Spacked Out

Spacked Out
Spacked Out;
	無人駕駛
Directed by	Lawrence Ah Mon
Story by	Four Tse Liu-Shut
Produced by	Johnnie To
Starring	Debbie Tam Kit Man; Christy Cheung Wing-Yin; Angela Au Man Sze; Maggie Poon MeiKei; Vanessa Chu Man Wah; Lam Hoi-Man
Cinematography	Lai Yiu Fai
Edited by	Andy Chan Chi Wai
Production; company	Milkyway Image
Distributed by	Mei Ah Entertainment (Hong Kong)
Release date	5 April 2000 (Hong Kong);
Running time	93 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese
Box office	HK$1,358,000

Spacked Out (Chinese: 無人駕駛) is a 2000 Hong Kong social realist^[1] film directed by Lawrence Ah Mon and produced by Johnnie To. It has a Category III rating in Hong Kong.

Plot

The story follows four adolescent girls,^[2] Cookie, Sissy, Banana and Bean Curd, around Tuen Mun in the New Territories of Hong Kong^[3] as the youngest of the group, 13-year-old Cookie, finds out that she may be pregnant, but her boyfriend has left for Mong Kok to sell bootlegged VCDs.^[4]

Cast

Debbie Tam (Kit Man Tam) as Cookie
Christy Cheung (Wing Yin Cheung) as Sissy
Angela Au (Man Sze Au) as Banana
Maggie Poon as Bean Curd
Chu Man-Wah (Vanesia Chu) as Leung Lai-Yee
Hoi-man Lam as Mosquito

Awards

The film opened the 2000 Hong Kong International Film Festival for its world premiere.^[5] It received a "Films of Merit" award at the 7th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards in 2000.

References

^ Gan, Wendy (2005). Fruit Chan's Durian Durian. Hong Kong University Press. p. 31. ISBN 978-962-209-743-8.
^ Peterson, Nathalie (2002). "Spacked Out (Mo Yan Ka Sai)". San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival. p. 60. Retrieved 8 February 2024. (via Issuu)
^ Stokes, Lisa Odham (2007). Historical Dictionary of Hong Kong Cinema. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. 233. ISBN 978-0810855205. LCCN 2021697613.
^ Pang, Laikwan (7 May 2007). Cultural Control and Globalization in Asia: Copyright, Piracy, and Cinema. Routledge. p. 43. ISBN 9781134263738.
^ 香港電影回顧專題: 跨界的香港電影: Hong Kong cinema retrospective (in Chinese and English). 康樂及文化事務署 (Kang le ji wen hua shi wu shu). 2000. p. 7. ISBN 978-962-7040-78-1.

External links

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[1] Gan, Wendy (2005). Fruit Chan's Durian Durian. Hong Kong University Press. p. 31. ISBN 978-962-209-743-8.

[2] Peterson, Nathalie (2002). "Spacked Out (Mo Yan Ka Sai)". San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival. p. 60. Retrieved 8 February 2024. (via Issuu)

[Stokes2007-3] Stokes, Lisa Odham (2007). Historical Dictionary of Hong Kong Cinema. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. 233. ISBN 978-0810855205. LCCN 2021697613.

[Pang2006-4] Pang, Laikwan (7 May 2007). Cultural Control and Globalization in Asia: Copyright, Piracy, and Cinema. Routledge. p. 43. ISBN 9781134263738.

[5] 香港電影回顧專題: 跨界的香港電影: Hong Kong cinema retrospective (in Chinese and English). 康樂及文化事務署 (Kang le ji wen hua shi wu shu). 2000. p. 7. ISBN 978-962-7040-78-1.

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