{{Use Philippine English|date=March 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2023}} {{Infobox film | name = Enteng the Dragon | image = | caption = | director = Romy Villaflor | producer = <!-- Rodolfo V. Quizon is an executive producer --> | based_on = | screenplay = Tony S. Mortel | story = {{Plainlist| *Tony S. Mortel *Romy Villaflor *Roy Vera Cruz }} | starring = Dolphy<br>Vandolph | music = Danny Tan | cinematography = Amado De Guzman | editing = Efren Jarlego | distributor = RVQ Productions | released = {{film date|1988|7|14}} | runtime = | country = Philippines | language = Filipino | budget = }} '''''Enteng the Dragon''''' is a 1988 Philippine comedy film directed by Romy Villaflor and written by Tony S. Mortel. It is a parody of the film ''Enter the Dragon''.<ref>{{cite book |title=Film: American Influences on Philippine Cinema |author=Nick Deocampo |publisher=PublishDrive |date=2017 |isbn=9789712728969 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f909DwAAQBAJ}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0361578/|title=Enteng the Dragon 1988|website=IMDb}}</ref>
==Plot== The story revolves around \ Enteng (Dolphy) a vendor of a mobile food house in China Town. Enteng is known for his humor, and a journalist and star reporter named Rowena (Dang Cecilio) was interested to cover his story after her Editor-in-Chief saw him as worthy of human interest. Kuto (Vandolph), a young boy that he found sleeping in his food wagon, led him to the shrine of the monks, that sealed his destiny as a vigilante and hero.<ref name=":0" />
==Cast== *Dolphy as Enteng *Vandolph Quizon as Kuto *Dang Cecilio as Rowena *Eddie Garcia as the Evil Leader *Monica Herrera as Christina *Monsour del Rosario *Rommel Valdez *Tsing Tong Tsai *Panchito *Babalu *Don Pepot *Che-Che Sta. Ana *Roy Aoyama *Ros Olgado *Ernie Ortega *Estrella Querubin
==Production== The film was produced by the RVQ Productions, a production owned by Dolphy himself.
==Release== The film was released on July 14, 1988.<ref name=":0" />
==Accolades== {|| width="90%" class="wikitable sortable" |- ! width="10%"| Award-Giving Body !! width="25%"| Category !! width="25%"| Recipient !! width="10%"| Result |- | rowspan=3| 1989 FAMAS Awards<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000232/1989/1?ref_=ttawd_ev_1|title=FAMAS Awards (1989)|website=IMDb|accessdate=January 1, 2020}}</ref> |- | Best Picture - Comedy || ''Enteng the Dragon'' || {{Won}} |- | Best Child Actor || Vandolph || {{Won}} |}
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==Further reading== *{{cite book |title=Asia Week |volume=14 |publisher=Asiaweek Limited |date=1988 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4ncMAQAAMAAJ |page=29 }} *{{cite book |title=The Urian Anthology, 1980-1989: Film Essays and Reviews by the Manunuri Ng Pelikulang Pilipino with a Filmography of Philippine Movies, 1980-1989 |author=Nicanor G. Tiongson |publisher=A.P. Tuviera |year=2001 |page=490 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eelkAAAAMAAJ }}
==External links== *{{imdb title|0361578}}
Category:1988 films Category:1988 comedy films Category:Filipino-language films Category:Philippine comedy films
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