Spacked Out Explained

Spacked Out
Native Name:Chinese: 無人駕駛
Director:Lawrence Ah Mon
Story:Four Tse Liu-Shut
Producer: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
Editing:Andy Chan Chi Wai
Studio:Milkyway Image
Distributor:Mei Ah Entertainment (Hong Kong)
Runtime:93 minutes
Country:Hong Kong
Language:Cantonese
Gross:HK$1,358,000

Spacked Out 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] [3] Cookie, Sissy, Banana and Bean Curd, around Tuen Mun in the New Territories of Hong Kong[4] 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.[5]

Cast

Awards

The film opened the 2000 Hong Kong International Film Festival in its world première.[6] It received a "Films of Merit" award at the 7th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards in 2000.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Gan, Wendy . Fruit Chan's Durian Durian . 2005 . . 978-962-209-743-8 . 31 .
  2. Book: Daniel . Lisa . Jackson . Claire . The Bent Lens: A World Guide to Gay and Lesbian Film . 2003 . 2nd . . Crows Nest, New South Wales, Australia . 380 . 978-1741140149.
  3. Web site: Peterson . Nathalie . Spacked Out (Mo Yan Ka Sai) . . 60 . 2002 . 8 February 2024. (via Issuu)
  4. Book: Stokes . Lisa Odham . Historical Dictionary of Hong Kong Cinema . 2007 . . Lanham, Maryland . 233 . 2021697613 . 978-0810855205.
  5. Book: Pang . Laikwan . Cultural Control and Globalization in Asia: Copyright, Piracy, and Cinema . 2006 . . Oxfordshire, England . 43 . 978-0415352017.
  6. Book: 香港電影回顧專題: 跨界的香港電影 (Hong Kong cinema retrospective : border crossings in Hong Kong cinema). Leisure and Cultural Services Dept, Hong Kong . 2000 . 康樂及文化事務署 (Kang le ji wen hua shi wu shu) . 978-962-7040-78-1 . 7 . Chinese, English .