Premiering at the Berlin Film Festival with stops at the Udine Far East Film Festival and the New York Asian Film Festival, Johnnie To's Sparrow is certainly well-traveled. The award-winning director took three years to make this gorgeous little film characterized by vibrant locations and heaps of entertaining style. To enlisted many of his regular players for Sparrow - including Simon Yam, Kelly Lin, Gordon Lam, Lo Hoi Pang, and Lam Suet - and each plays their part with solid, practiced charisma. But this is clearly Johnnie To's show, and the director delivers an engaging cinema love letter demonstrating his affection for both his city and the movies. This whimsical thriller creates a glamorous Hong Kong filled with gentleman pickpockets, elegant damsels, and unspoken honor amongst thieves. As lovely and enjoyable as it is breezy and smart, Sparrow is a Hong Kong movie with grace, wit, and abundant cinematic pleasure. The dapper Kei (Simon Yam) leads a four-man team of pickpockets (played by Gordon Lam, Kenneth Cheung, and Law Wing Cheong), each adept at relieving unsuspecting tourists of their valuables. But their daily thievery is interrupted when Chung Chun Lei (Kelly Lin) enters their lives, bringing with her an elegance and mystery that immediately attracts. She approaches each man separately, drawing each in like moths to a flame, but what's her angle? Is she a thief? A damsel in distress? And why is she constantly on the run from suit-wearing thugs? Chun Lei most definitely means trouble, as her interference - and a sultry cry for help - threatens the foursome's solidarity. Ever the experienced leader, Kei knows that it's best for pickpockets to keep a very low profile, and desires for his men to attract as little attention as possible. But when Kei's skills are challenged by an elder, more experienced thief, he goes all in, risking everything to help Chun Lei. Release Group: BiEN Release Name: Sparrow.2008.DVDRip.XviD-BiEN Filename: bien-xvid-sparrow Release Date: Sept 5, 2008 Source: DVD Size: 1CD | 708.63 MB Genre: Drama Video: 955 kbps | 640x272 Audio: Cn | 164 kbps MP3 Subtitles: En | Cn Runtime: 1h 26m 43s IMDB Rating: 6.9/10 (261 votes) Directed By: Johnny To Starring: Simon Yam, Kelly Lin, Ka Tung Lam YesAsia Link
^should be in canto but i have not downloaded yet, so cannot confirm the parts can be joined with WinRAR
almost all WinRAR parts do not require joining, you just need to download all and decompress it (if you are missing one piece) it will not decompress
From those good folks at irfree [HIDE]( links are interchangeable ): http://rapidshare.com/files/142873209/S.2008.DVDRip.XviD-BiEN.part1.rar http://rapidshare.com/files/142873238/S.2008.DVDRip.XviD-BiEN.part2.rar http://rapidshare.com/files/142873302/S.2008.DVDRip.XviD-BiEN.part3.rar http://rapidshare.com/files/142873110/S.2008.DVDRip.XviD-BiEN.part4.rar http://rapidshare.com/files/142873254/S.2008.DVDRip.XviD-BiEN.part5.rar http://rapidshare.com/files/142873297/S.2008.DVDRip.XviD-BiEN.part6.rar http://rapidshare.com/files/142873340/S.2008.DVDRip.XviD-BiEN.part7.rar http://rapidshare.com/files/142872851/S.2008.DVDRip.XviD-BiEN.part8.rar OR http://www.megaupload.com/?d=GL3UOB0A http://www.megaupload.com/?d=INACQMJ9 http://www.megaupload.com/?d=6ZANI0P8 http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7X248AN3 http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RWTYRF62 http://www.megaupload.com/?d=AU3MRELX http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Z8ID6P9Q http://www.megaupload.com/?d=KTPB09R2 OR http://www.filefactory.com/file/12e58e/n/S_2008_DVDRip_XviD-BiEN_part1_rar http://www.filefactory.com/file/c37149/n/S_2008_DVDRip_XviD-BiEN_part2_rar http://www.filefactory.com/file/1d276d/n/S_2008_DVDRip_XviD-BiEN_part3_rar http://www.filefactory.com/file/aafa2d/n/S_2008_DVDRip_XviD-BiEN_part4_rar http://www.filefactory.com/file/bce86d/n/S_2008_DVDRip_XviD-BiEN_part5_rar http://www.filefactory.com/file/ec8756/n/S_2008_DVDRip_XviD-BiEN_part6_rar http://www.filefactory.com/file/1911e7/n/S_2008_DVDRip_XviD-BiEN_part7_rar http://www.filefactory.com/file/7a1e12/n/S_2008_DVDRip_XviD-BiEN_part8_rar OR http://netload.in/dateiMTUwMTY1NT/S.2008.DVDRip.XviD-BiEN.part1.rar.htm http://netload.in/dateiMTM1OTAxMz/S.2008.DVDRip.XviD-BiEN.part2.rar.htm PASS: http://irfree.com [/HIDE]
too slow :( but i want ot watch it so bad, im willing to download the parts in like 10 parts lol. hopefully its in cantonese
thanks for this.. Jonnie's movie is always nice.. u will see something new instead of just follow the hit. Support in theater and still wanna keep it too
Thanks for the uploads~!! these two listed above are canto.. watching it now~! Jonnie's stuff is always good THANKS~!! http://netload.in/dateiMTUwMTY1NT/S.....part1.rar.htm http://netload.in/dateiMTM1OTAxMz/S.....part2.rar.htm
many thanks !! English and Chinese Subtitles here: http://rapidshare.com/files/143484635/bien-xvid-sparrow-subs.rar
are u talking about the links logy posted? if you are , the password is at the buttom of the page. look closely.
Some better link. [HIDE] http://rapidshare.com/files/143551802/BiEN-Sparrow.part1.rar http://rapidshare.com/files/143550990/BiEN-Sparrow.part2.rar http://rapidshare.com/files/143550712/BiEN-Sparrow.part3.rar http://rapidshare.com/files/143551393/BiEN-Sparrow.part4.rar[/HIDE] No password.
i downloaded the english subtitles and extracted them to the folder where i have the movie but it still doesn't show the subtitles. can anyone help? this is the subtitle file i have "bien-xvid-sparrow-subs.sfv"