PTU    (2003) 

                                                                          Milkyway Image (HK) Ltd. |  Mei Ah Film Production Co., Ltd. 

                                                                                                  

                                               Cast:  Simon Yam, Lam Suet, Maggie Siu, Ruby Wong, Raymond Wong Ho-Yin,

                                                                           Lo Hoi Pang, Eddy Ko Hung

                                                                               Cameo:  Wong Tin Lam

                                   Writer:  Yau Nai Hoi, Au Kin Yee    Music:  Chung Chi Wing   Cinematography:  Cheng Siu Keung (HKSC)     

                                             Producer:  Johnnie To       Associate Director:  Law Wing Cheong        Director:  Johnnie To 

                                                                                                     Genre:  Suspense | Drama | Crime         

   

                                                                              "Whatever happens, nothing beats returning home safely"

 

                                                                          PTU - a Johnnie To Film

       

                                       PTU (an acronym for Police Tactical Unit), was in production for over 2 years. 

                                      It debuted at the Berlin Film Festival in February 2003 with Johnnie To and Simon Yam in

                                      attendance. This bleak and minimalist film is a personal project of Johnnie To's, taking place

                                                              all in one night as a PTU squad patrols a seedy harbor district...

                               

                                                                                        

                                                                     PTU

                            

                                                                        Simon Yam as PTU commander Mike

 

                                                      4Oth ANNUAL GOLDEN HORSE NOMINATIONS FOR PTU:

 

                                                                                        PTU poster

                                                                    BEST FILM

                                                                    BEST DIRECTOR- Johnnie To Kei Fung

                                                                    BEST ACTOR- Simon Yam

                                                                    BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR- Lam Suet

                                                                    BEST SCREENPLAY- Yau Nai Hoi, Au Kin Yee

                                                                    BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY- Cheng Siu Keung

                                                                    BEST VISUAL EFFECTS- Stephen Ma Man Yin

                                                                    BEST COSTUME DESIGN & MAKEUP- Suki Yip Suk Wa

                                                                    BEST MUSIC- Chung Chi Wing

                                                                    BEST EDITING- Law Wing Cheong

                                                                    BEST SOUND- Martin Chappell

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                          Related viewing:  Expect the Unexpected (1998)  Lau Ching Wan, Simon Yam, Lam Suet

                                                                                     The Longest Nite (1998)  Tony Leung, Lau Ching Wan, Lo Hoi Pang

 

 

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