City Without Baseball
| City Without Baseball | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Lawrence Ah Mon |
| Produced by | Heman Peng |
| Written by | Scud (stage name of Danny Cheng Wan-Cheung) |
| Starring |
Ron Heung Tze-Chun Leung Yu-Chung Yuan Lin John Tai Ji-Ching Monie Tung Man-Lee |
| Music by | Eugene Pao |
| Cinematography | Ying Zhang |
| Edited by | Kwok-Wing Leung (as Jacky Leung) |
Production company |
ArtWalker Productions |
| Distributed by | Golden Scene (2007) (worldwide) (all media) |
Release dates |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese |
City Without Baseball (Chinese: 無野之城; stylized: 無野の城; jyutping: mou4 je5 zi1 sing4) is a 2008 Hong Kong drama film starring Ron Heung and other members of the Hong Kong National Baseball Team. It is directed by South African-born Hong Kong filmmaker Lawrence Ah Mon, about a city where baseball is almost unknown, and where the team plays to empty stadia. It explores several themes traditionally regarded as 'taboo' in Hong Kong society, in an unusually open, convention-defying way, and features full-frontal male nudity in several scenes. It is the first of five such films by Scud (the stage name of Hong Kong writer/film producer Danny Cheng Wan-Cheung). The four later films are: Permanent Residence in 2009, Amphetamine in 2010, Love Actually... Sucks! in 2011, and his most recent, Voyage, in 2013. His sixth film, Utopians, has now been completed and awaits release, whilst his seventh, Naked Nation, is currently in production.[1]
Plot
The actual members of the Hong Kong National Baseball Team appear in the film as themselves, in a story set in 2004. Their isolated existence leads them to take unconventional choices in both love and friendship, and to summon great courage in the face of their lonely and disconnected existence. The story focuses on the easy-going, yet often detached, main character, Ronnie, as played by Ron Heung, and his friendships and relationships with others, both on and off the sports field.
Awards
- 2008 Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards Winners for Top 7 Suggested Films
- 2008 Taiwan Film Critics Society Awards Winners for Top 10 Best Chinese Films
Films by the same director/producer
- Permanent Residence (2009)
- Amphetamine (2010)
- Love Actually... Sucks! (2011)
- Voyage (2013)
Home media
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- VCD first became available on 2008-10-03 (3 October 2008)
- DVD (DVD Region 3) first became available on 2008-10-10 (10 October 2008)
- Blu-ray Disc first became available on 2011-06-03 (3 June 2011)
See also
- Hong Kong films of 2008
- List of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender-related films
- List of lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender-related films by storyline
- Nudity in film (East Asian cinema since 1929)
References
- ↑ "Open Auditions for Artwalker's new films - 'Open Auditions' notice]". Artwalker (production company). Retrieved 24 October 2014.
External links
- Official website (Chinese)
- City Without Baseball at the Internet Movie Database
- City Without Baseball in the Chinese Movie Database
- 'Mike Reviews' film entry
- 'Love HK' film entry
- 'HK cinemagic' film