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| native_name = {{Film name
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| traditional = 孤男寡女
| t = 孤男寡女
| simplified = 孤男寡女
| s = 孤男寡女
| pinyin = Gū Nán Guǎ Nǚ
| p = Gū Nán Guǎ Nǚ
| jyutping = Gu1 Naam4 Gwaa2 Neoi2}}
| j = Gu1 Naam4 Gwaa2 Neoi2}}
| director = [[Johnnie To]]<br />[[Wai Ka-fai]]
| director = [[Johnnie To]]<br />[[Wai Ka-fai]]
| producer = Johnnie To<br>Wai Ka-fai
| producer = Johnnie To<br>Wai Ka-fai
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'''''Needing You...''''' is a 2000 Hong Kong [[romantic comedy]] film, produced and directed by [[Johnnie To]] and [[Wai Ka-fai]], starring [[Andy Lau]] and [[Sammi Cheng]].<ref name="HK01-20200707">{{cite web |last1=沈洛嘉 |title=孤男寡女20年｜鄭秀文剖白愛Kinki的原因　「人生不用太多估算」 |url=https://www.hk01.com/%E9%9B%BB%E5%BD%B1/494931/%E5%AD%A4%E7%94%B7%E5%AF%A1%E5%A5%B320%E5%B9%B4-%E9%84%AD%E7%A7%80%E6%96%87%E5%89%96%E7%99%BD%E6%84%9Bkinki%E7%9A%84%E5%8E%9F%E5%9B%A0-%E4%BA%BA%E7%94%9F%E4%B8%8D%E7%94%A8%E5%A4%AA%E5%A4%9A%E4%BC%B0%E7%AE%97 |access-date=18 November 2020}}</ref>
'''''Needing You...''''' is a 2000 Hong Kong [[romantic comedy]] film, produced and directed by [[Johnnie To]] and [[Wai Ka-fai]], starring [[Andy Lau]] and [[Sammi Cheng]].<ref name="HK01-20200707">{{cite web |last1=沈洛嘉 |title=孤男寡女20年｜鄭秀文剖白愛Kinki的原因 「人生不用太多估算」 |url=https://www.hk01.com/%E9%9B%BB%E5%BD%B1/494931/%E5%AD%A4%E7%94%B7%E5%AF%A1%E5%A5%B320%E5%B9%B4-%E9%84%AD%E7%A7%80%E6%96%87%E5%89%96%E7%99%BD%E6%84%9Bkinki%E7%9A%84%E5%8E%9F%E5%9B%A0-%E4%BA%BA%E7%94%9F%E4%B8%8D%E7%94%A8%E5%A4%AA%E5%A4%9A%E4%BC%B0%E7%AE%97 |access-date=18 November 2020}}</ref>


''Needing You...'' is the first film produced by [[One Hundred Years of Film]], a [[subsidiary]] of [[China Star Entertainment Group]].
''Needing You...'' is the first film produced by [[One Hundred Years of Film]], a [[subsidiary]] of [[China Star Entertainment Group]].
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After Kinki helped Andy defuse a sticky work situation, Andy offers to help his subordinate in her private love life. He plots with Kinki to get back at Dan, her philandering boyfriend. In the process, the two realize they may harbor romantic feelings for each other.
After Kinki helped Andy defuse a sticky work situation, Andy offers to help his subordinate in her private love life. He plots with Kinki to get back at Dan, her philandering boyfriend. In the process, the two realize they may harbor romantic feelings for each other.


Andy's old flame, Fiona (Fiona Leung) attempts to intervene, trying to hook Kinki up with young [[internet]] [[billionaire]] Roger ([[Raymond Wong Ho-yin|Raymond Wong]]). Although Kinki does not fancy Roger, she realizes that Andy is showing fits of unease and jealousy that is pleasing her.
Andy's old flame, Fiona (Fiona Leung) attempts to intervene, trying to hook Kinki up with young [[Internet]] [[billionaire]] Roger ([[Raymond Wong Ho-yin|Raymond Wong]]). Although Kinki does not fancy Roger, she realizes that Andy is showing fits of unease and jealousy that is pleasing her.

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==Reception==
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===Box office===
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During the slump in the [[Cinema of Hong Kong|Hong Kong film industry]] of the late 1990s, '' Needing You...'' raked in HK$6.5 million during its first three days of release in Hong Kong, and amassed a total of HK$35 million in Hong Kong alone, rivaling [[John Woo]]'s [[Cinema of the United States|American film]], ''[[Mission: Impossible 2]]'', which screened during the same period in Hong Kong and triumphing all other Hong Kong films screened for the past few years. In the same year, ''[[Summer Holiday (2000 film)|Summer Holiday]]'' earned HK$21 million, which was ranked 2nd best-selling local film after ''Needing You...'' in Hong Kong.


==Cast==
==Cast==
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* May Fu as Grace
* May Fu as Grace
* Englie Kwok
* Englie Kwok
* [[Vanessa Chu]] as Kinki's sister
* Vanessa Chu as Kinki's sister
* Terence Lam
* Terence Lam

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==Reception==
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===Box office===
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During the slump in the [[Cinema of Hong Kong|Hong Kong film industry]] of the late 1990s, '' Needing You...'' raked in HK$6.5 million during its first three days of release in Hong Kong, and amassed a total of HK$35 million in Hong Kong alone, rivaling [[John Woo]]'s [[Cinema of the United States|American film]] ''[[Mission: Impossible 2]]'', which screened during the same period in Hong Kong and triumphing all other Hong Kong films screened for the past few years. In the same year, ''[[Summer Holiday (2000 film)|Summer Holiday]]'' earned HK$21 million, which was ranked 2nd-best-selling local film after ''Needing You...'' in Hong Kong.


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{Imdb title|id=0244092|title=Needing You}}
* {{IMDb title|id=0244092|title=Needing You}}


{{Johnnie To}}
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[[Category:2000 films]]
[[Category:2000 films]]
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[[Category:Hong Kong films]]
[[Category:Hong Kong romantic comedy films]]
[[Category:Hong Kong romantic comedy films]]
[[Category:2000 romantic comedy films]]
[[Category:2000 romantic comedy films]]
[[Category:Cantonese-language films]]
[[Category:2000s Cantonese-language films]]
[[Category:China Star Entertainment Group films]]
[[Category:China Star Entertainment Group films]]
[[Category:Milkyway Image films]]
[[Category:Milkyway Image films]]
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[[Category:Films with screenplays by Yau Nai-hoi]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Yau Nai-hoi]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Wai Ka-fai]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Wai Ka-fai]]
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[[Category:2000s Hong Kong films]]

Latest revision as of 18:30, 19 July 2024

Needing You...
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese孤男寡女
Simplified Chinese孤男寡女
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGū Nán Guǎ Nǚ
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingGu1 Naam4 Gwaa2 Neoi2
Directed byJohnnie To
Wai Ka-fai
Screenplay byWai Ka-fai
Yau Nai-hoi
Story byCindy Tang
Produced byJohnnie To
Wai Ka-fai
StarringAndy Lau
Sammi Cheng
CinematographyCheng Siu-Keung
Edited byLaw Wing-cheung
Music byCacine Wong
Production
companies
Distributed byChina Star Entertainment Group
Release date
  • 22 June 2000 (2000-06-22)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguageCantonese
Box officeHK$35,214,661

Needing You... is a 2000 Hong Kong romantic comedy film, produced and directed by Johnnie To and Wai Ka-fai, starring Andy Lau and Sammi Cheng.[1]

Needing You... is the first film produced by One Hundred Years of Film, a subsidiary of China Star Entertainment Group.

Plot

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Kinki Kwok (Sammi Cheng) is a somewhat scatter-brained office worker at an electronics firm, who is down on her luck with love. Her boyfriend, Dan (Gabriel Harrison), cheats on her and treats her like a doormat. She is given to fits of pathological cleaning under emotional stress. Her workplace is full of gossip-mongers perpetually looking to shirk work.

Andy Lau plays Andy Cheung, her department manager. A womanizing bachelor who has to fight office politicking at the top, he comes to appreciate Kinki's work ethic and good-naturedness as something of a rarity in the company.

After Kinki helped Andy defuse a sticky work situation, Andy offers to help his subordinate in her private love life. He plots with Kinki to get back at Dan, her philandering boyfriend. In the process, the two realize they may harbor romantic feelings for each other.

Andy's old flame, Fiona (Fiona Leung) attempts to intervene, trying to hook Kinki up with young Internet billionaire Roger (Raymond Wong). Although Kinki does not fancy Roger, she realizes that Andy is showing fits of unease and jealousy that is pleasing her.

Cast

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  • Andy Lau as Andy Cheung
  • Sammi Cheng as Kinki Kwok
  • Fiona Leung as Fiona Yu
  • Raymond Wong as Roger Young
  • Hui Shiu-hung as Ronald
  • Florence Kwok as Kitty
  • Lam Suet as Martin
  • Henry Yu as Roger's father
  • Sylvia Lai as Roger's mother
  • Gabriel Harrison as Dan
  • Andy Tse as Mr. Fu
  • May Fu as Grace
  • Englie Kwok
  • Vanessa Chu as Kinki's sister
  • Terence Lam

Reception

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Box office

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During the slump in the Hong Kong film industry of the late 1990s, Needing You... raked in HK$6.5 million during its first three days of release in Hong Kong, and amassed a total of HK$35 million in Hong Kong alone, rivaling John Woo's American film Mission: Impossible 2, which screened during the same period in Hong Kong and triumphing all other Hong Kong films screened for the past few years. In the same year, Summer Holiday earned HK$21 million, which was ranked 2nd-best-selling local film after Needing You... in Hong Kong.

References

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  1. ^ 沈洛嘉. "孤男寡女20年｜鄭秀文剖白愛Kinki的原因 「人生不用太多估算」". Retrieved 18 November 2020.
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