Breaking News (2004 film)

Breaking News (Chinese: 大事件) is a 2004 Hong Kong action film produced and directed by Johnnie To, and starring Richie Jen, Kelly Chen, Nick Cheung, Eddie Cheung, Simon Yam and Maggie Shiu. The film premiered out of competition at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.[2]

Breaking News
Traditional大事件
Simplified大事件
MandarinDà Shì Jiàn
CantoneseDaai6 Si6 Gin2
Directed byJohnnie To
Produced byJohnnie To
Cao Biao
Written byChan Hing-kai
Yip Tin-shing
Milkyway Creative Team
StarringRichie Jen
Kelly Chen
Nick Cheung
Eddie Cheung
Simon Yam
Maggie Shiu
Music byBen Cheung
Chung Chi-wing
CinematographyCheng Siu-keung
Edited byDavid M. Richardson
Production
company
Distributed byMedia Asia Distribution
Release date
  • 10 June 2004 (2004-06-10)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguageCantonese
Mandarin
English
Box officeUS$1,028,420[1]

Plot

The Hong Kong Police finds itself in a public relations crisis after a disastrous shootout and the scene of a police officer surrendering in apparent fear to the mobsters was captured and telecast by the local media. Inspector Cheung and his crew are assigned to the task of catching these mobsters, led by the intelligent and resourceful Yuen.

In the meantime, Superintendent Rebecca Fong leads an effort on the part of the Hong Kong Police to mislead the media and salvage the reputation of the police team. She sees the chance in a raid on the mobsters hiding out in an apartment, while Inspector Cheung leads his own team to search for the mobsters, with many gunfights breaking out in between.

Yuen hides out in the apartment of Yip, a bumbling taxi driver and single father of two. With the reluctant help of Yip's computer whiz son, he plays an intricate cat and mouse game with the police, releasing suspicious images of the police being defeated to the media. Superintendent Fong thwarts the effort with tricks of her own, including releasing a sumptuous packed lunch to the numerous squads on duty. After PTU officers were defeated in the first raid attempt, SDU operators were called in to flush out Yuen and his fellow mobsters.

Inspector Cheung successfully tracks down Yuen, though he is defeated only after a high-octane chase and gunfight sequence, with Fong held hostage.

Cast

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Awards and nominations
Awards and nominations
Ceremony Category Recipient Outcome
24th Hong Kong Film Awards Best Film Breaking News Nominated
Best Director Johnnie To Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Maggie Shiu Nominated
Best Film Editing David M. Richardson Nominated
41st Golden Horse Awards Best Feature Film Breaking News Nominated
Best Director Johnnie To Won
Best Film Editing David M. Richardson Won
Best Action Choreography Yuen Bun Nominated
Best Visual Effects Stephen Ma Nominated
Best Art Direction Yee Chung-Man Nominated
11th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards Film of Merit Breaking News Won
10th Golden Bauhinia Awards Top Ten Chinese-language Film Breaking News Won
7th Changchun Film Festival Best Actress Kelly Chen Nominated
34th Sitges Film Festival Best Director Johnnie To Won

Remakes

An American remake of Breaking News was set up by film production company Gold Circle Films and art-house distributor Paramount Vantage, with director Joel Schumacher in talks to direct.

Another remake called Goryachie Novosti (international title: Newsmakers) has been shot in Russia. It is produced by Moscow-based Tandem Pictures and Gothenburg's Illusion Film and helmed by young Swedish director Anders Banke. The Russian/Swedish version of Breaking News was theatrically released in Russia and ex-USSR on 7 May 2009.[5]

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See also

References
  1. "Breaking News - Box Office Mojo". boxofficemojo.com.
  2. "Festival de Cannes: Breaking News". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 2009-12-05.
  3. "Breaking News (2004)". hkmdb.com.
  4. "Breaking News at chinesemov.com".
  5. "NewsMakers-Film.ru". newsmakers-film.ru. Archived from the original on 22 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
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