# The Last Message
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{{Short description|1975 Hong Kong film by Michael Hui}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2014}}
{{Use Hong Kong English|date=June 2014}}
{{more citations needed|date=June 2011}}
{{Infobox film
| name = The Last Message
| image = TheLastMessage.jpg
| alt =
| caption = DVD cover
| director = [Michael Hui](/source/Michael_Hui)
| producer = [Raymond Chow](/source/Raymond_Chow)
| writer = [Michael Hui](/source/Michael_Hui)
[Lau Tin-chi](/source/Lau_Tin-chi)
[Louis Sit](/source/Louis_Sit)
| screenplay =
| story =
| narrator =
| starring = [Michael Hui](/source/Michael_Hui)
[Samuel Hui](/source/Samuel_Hui)
| music = [Samuel Hui](/source/Samuel_Hui)
[Joseph Koo](/source/Joseph_Koo)
| cinematography = [Cheung Yiu-cho](/source/Cheung_Yiu-cho)
[Yu Chun](/source/Yu_Chun)
| editing = Peter Cheung
| studio =
| distributor = [Golden Harvest](/source/Orange_Sky_Golden_Harvest)
| released = {{Film date|1975|08|21|df=yes}}
| runtime = 98 minutes
| country = British Hong Kong
| language = Cantonese
| budget =
| gross = HK$4,553,662
}}
{{Infobox Chinese
| t= 天才與白痴
| s= 天才与白痴
| l= "The Genius and the Idiot"
| p= Tián Cái Yú Bái Chī
| j= Tin1 Coi4 Jyu2 Baak6 Ci1
}}
'''''The Last Message''''' ({{zh|t=天才與白痴}}) is a 1975 Hong Kong [comedy film](/source/comedy_film) directed by and starring [Michael Hui](/source/Michael_Hui), and co-starring [Samuel Hui](/source/Samuel_Hui), with a cameo appearance by [Ricky Hui](/source/Ricky_Hui). This is the second film of the Hui Brothers.
==Plot==
Tim ([Michael Hui](/source/Michael_Hui)) and Lee ([Samuel Hui](/source/Samuel_Hui)) are employees of a mental hospital working as an orderly and nurse respectively. One day a crazy man named Cheng Ming ([Roy Chiao](/source/Roy_Chiao)) is institutionalized who carries a bag of trash. Tim and Lee discover that the bag is full of artifacts from the [Ming Dynasty](/source/Ming_Dynasty). Unfortunately, they are all broken pieces and cannot be traded for money. Then, Cheng talks about a Princess and Tim and Lee figure that Cheng knows where are the artifacts from. Later on, Cheng dies from heart attack and Tim and Lee find Princess (Eileen Humphreys) and find out that she is Cheng's daughter. Princess tells them that her father discovered a sunk boat at the coast of Hong Kong. Tim and Lee starts to plan for their luxurious life, including quitting their jobs, and set out to find the artifacts. They do discover tons of it and brings it to trade for money. However, the ones Tim and Lee find are revealed to be fakes. With their fancy of luxury over, Lee gets his job back and Tim got insane and became a mental patient.
==Cast==
* [Michael Hui](/source/Michael_Hui) as Tim
* [Samuel Hui](/source/Samuel_Hui) as Nurse Lee
* [Ricky Hui](/source/Ricky_Hui) as waiter on skate
* [James Tien](/source/James_Tien_(actor)) as traffic cop
* [Roy Chiao](/source/Roy_Chiao) as Cheng Ming
* [Ray Cordeiro](/source/Ray_Cordeiro) as Policeman
* [Dean Shek](/source/Dean_Shek) as hotel clerk
* Eileen Humphreys as Princess
* Lau Yat-fan as Police Chief
* Chiang Nan as antique dealer
* Siu Kam as Arab bodyguard
* Wong Sam as Dr. Wong
* Fung Ngai as Mr. Chow
* [Joseph Koo](/source/Joseph_Koo) as doctor in operation
* Tsang Cho-lam as schizo, Chan Keung
* Hao Li-jen as mental patient, dies in bed
* Ho Pak-kwong as hospital attendant with crabs and frogs
* [Ching Siu-tung](/source/Ching_Siu-tung) as student scuba diver
* Fung King-man as mental patient, Barbitone
* Kam Lau as Tim's mother
* Chu Yau-ko as mental patient, eating disorder
* [Sai Gwa-Pau](/source/Sai_Gwa-Pau) as mental patient, likes death
* Hong Ka-yan as Nurse
* To Sam-ku as Ms. Chow
* [The Lotus](/source/Lotus_(Hong_Kong_band)) as band
* Luk Chin as Catholic priest at hospital
==Partial soundtrack==
'''''Tin choi yu bak chi''''' (天才與白痴) is an album by [Samuel Hui](/source/Samuel_Hui), released in 1975 by [Polydor Records](/source/Polydor_Records) in Hong Kong. The first four tracks of the album are heard in the film.
{{track listing
|headline=Side one
|extra_column=English translation
|title1=天才與白痴
|note1=tin choi yu bak chi
|extra1=The Genius and the Idiot
|lyrics1=Sam Hui, Louis Sit 薛志雄
|music1=Sam Hui
|title2=天才白痴往日情
|note2=tin choi bak chi wong yat ching
|extra2=Old Love
|lyrics2=Samuel Hui, Louis Sit
|music2=Sam Hui
|title3=天才白痴錢錢錢
|note3=tin choi bak chi cheen cheen cheen
|extra3=Cash, Cash, Cash
|lyrics3=Samuel Hui, Louis Sit
|music3=Sam Hui
|title4=天才白痴夢
|note4=tin choi bak chi mung
|extra4=Dreams
|lyrics4=Samuel Hui, Louis Sit
|music4=Sam Hui
|title5=情人離別去
|note5=ching yaan lei bit heui
|extra5=Farewell, Lover
|lyrics5=[Ricky Hui](/source/Ricky_Hui)
|music5=[Paul Vance](/source/Paul_Vance), [Eddie Snyder](/source/Eddie_Snyder)[Rendition of the 1963 song "[What Will Mary Say](/source/What_Will_Mary_Say)" by [Johnny Mathis](/source/Johnny_Mathis)]
|title6=青春夢裡人
|note6=ching cheun mung leui yaan
|extra6=Dreams of a Young
|music6=[Ken Tobias](/source/Ken_Tobias)[Rendition of the 1970 song "[Stay Awhile](/source/Stay_Awhile_(The_Bells_song))" by [The Bells](/source/The_Bells_(band))]
|lyrics6=Sam Hui
}}
{{track listing
|headline=Side two
|extra_column=English translation
|title7=獨上西樓
|note7=dook seung sai lau
|extra7=Lonely at the West Tower
|music7=[Barry Gibb](/source/Barry_Gibb), [Robin Gibb](/source/Robin_Gibb)[Rendition of the 1967 song "[Holiday](/source/Holiday_(Bee_Gees_song))" by the [Bee Gees](/source/Bee_Gees)]
|lyrics7=Sam Hui
|title8=齊齊唱首歌
|note8=chai chai cheung sau gaw
|extra8=The Choir Sings
|lyrics8=Sam Hui
|music8=Sam Hui
|title9=莫等待
|note9=mok dang doi
|extra9=Don't Wait
|lyrics9=Sam Hui
|music9=Sam Hui
|title10=歡樂桃源
|extra10=Joy in Taoyuan
|note10=foon lok tou yuen
|lyrics10=Ricky Hui
|music10=Ricky Hui
|title11=故苑懷舊
|extra11=Vintage Estate
|note11=koo yuen wai gau
|lyrics11=Ricky Hui
|music11=Ricky Hui
|title12=天才白痴往日情(音樂)
|extra12=Old Love (instrumental)
}}
==Notes==
==External links==
* {{hkmdb title|5631}}
* ''[http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/movie.asp?id=862 The Last Message]'' at [Hong Kong Cinemagic](/source/Hong_Kong_Cinemagic)
* {{IMDb title|0100776|Tian cai yu bai ci}}
{{Michael Hui}}
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Category:1975 films
Category:1975 comedy films
Category:Hong Kong slapstick comedy films
Category:1975 Cantonese-language films
Category:Golden Harvest films
Category:Films directed by Michael Hui
Category:Films set in Hong Kong
Category:Films shot in Hong Kong
Category:1975 Hong Kong films
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