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PRODUCTION INFORMATION

Background
Powerhouse producers Double Vision and Astro Shaw are coming together to give audiences a taste of horror comedy in their upcoming feature ‘Sini Ada Hantu!’ Double Vision has over twenty years of experience in film and television production and international recognition of its programmes by the International Emmy Awards, the Asian Television Awards, The Bangkok International Comedy Film Festival and the Shanghai International Television Festival. ASTRO Shaw is a leading producer of Bahasa Malaysia content for theatrical release with experience, strengths and networks in film distribution and marketing.

The collaboration endeavors to deliver fresh content that transcends racial boundaries and will appeal to the Malaysian audiences from all walks of life. ‘Sini Ada Hantu!’ sets a trend towards culturally varied films, adding diversity to Malaysian entertainment as well as broadening audiences viewing experience. Double Vision and ASTRO Shaw will be continuing their collaboration on a number of other movie projects set for future release.

The film features an ensemble of up and coming young actors, including Alvin Wong and Baki Zainal, as well as established veterans such as Mano Maniam, Patrick Teoh, Fasha Sandha, Ramasundran, Kuswadinata, Kazar Saisi among others.

The film is a special project by highly-acclaimed Malaysian independent and commercial film maker, James Lee, who’s directing credits include ASTRO Shaw’s horror box office hit ‘Histeria’. Lee has also taken on the role of concept creator and scriptwriter in this project. Executive Producer credits include Lim Beng Teck, CEO of Double Vision; and Zainir Aminullah, Senior Vice President of ASTRO Shaw. The movie was shot on location in the Klang Valley, Malaysia.

INFO
Genre : Horror Comedy
Director : James Lee
Producers : Double Vision and Astro Shaw
Language : Pre-dominantly Malay (75%) & Cantonese (25%)
English Title : Here Got Ghosts!
Release Date : 10 Feb 2011
Format : Colour, 35mm
Running Time : 98 mins
Rating : PG13

OST Music
- Music Producer & Songwriter: Shamsul Cairel Abd Karim
- Chi of dR Kronik is the lead singer of the movie’s theme song “Sini Ada Hantu!”
- Alvin Wong and Baki Zainal sing the rap part of the theme song
Lagu Tema : Sini Ada Hantu
Nanyian : Chi dr Kronik
Rap : Alvin Wong & Baki Zainal
Ciptaan : Shamsul Cairel abd karim
Lirik : Shamsul Cairel Abd Karim
Pengarah MV : Simon Long
Grafik Muzik Video : Nur Sidri & Chong Kok Hee

Fashion/Styling/Special Make-up
- Image Designers: Elaine Ng & Wing
- Special make-up: Elle Yong
- Wardrobe assistant: Kiki Low

AIRASIA LEADS MISSION FLIGHTS TO CAIRO

Alvin Wong

Alvin Wong is an actor, voice talent and a host who began acting for TV in 2001. Since then, he has added a long list of Chinese, English and Malay dramas as well as Films to his credits.

Wong is also an avid theater performer, having had roles in 家 Tauke – Ping Stage; 艺园走失的主人 Han’s Family – Ping Stage; 失乐园 Illusion 2001 – Need Entertainment; Shakespeare Schizophrenia – Chaotic Harmony; Endgame – KLPAC.

Wong has also appeared in many commercials since 2001 and hosted events. Wong’s achievements include: Winner of Best Performer at the 9th Malaysian Video Awards for Kopi Kapal Api Commercial and his solo performance in Conversation with a Mad Man, a winning short film at the BMW Shorties 2009.

Alvin Wong’s show reel can be viewed at http://www.vimeo.com/5619020

Sini Ada Hantu is the story of two drivers, Ah Meng and Bakri who find themselves dealing with more horror than they can handle when they take on a last minute, late night job: to deliver their Boss’s late grandfather, encased in an old Chinese style coffin, to a small village outside of town in time for the latter’s funeral.

Bakri and Ah Meng decide to tell each other ghost stories in order to pass the time and, most importantly, stay awake.

Bakri begins with a story from his kampung of the Banana Tree spirit, a mysterious temptress who seduces men in their sleep. As these men fall deeper under her spell, they find themselves slipping away from reality.
Ah Meng’s story is of four friends who tempt fate when they seek spiritual guidance from dead spirits as a means out of their financial problems to disastrous outcomes.

Bakri follows on from Ah Meng’s tale with a third story about a university hostel haunted by the ghosts of Japanese soldiers who inhabited the hostel when it was a base for the Japanese Imperial Army in World War Two.

As Ah Meng is about to follow up with another story, the van breaks down. The men then experience a ghostly encounter of their own. A ghost appears in the van!

Both Ah Meng and Bakri run in fear, but find themselves with bigger problems than ghosts when their van disappears. They can’t report the missing vehicle to their supervisor or the police as neither will believe the mysterious circumstances under which the van went missing. They have no choice but to walk towards the next village for help.

To their great surprise, upon reaching the village, the men find their van parked outside a funeral home. Ah Meng and Bakri are confused until they walk into the funeral home and see a picture of the deceased hanging above the coffin they were supposed to deliver. The picture is of none other than the ghost Bakri and Ah Meng had seen the night before!

DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT
The idea and concept for the movie came to me as I was looking for a very Malaysian ghost story, and there is no one way or one story to represent it. We live in a country with a diversity of cultural backgrounds and each culture has their own ghostly tales. I therefore decided on an anthology concept in which we see real Malaysian characters telling ghost stories from Malaysia’s different cultural backgrounds. The ghost stories the characters tell to pass the time become their reality when they encounter their own ghost.

James Lee, was born in 1973, Ipoh, Malaysia and originally trained as a graphic designer. A self-taught filmmaker, he began acting & directing theatre plays before venturing into video filmmaking.
His stage acting credits include experimental performances in the avant garde Chicken Parts series, Expat Comes to Town, Box Of Delights and Chekov’s Marriage Proposal. He also appeared in Amir Muhammad’s Lips to Lips.

His experience in directing for theatre includes Love Poems, a monologue by Jaeson Iskandar; The Dumb Waiter, under the Director’s Workshop by Five Arts Centre and Actors Studio Theatre, Changi. Lee also recently directed Betrayal (2007).

In 2001 he directed his first feature film, Snipers, followed by Ah Beng Returns, a highly stylized experimental film, the same year. In 2002 James made Room To Let, a Mandarin drama. The Beautiful Washing Machine is his fourth DV-feature, which won the Best ASEAN Feature Award and FIPRESCI Prize in the 2005 Bangkok International Film Festival. The movie also received rave reviews from The Village Voice and Variety.com.

Besides his feature-length films and numerous shorts, James founded Doghouse73 Pictures, an independent DV-filmmaking outfit. He also produced Amir Muhammad’s award winning documentary The Big Durian and Ho Yuhang’s Sanctuary.
He also works as a director of photography for independent shorts and features. Which includes two award winning works, Tan Chui Mui’s “Love Conquers All” and Azharr Rudin’s “Majidee”.

James Lee has participated in international film festivals in the following capacities:
• Jury member for the Silver Screen Awards & Singapore Short Film Awards for the 15th Singapore International Film Festival 2002.
• Invited speaker for the 1st Sarawak Millenium Film Festival 2002
• Invited speaker for the 1st The Overseas Chinese Film festival 2002 (Singapore)
• 1st Berlinale Talent Campus 2003 (Talent participant)
• Jury member of the 1st Astro TryCam Short Film Festival 2003
• Participant of ASEF Scriptlab workshop in CINEMANILA 2003
• 4th Workshop-Seminar Produire au Sud 2003 (France)
• Jury member of the 17th KL Film Festival (Short Films Category) 2004