Take Off
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- Movie: Take Off
- Revised romanization: Gukgadaepyo
- Hangul: 국가대표
- Director: Kim Yong-Hwa
- Writer: Kim Yong-Hwa
- Producer: Park Mu-Seung, Jung Joo-Kyun, Kim Hak-Joon
- Cinematographer: Park Hyun-Chul
- Release Date: July 30, 2009
- Runtime: 137 min.
- Distributor: Showbox/Mediaplex
- Language: Korean
- Country: South Korea
Plot
"Take Off" is centered around the joy and sorrow of the first Korean national ski jump team. In 1997, the county of Muju in South Korea bids to host the 2002 Winter Olympics. The IOC judges responsible for picking the host city wonders how Korea could host the Winter Olympics without having a national ski jump team. Because of this, a Korean ski jumping team is quickly formed.
Notes
- Take Off is partially based on a true story with fictionalized events and characters.
- First time that father & son, Kim Yong-geon & Ha Jung-Woo, appears together in a feature film.
- "Take Off" opened #2 at the South Korean box office selling 594,094 tickets on 754 screens (22.1% of all ticket sales) during its opening July 31st - August 2nd weekend.
- During its third weekend of release "Take Off" moved into the #1 position selling more tickets than previously #1 film "Haeundae." "Take Off" sold 913,447 tickets on 677 screens, accounting for 29% of all tickets sold during the August 14-16, 2009 weekend.
- An extended version / director's cut of "Take Off" was released in South Korea on September 10, 2009. The new version includes newly added scenes as well as re-edited scenes.[1] The extended version will play only in digital screening rooms - opening in 71 theaters and taking in 64,621 viewers over its first four day of release (ranking #7 for its opening weekend).
- During the Sept. 11-13 weekend "Take Off" moved past "May 18" to become the 10th most watched film ever in South Korea - having a cumulative total of 7,371,459 viewers.
- Through its theatrical run in South Korea "Take Off" became #6 in Korea's all time box office sales. The film sold a total of 8,442,226 tickets (including sales of the director's cut version of "Take Off").
Cast
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| Ha Jung-Woo | Kim Dong-Wook | Kim Ji-Seok | Choi Jae-Hwan | Lee Jae-Eung | Song Dong-Il |
| Heon-Tae/Bob | Hong Cheol | Chil-Gu | Jae-Bok | Bong-Ku | Coach Bang |
Additional Cast Members:
- Lee Eun-Seong - Su-Yeon
- Lee Se-Rang
- Lee Hye-Suk - Bob's birth mother
- Juni
- Lee Han-Wi
- Ma Dong-Seok
- Kim Yong-geon
- Hwang Ha-Na
- Seo Min-Yi - 3 year old Ji-Eun
- Kim Ji-Yeong - Bong-Ku's grandmother
- Oh Gwang-Rok - Pharmacist
- Kim Su-Ro - Loan Shark Boss
- Jo Seok-Hyeon
- Park Seong-Taek - Japanese broadcaster
- Kim Sung-Joo - Korean broadcaster
- Lee Seol-Ah - Hye-Ra
- Jung Min-Sung - classifieds journalist
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Awards
- 2009 (29th) Critics Choice Awards - October, 2009
- Best Director
- Best Technical Achievement
- Best Music
- 2009 (46th) Daejong Film Awards - November 6, 2009
- Best Director
- Best Visual Effects
- 2009 (32nd) Golden Cinematography Awards - December, 2009
- Best New Actor (Kim Ji-Seok)
- 2009 (30th) Blue Dragon Film Awards - December 2, 2010
- Best Director
- Best Cinematography
- 2010 (46th) PaekSang Arts Awards - March 26, 2010
- Best Movie
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References
- Take Off director's cut in cinemas, "KOFIC," Septemeber 10, 2009.
Categories: South Korean films | 2009 South Korean films | Films | 2009 films | Sports films | 2009 Sports films | K Sports films | Skiing films | 2009 Skiing films | K Skiing films | Best Film-Movie of the Year films | 2009 Best Film-Movie of the Year films | K Best Film-Movie of the Year films | Award Winning films | 2009 Award Winning films | K Award Winning films | Award Winning-Sports films | 2009 Award Winning-Sports films | K Award Winning-Sports films | Award Winning-Skiing films | 2009 Award Winning-Skiing films | K Award Winning-Skiing films | Showbox/Mediaplex distributed films | 2009 Showbox/Mediaplex distributed films
kaenzi Says:
Mar 14 2010 12:53 am
Love it, enjoy to watch till the end
Violeta Says:
Aug 22 2009 4:41 am
Wow, it should be fun, I see familiar actors ;DD