It's a Great, Great World is a Singapore film directed by Kelvin Tong

Kelvin Tong

Kelvin Tong Weng Kian is a Singaporean film director, screenwriter and producer.-Career:Kelvin's passion for theatre and filmmaking began in his secondary school days in Victoria School. He went on to study at Victoria Junior College...

. It is set in the Great World Amusement Park

Great World Amusement Park

The Great World Amusement Park also known locally as "Tua Seh Kai" in Hokkien, was the second of three former amusement parks in Singapore, along with New World and Gay World . It was established in 1929 and closed down in 1978....

 and was released in Singapore cinemas on 27 January 2011.

Plot

It's A Great Great World is set in Singapore's legendary amusement park named Great World, which was also known in Hokkien as 'Tua Seh Kai'. Spanning from the 1940s to the present day, the film presents four tales centred around attractions within these once famous walls. These four stories includes:

• A clown on a quest to have his photo taken with English movie star Elizabeth Taylor
  Elizabeth Taylor
  Dame Elizabeth Rosemond "Liz" Taylor, DBE was a British-American actress. From her early years as a child star with MGM, she became one of the great screen actresses of Hollywood's Golden Age...
  
   and tells his experience to his aging mother.
• The tale of a carnival shooting gallery operator who experiences her first teenage love with a Malaysian medicinal oil seller.
• A washed up diva of the Flamingo Nightclub who used to sing for her lost love, and rediscovers true support by her audience and her manager.
• A lok-lok seller who narrates the story of his wedding dinner with his mute wife the night the Japanese have invaded Singapore during World War II
  World War II
  World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
  
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This film signifies the stories of a multitude of characters that lived, worked, played, sang danced and even fell in love in Great World.

Variety shows

There are two variety shows that relate to the movie. The first show was "Amazing Great World" (精彩大世界) which was broadcasted in 24 January 2011 on Channel U

Channel U

Channel U may refer to these television channels:*MediaCorp TV Channel U, a Chinese-language channel in Singapore*SPH MediaWorks Channel U, a predecessor of the above channel until 2005...

 and another was "Great World Once More" (情迷大世界)which was broadcasted in 27 January 2011 on Channel 8

Channel 8

Channel 8, as a television channel, may refer to*MediaCorp Channel 8, Singapore*TVB8*Channel 8 Australia, a now defunct erotic TV channel*Canal 8 de Tucumán, a television station in San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina...

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Box office takings

As at 21 February 2011, the movie has earned more than S$2 million at the Singapore box office and attained viewership of 250 000.