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 M.

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][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

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 in its world première.[6] 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.
Daniel, Lisa; Jackson, Claire (2003). The Bent Lens: A World Guide to Gay and Lesbian Film (2nd ed.). Crows Nest, New South Wales, Australia: Allen & Unwin. p. 380. ISBN 978-1741140149.
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 (2006). Cultural Control and Globalization in Asia: Copyright, Piracy, and Cinema. Oxfordshire, England: Routledge. p. 43. ISBN 978-0415352017.
Leisure and Cultural Services Dept, Hong Kong (2000). 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) (in Chinese and English). 康樂及文化事務署 (Kang le ji wen hua shi wu shu). p. 7. ISBN 978-962-7040-78-1.

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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.

[Daniel2003-2] Daniel, Lisa; Jackson, Claire (2003). The Bent Lens: A World Guide to Gay and Lesbian Film (2nd ed.). Crows Nest, New South Wales, Australia: Allen & Unwin. p. 380. ISBN 978-1741140149.

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

[Stokes2007-4] Stokes, Lisa Odham (2007). Historical Dictionary of Hong Kong Cinema. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. 233. ISBN 978-0810855205. LCCN 2021697613.

[Pang2006-5] Pang, Laikwan (2006). Cultural Control and Globalization in Asia: Copyright, Piracy, and Cinema. Oxfordshire, England: Routledge. p. 43. ISBN 978-0415352017.

[6] Leisure and Cultural Services Dept, Hong Kong (2000). 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) (in Chinese and English). 康樂及文化事務署 (Kang le ji wen hua shi wu shu). p. 7. ISBN 978-962-7040-78-1.