Needing You... (2000) Goo naam gwa neui (original title)

Directors:

Johnnie To
Ka-Fai Wai

Writers:

Cindy Tang (story)
Ka-Fai Wai (written by) ...
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Release Date:

23 June 2000 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Romance | Comedy

Plot:

Wah and Kinki both working at the same department of a computer company. Both of them are not getting on very well initially...

Plot Keywords:

Female To Male Foot In Crotch | Footsie Under The Table | Female To Male Footsie Playing

Awards:

1 win & 6 nominations

Cast

Andy Lau	...	Andy Cheung / The Cupid Express
Sammi Cheng	...	Kinki Kwok
Fiona Leung	...	Fiona Yu
Ho-Yin Wong	...	Roger Young (as Raymond Wong)
Shiu Hung Hui	...	Ronald (as Hui Siu Hung)
Florence Kwok	...	Kitty
Suet Lam	...	Martin (as Lam Suet)
Kenny Kung
Sylvia Lai	...	Roger's Mother
Gabriel Harrison	...	Dan (as Hoi Chun Kit)
Andy Tse	...	Mr. Ko
Fu May
Englie Kwok
Vanessa Chu	...	Kinki's Sister
Terence Lam
Sheron Cheung
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ruby Wong	...	(uncredited)
Yung Henry Yu	...	Roger's Father (uncredited)

Directed by
Johnnie To
Ka-Fai Wai		(as Wai Ka Fai)

Writing credits
Cindy Tang		(story)
Ka-Fai Wai		(written by) (as Wai Ka Fai) &
Nai-Hoi Yau		(written by) (as Yau Nai Hoi)

Produced by
Catherine Chan	....	production executive
Tiffany Chen	....	administrative producer
Johnnie To	....	producer
Ka-Fai Wai	....	producer (as Wai Ka Fai)

Original Music by
Cacine Wong

Cinematography by
Siu-keung Cheng		(director of photography) (as Cheng Siu Keung)
Chiu-Lam Ko		(director of cinematography) (as Ko Chiu Lam)

Film Editing by
Wing-cheong Law		(as Law Wing Cheong)

Production Design by
Jerome Fung

Art Direction by
Jerome Fung

Costume Design by
Silver Cheung

Makeup Department
Man Po Ho	....	hair stylist (as Ho Man Po)
Tin Ming King	....	makeup artist (as King Tin Ming)

Production Management
Yuin Shan Ding	....	assistant production manager (as Ding Yuin Shan)
Hart Lam	....	unit manager (as Lam Hart)
Suet Lam	....	unit manager (as Lam Suet)
Catherine Sie	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Wing-cheong Law	....	associate director (as Law Wing Cheong)
Feng-hsuen Yao	....	first assistant director (as Yiu Fung Shuen)

Art Department
Wai Tong Bo	....	head property master (as Bo Wai Tong)

Sound Department
Martin Richard Chappell	....	sound editor (as Martin Chappell)
Anthony Kwok	....	location sound recordist
Chi Fai Lo	....	boom operator (as Lok Chi Fai)
May Mok	....	sound editor
Ben Wong	....	boom operator (as Wong King Fai)

Camera and Electrical Department
Ting Fung Kwong	....	best boy (as Kwong Ting Fong)
Hirotake Okazaki	....	still photographer (as Okazki Hirotake)
Hung Mo To	....	focus puller (as To Hung Mo)
Kwok Chiu Wu	....	gaffer (as Wu Kwok Chiu)

Other crew
Yuin Shan Ding	....	subtitle coordinator (as Ding Yuin Shan)
Siu Yuk Fong	....	craft service (as Siu Yuk Fong)
Charles Heung	....	presenter
Sheung Fung Lam	....	continuity (as Lam Sheung Fung)
Ching Ting Law	....	set runner (as Law Jing Ting)
Wing-cheong Law	....	associate director (as Law Wing Cheong)
Tung-Lit Mui	....	laboratory technician (as Mui Tung Lit)
Jim Yuen Yau	....	set runner
Tomy Yu	....	effect (as Yu Ka Luk)

Production Companies

• China Star Entertainment
• Milky Way Image Company
• One Hundred Years of Film Company

Distributors

• China Star Entertainment (Hong Kong)

Other Companies

• Fine Art Film Production Company  subtitles
• Milkyway Sound  effects
• Milkyway Sound  sound design
• Milkyway Sound  studio
• Newfull Development Company  camera equipment supplier
• Shaw Brothers  laboratory
• Westfield  lighting equipment supplied by

Also Known As:

"Goo naam gwa neui" - Hong Kong (original title)
"Orphaned Male Widow" - Hong Kong (English title) (literal title)

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese | English | Mandarin | Indonesian | American Sign Language

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Malaysia:U | Hong Kong:IIA | South Korea:15 | Australia:G

Company:

China Star Entertainment

Trivia:

The scene in which Andy Cheung hops on a black motorcycle contains a musical score by Lowell Lo, which is used in the films All About Ah-Long (1989) (All About Ah Long) and The Big Heat (1988) (The Big Heat). Both films were also directed by Johnnie To.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs A Moment of Romance (1990)

Soundtrack:

GAN QING XIAN SANG

Comedy missing

A very, very average and mediocre film. The storyline isn't bad, but it is badly executed. In a series of very disjointed series of scenes, the characters never fully developed. The film never knew exactly what it wanted to be either. Billed as a romantic comedy, it had funny moments, but never seemed to go far enough. Too many unfunny moments spoiled it for me. The characters lacked chemistry and emotion between them and in many ways, the story came out just depressingly sad. Not a good ingredient in a supposedly funny movie. Anyway, it could have been done a lot better...