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 date	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.

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References

Gan, Wendy (2005). Fruit Chan's Durian Durian. Hong Kong University Press. p. 31. ISBN 978-962-209-743-8.
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.
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.
Pang, Laikwan (2006). Cultural control and globalization in Asia: copyright, piracy, and cinema. Routledge. p. 43. ISBN 978-0-415-35201-7.
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.

[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.