Sng starts the meter on Taxi! Taxi!

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Production News

Production gets underway this week (14 July) on Taxi! Taxi! 德士雙雄, a comedy drama directed by Singapore's Kelvin SNG 孫立人 (pictured).

The tale is an adaptation of the book Diary of a Taxi Driver: True Stories From Singapore's Most Educated Cabdriver, adapted from an English-language blog written by CAI Mingjie 蔡明傑, a scientist who became a cab driver.

The story pitches together a well-educated but down on his luck driver with a more working class cabbie who is struggling with the responsibility of bringing up his family. The two men, who start off as rivals, but become best buddies, are both keeping secrets from their families.

The lead roles are played by local comedians Mark LEE 李國煌 and Gurmit SINGH, who previously collaborated on 2001 sports comedy One Leg Kicking 一脚踢 (2001). Other cast includes Jazreel LOW 劉琦, GAN Mei Yan 顏薇恩, CHUA Jin Seng 蔡景森 and Royson ONG 王俊雄.

Production is by CHAN Pui Yin 陳佩然 of SIMF Management, who expects the film to be delivered by Jan 2013.

Taxi! Taxi! is being made on a budget of S$1 million (US$790,000) with financiers including Singapore companies SIMF Management, Galaxy Entertainment 星際娛樂, sglanded.net and Widescreen Media Pte Ltd, alongside Malaysian pair RAM Entertainment Sdn Bhd and PMP Entertainment.

Distribution in Jan 2013 will be by Golden Village Pictures Pte Ltd in Singapore and RAM Entertainment in Malaysia.

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