Spacked Out

Spacked Out 無人駕駛
Directed by	Lawrence Ah Mon
Produced by	Johnnie To
Cinematography	Lai Yiu Fai
Edited by	Andy Chan Chi Wai
Production company	Milkyway Image
Distributed by	Mei Ah Entertainment (Hong Kong)
Release dates	5 April 2000 (Hong Kong)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese
Box office	HK$ 1.358 M.

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

Synopsis

The film follows four teenaged girls^[2] 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]

Awards

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

References

1. Gan, Wendy (2005). Fruit Chan's Durian Durian. Hong Kong University Press. p. 31. ISBN 978-962-209-743-8.
2. Daniel, Lisa; Claire Jackson (2003). The Bent Lens: A world guide to gay and lesbian film. Allen & Unwin. p. 380. ISBN 978-1-74114-014-9.
3. Stokes, Lisa Odham; Jean Lukitsh; Michael Hoover; Tyler Stokes (2007). Historical dictionary of Hong Kong cinema. Scarecrow Press. p. 233. ISBN 978-0-8108-5520-5.
4. Pang, Laikwan (2006). Cultural control and globalization in Asia: copyright, piracy, and cinema. Routledge. p. 43. ISBN 978-0-415-35201-7.
5. 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.

External links

• Spacked Out at the Internet Movie Database
• HK cinemagic entry