant themes of soccer and martial arts in a delightful way of presentation.
Having already become the biggest hit ever at the Hong Kong box office last summer, "Shaolin Soccer" is to be released in the United States by Miramax, which recently earned the U.S. distribution rights of the movie.
Funnyman Stephen Chow directed and stars in the movie. He is one of the biggest names in Hong Kong cinema but is still relatively unknown in Korea compared to Chow Yun-fat, Jackie Chan and Jet Li.
Chow plays Sing, a Shaolin monk with superlative martial arts skills and a "leg of steel." Unfortunately, in modern China, there is little money to be made in being a monk, so Sing ekes out a meager living collecting garbage. The situation is not much better for his fellow Shaolin brothers, who, following the death of their master long ago, have left their martial arts ways to become a janitor, a grocery store clerk and even a stockbroker.
However, they are all reunited when Sing's unique kick catches the attention of down-on-his-luck soccer coach Fung, who enters the former monks in a soccer competition with a $1 million prize.
Though it takes Sing and his brothers a while to get the hang of the game, the combination of their Shaolin-style martial arts and their newfound soccer skills makes them an unbeatable force.