Crazy English is a 1999 Chinese documentary directed by Zhang Yuan. The film premiered along with Zhang's Seventeen Years at the 1999 Locarno International Film Festival. It established Zhang's position as a "legitimate" director after years of working independently from, and often at odds with, the Chinese authorities. In contrast to earlier films, like East Palace, West Palace (1997), Crazy English was produced with the cooperation of the state-owned , which enjoys a "presented by" billing in the film's credits.