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| Traditional | 無野之城 (Cantonese name: Mou ye chi sing) |
| 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 |
| Editing by | Kwok-Wing LEUNG (as Jacky Leung) |
| Studio | ArtWalker Productions |
| Distributed by | Golden Scene (2007) (worldwide) (all media) |
| Release date(s) | April 2008 (Hong Kong) |
| Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong SAR, P.R. China |
| Language | Cantonese |
City Without Baseball (Chinese: 無野之城) is a 2008 Hong Kong movie drama 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 is the first of four such films by Scud (the stage name of Hong Kong writer/film producer Danny Cheng Wan-Cheung). The three later films are: Permanent Residence in 2009, Amphetamine in 2010, and his most recent, Love Actually... Sucks!, in 2011.
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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.
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