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Availability: Out Of Print - This title is currently unavailable and/or out of print. Other versions may still be available; and will be listed on the right side of your screen. AKA: News Heart Director: Hung Chung Hap Producer: Ng Kin Hung Released: 2003 [Hong Kong] Genre: Drama Keywords:  Journalist / Reporter

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Plot:	The story of a small tabloid struggling to increase sales to save the business. As a result of their restructuring efforts, the reporters must choose whether to report stories that could hurt their friends and colleagues in order to boost sales. Copyright © 2000+ HKFlix, all rights reserved. No part of this text may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from HKFlix.
Overview:	News Special is a tabloid in small circulation. Uncle, the chief editor, whose boss tells him an Australian media group, is going to buy the business. News Special is facing to be restructured. In order to save the press and the colleagues, Uncle has to improve the sales in good circulation again in three months, or else he'll leave. Uncle wants to enhance the entertainment coverage and the celebrity section. He hires Gigi as a reporter. Under the supervision of Wai, senior reporter, they follow the story of the up and coming star Coco. Gigi is a tough girl, who try so hard to get the story. She success in her career but not in her love life, she broke up with her boyfriend. City news reporter Lok Lam always writes her story in a rational point of view. In one case, she starts to query about whether she should put a sensational view on her story. Uncle gives full support to Wai, Gigi and Lok Lam, he helps them a lot, but he cannot help himself. Uncle bears a huge burden from his work and family. Wai and Lok Lam discover that Fanco a young wealthy businessman who dates a mysterious girl Amanda, Uncle's separated wife. Wai and Lok Lam are struggling whether to report this as a reporter or cover it up as Uncle's colleagues and friends. Which is more important, the professional rational reporting to the audience? Or making the press boom is more important...
Cast:	Gigi Lai Chi  ||  Winnie Lau (Siu Wai)  ||  Richard Ng Yiu-Hon  ||  Edmond So Chi-Wai  ||  Winnie Leung (Man Yee)  ||  Alfred Cheung Kin-Ting  ||  Amanda Lee (Wai Man)  ||  Woody Chan Chin-Pang  ||  Hon Yeung  ||  Ho Ting Yan  ||  Cheung Pik Shan (Click any actor to search for more of their movies!)
Running Time:	85 mins. (approx.)
Languages:	Cantonese (Dolby Digital) Mandarin (Dolby Digital)
Subtitles:	ENGLISH, Chinese
Distributor:	Modern Audio/Popular Station  [A Hong Kong-Based Distributor]
Rating:	IIA - "Some Content May Be Inappropriate For Children" (roughly equal to an MPPA rating of "PG-13") Films rated Category IIA may contain mild violence such as martial arts, mild nudity that is not sexually oriented, mild explicit language and some mild adult situations.
Features:	Letterboxed