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City Without Baseball
''City Without Baseball'' (; stylized: ; 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. The film explores several themes traditionally regarded as 'taboo' in Hong Kong society. The film is the first of seven such films by ''Scud'' (the production-crediting name of Hong Kong writer/film producer ''Danny Cheng Wan-Cheung''). The six later films are: ''Permanent Residence'' in 2009, ''Amphetamine'' in 2010, '' Love Actually... Sucks!'' in 2011, ''Voyage'' in 2013, '' Utopians'' in 2015 and ''Thirty Years of Adonis'' in 2017. His eighth film, ''Apostles'', was made in 2022, as was his ninth, ''Bodyshop''. His tenth and final film, ''Naked Nations: Hong Kong Tribe'', is currently in production. Plot The actual members of the Hong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawrence Ah Mon
Lawrence Ah Mon or Lawrence Lau Kwok Cheong (劉國昌) (born 1949) is a Hong Kong film director. His films are notable for their lurid exploration of the problems of the poor in modern Hong Kong, such as ''Gangs'' (1986), ''Spacked Out'' (2000), ''Gimme Gimme'' (2001) and ''City Without Baseball'' (2008). He has also made several films about colonial and postcolonial subaltern history in Hong Kong, such as the ''Lee Rock'' series (starring Andy Lau) and ''Queen of Temple Street'' (1990). He was born in Pretoria, South Africa. He has been nominated for Best Director in the Hong Kong Film Awards twice. Filmography as director * '' Dealer/Healer'' (2017) * ''Tales from the Dark 2'' (2013) * '' Tactical Unit - No Way Out'' (2009) * '' Besieged City'' (2008) * '' City Without Baseball'' (2008) * '' My Name is Fame'' (2006) * ''Gimme Gimme'' (2001) * ''Spacked Out'' (2000) * '' One and a Half'' (1995) * ''Even Mountains Meet'' (1993) * ''Three Summers'' (1992) * '' Arrest the Restless ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voyage (2013 Film)
''Voyage'' () is a 2013 film by the acclaimed Hong Kong film-maker ''Scud'', the production-crediting name of Danny Cheng Wan-Cheung. It is described as "a tragic story about love, fate and the struggle of losing loved ones",Scud makes Voyage to Europe Author: Martin Blaney. Publisher: ''Screen Daily''. Published: 20 April 2012. Retrieved: 17 March 2014. and received its world premiere on 20 October 2013 at the . [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000s Cantonese-language Films
S, or s, is the nineteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History Origin Northwest Semitic šîn represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative (as in 'ip'). It originated most likely as a pictogram of a tooth () and represented the phoneme via the acrophonic principle. Ancient Greek did not have a phoneme, so the derived Greek letter sigma () came to represent the voiceless alveolar sibilant . While the letter shape Σ continues Phoenician ''šîn'', its name ''sigma'' is taken from the letter ''samekh'', while the shape and position of ''samekh'' but name of ''šîn'' is continued in the '' xi''. Within Greek, the name of ''sigma'' was influenced by its association with the Greek word (earlier ) "to hiss". The original name of the letter "sigma" may have been ''san'', but due to the complica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinese Baseball Films
Chinese can refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **'' Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation ** List of ethnic groups in China, people of various ethnicities in contemporary China ** Han Chinese, the largest ethnic group in the world and the majority ethnic group in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, and Singapore ** Ethnic minorities in China, people of non-Han Chinese ethnicities in modern China ** Ethnic groups in Chinese history, people of various ethnicities in historical China ** Nationals of the People's Republic of China ** Nationals of the Republic of China ** Overseas Chinese, Chinese people residing outside the territories of Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan * Sinitic languages, the major branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family ** Chinese language, a group of related languages spoken predominantly in China, sharing a written script (Chinese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000s Sports Drama Films
S, or s, is the nineteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History Origin Northwest Semitic šîn represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative (as in 'ip'). It originated most likely as a pictogram of a tooth () and represented the phoneme via the acrophonic principle. Ancient Greek did not have a phoneme, so the derived Greek letter sigma () came to represent the voiceless alveolar sibilant . While the letter shape Σ continues Phoenician ''šîn'', its name ''sigma'' is taken from the letter ''samekh'', while the shape and position of ''samekh'' but name of ''šîn'' is continued in the '' xi''. Within Greek, the name of ''sigma'' was influenced by its association with the Greek word (earlier ) "to hiss". The original name of the letter "sigma" may have been ''san'', but due to the complica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 LGBT-related Films
8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9. In mathematics 8 is: * a composite number, its proper divisors being , , and . It is twice 4 or four times 2. * a power of two, being 2 (two cubed), and is the first number of the form , being an integer greater than 1. * the first number which is neither prime nor semiprime. * the base of the octal number system, which is mostly used with computers. In octal, one digit represents three bits. In modern computers, a byte is a grouping of eight bits, also called an octet. * a Fibonacci number, being plus . The next Fibonacci number is . 8 is the only positive Fibonacci number, aside from 1, that is a perfect cube. * the only nonzero perfect power that is one less than another perfect power, by Mihăilescu's Theorem. * the order of the smallest non-abelian group all of whose subgroups are normal. * the dimension of the octonions and is the highest possible dimension of a normed division algebra. * the first number ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Films
The year 2008 involved many major film events. ''The Dark Knight'' was the year's highest-grossing film, while ''Slumdog Millionaire'' won the Academy Award for Best Picture (out of eight Academy Awards). Evaluation of the year 2008 has been widely considered to be a very significant year for cinema. The entertainment agency website IGN described 2008 as "one of the biggest years ever for movies." It stated, "2008 was the year when the comic book movie genre not only hits its zenith, but also gained critical respectability thanks to ''The Dark Knight''. Animated films also proved a huge draw for filmgoers, with Pixar's ''WALL-E'' becoming not only the highest grossing toon but also the most lauded. Things got off on the right foot with the monster movie madness of ''Cloverfield''. Marvel got down to business laying the groundwork for their superhero team-up ''The Avengers'' with the blockbuster hit ''Iron Man'' and their respectable attempt at rebooting ''The Incredible Hulk''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong Cinemagic
Hong Kong Cinemagic, sometimes referred to as HKCinemagic, is a bilingual ( French and English) website providing a repository for information about Chinese language films from Hong Kong, China and Taiwan, and the people who created them. The website contains news, interviews, film reviews and a database of people, films and film studios as well as an illustrated glossary of terms. The web magazine has existed in various forms for over a decade. As of March 2009, the database contains over 10,000 films. The site was designed and is maintained by Marc Delcambre, Jean-Louis Ogé and Thomas Podvin. The key staff and editors are Stéphane Jaunin, Arnaud Lanuque, Van-Thuan Ly, Philippe Quevillart and David-Olivier Vidouze. History The original HKCinemagic1 site was created in late 1998 by Laurent Henry and Thomas Podvin, and initially hosted on Wanadoo France, it began as a site dedicated to directors Tsui Hark and Wong Kar-wai. As the site expanded with new contributors coming on board ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nudity In Film
In film, nudity may be either graphic or suggestive, such as when a person appears to be naked but is covered by a sheet. Since the birth of film, depictions of any form of sexuality have been controversial, and in the case of most nude scenes, had to be justified as part of the story. Nudity in film should be distinguished from sex in film. A film on naturism or about people for whom nudity is common may contain non-sexual nudity, and some non-pornographic films contain brief nude scenes. Nudity in a sexual context is common in pornographic films or erotic films. Nude scenes are considered controversial in some cultures because they may challenge the community's standards of modesty. These standards vary by culture and depend on the type of nudity, who is exposed, which parts of the body are exposed, the duration of the exposure, the posing, the context, or other aspects. Nudity in film may be subject to censorship or rating regimes that control the content of films. Many ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Or Transgender-related Films By Storyline
This is a list of films with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender-related storylines. This list contains theatrically released cinema films that highlight the issues and experiences of the LGBT community through the inclusion of LGBT romance and relationships. The films are organized by storyline, arranged alphabetically, by year, by country of filming, and by production. Biographical films * ''Amen'', India (2012) * ''Amphetamine'', Hong Kong (2010) * ''Beautiful Boxer'', Thailand (2003) * ''Before Night Falls'', United States (2000) * ''Bohemian Rhapsody'', United States (2018) * '' Capote'', Canada/United States (2005) * ''Caravaggio'', United Kingdom (1986) * '' Cazuza - O Tempo Não Pára'', Brazil (2004) * ''The Christine Jorgensen Story'', United States (1970) * '' City Without Baseball'', Hong Kong (2008) * '' Dahmer'', United States (2002) * ''Deathmaker'', Germany (1995) * '' De-Lovely'', United States (2004) * '' Gacy'', United States (2003) * ''The Girl King'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Or Transgender-related Films
This article lists lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender-related films involving participation and/or representation of LGBT. The list includes films that deal with or feature significant LGBT issues or characters. These films may involve LGBT cast and/or crew, an LGBT producer/director, a LGBT story, or a focus on LGBT target audiences. The English film title, original title, country of origin and production year are listed. Order is alphabetical by title. Made-for-television films and animated films are listed separately. There are also lists of films by year, by storyline, and those directed by women. 0–9 * '' $30'' (short – ''Boys Life 3''), US (1999) * '' 1 Versus 100'', US (2020) * '' 10 Attitudes'', US (2001) * ''10 Men'', UK (2012) * '' The 10 Year Plan'', US (2014) * '' 12 Points'', Austria (2015) * '' 101 Rent Boys'', US (2000) * '' 101 Reykjavík'', Iceland/Denmark/Norway/France (2000) * '' 14h05'', France/Switzerland (2007) * '' 15 Years'', Israel (20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong Films Of 2008
A list of films produced in Hong Kong in 2008:. 2008 References External links IMDB list of Hong Kong films* Hong Kong films of 2008 aHKcinemamagic.com {{Filmsbycountry 2008 Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ... 2008 in Hong Kong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
