Thai movies/drama thread

[suteerak1099]

The Iron Ladies (Thai: สตรีเหล็ก or Satree lek) - a comedic 1 hit wonder, set to re-enact the victory of a queer team in the national v-ball championship in thailand.

i rate it: 3* out of a possible 5*

Directed by: Youngyooth Thongkonthun
Written by: Visuttchai Boonyakarnjawa, Jira Maligool, Youngyooth Thongkonthun,
Starring: Jesdaporn Pholdee, Sahaphap Tor, Ekachai Buranapanit, Giorgio Maiocchi, Chaicharn Nimpulsawasdi, Kokkorn Benjathikoon, Shiriohana Hongsopon
Cinematography: Jira Maligool
Editing by: Sunij Asavinikul

Synopsis
The film is set in 1996, when the real team competed and won the national championships in Thailand. The two main characters, Mon and Jung, play two gay transvestites, who had been constantly overlooked by volleyball coaches because of their appearance. However, when a local team changes coaches, the new coach holds tryouts for a new team. When Mon and Jung are selected, most of the old players resign, leaving the new coach, Coach Bee, in a sticky predicament.

Mon and Jung are then forced to enlist the help of other gay and transsexual friends who they used to play volleyball with in university. These new players include Wit, who hasn't told his fiance he is gay, Pia, a transexual dancer and Nong, a gay army officer. When the competition begins, all but one player in the team are gay or transsexual.

Because of their appearance on court, many of the match officials intend to ban the team, soon dubbed "The Iron Ladies", from the tournament. However, seeing how much the team is liked by the crowd soon changes many of their opinions.

At the end credits of the film, the real "Iron Ladies" are shown as they were at the time of making the film.

Nomination/ Awards
A hit in Thailand as well as the international film festival circuit, the film has been nominated 12 times and won 10 awards, including the Thailand National Film Association Awards, Toronto International Film Festival and the reader award of german LGBT magazine Siegessäule at the Berlin International Film Festival. It also played at the Pusan International Film Festival, the San Francisco Asian American Film Festival, the Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, the Seattle International Film Festival and the San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival.

In 2003, the combined sequel and prequel called Satree lek 2 [1] was released. The film is based upon how the characters of The Iron Ladies met, and how they would later reunite for another vollyball tournament.

[twinseeker]

Director: Yuthlert Sippapak
Producer: Scott Rosenberg, Daniel Silverman
Script Writter: Yuthlert Sippapak
Starring: Chakid Yamnarm, Sopitnapa Dabbaransi

February (Thai: or Khumphaphan) is 1 of a few Thai romance drama I find captivating. Art direction tastefully taken & filmed in NY City.
Rating: 4.5 / 5

The Plot-
Kaewta a budding artist-painter doomed with critical illness, having a bad patch in life, decides to visit her friend in NYC to enjoy her final months. She suspects something is wrong in her taxi ride, jumps the cab & gets into an accident, resulting in amnesia.

Faced with a totally unfamiliar environment, Kaewta is taken in by Jeeradech, coincidentally also a Thai in NYC. Though he shelters her, give her warmth and comfort, she learns that he has a lot of secrets. Over time, they develope a bond, Jeeradech not knowing of her medical condition is not prepare for the worse days to come.

Kaewta was soon spotted by chance while she was doodling at the spot, where she was instructed to wait for Jeeradech, who'd return to fetch her after his errand runs. The couple then prepared themselves after the scout offers to sponsor an event to showcase Kaewta's works, while Jeeradech being her guardian & "BF" gets to be a part of the show.

Eventually, Kaewta's ailing health caught up with her, hospitalised and requried immediate surgery, Jeeradech is forced to re-live his days, risking his life for the mafia in order to raise the $ for her medical expenses. He gets wounded badly while on his runs, and never knew of her repatriation back to BKK, financed by her next of kin.

She recovers from the surgery and amnesia, nearly forgetting about Jeeradech, but then decides to revisit NYC after countless prompting and questioning from her friends.



She searched the familiar places with the help of her friend in NYC, seeking the missing benefactor. She finally finds him at the usual meeting place in the park, unfortunately it was the last time they were to meet. He collapses & dies from his untreated wound.

[SmallD]

Originally Posted by issan_madboy

anyone knows of any shops selling bangkok dangerous?would like to get my hands on a copy as it is a cult classic.

cannot find in JB also. The lastest thai movie that they got are ALONE and Train to Dead. not much thai movie around lately.

[vmtech]

Originally Posted by issan_madboy

anyone knows of any shops selling bangkok dangerous?would like to get my hands on a copy as it is a cult classic.

the last time i saw it was in brunei, 1 of my mates bought it from gadong

Originally Posted by KLKOOL

Thanks bro VMTECH for sharing the file

Glad u enjoyed it

[Red_Tirak1099]

Originally Posted by KLKOOL

Thanks bro VMTECH for sharing the file

Yes thanks to bro VMTECH.....I downloaded but yet to watch due to hectic weekend cheong schedule

[twinseeker]

Thanks to VMT for the insightful documentary. I was laughing so hard when I heard 1 of the brits mention that a spouse at home waiting for the pay check is the same as pros. I hope his wife doesn't get to hear what his said.

[handsome2000]

I wonder you guys have tried this site http://www.teletot.net
I always go to this site to watch Thai's news, sports news, TV dramas at 6..45pm and 8.30pm daily from Ch3 and Ch7, others Ch 5,9, 11 and TITV also available here. If you want to listen to Live Radio FM Channel, it is available here too. All are Live programme. Hope you guys find it useful! Cheers!

[Mr.romantic]

Originally Posted by siamcutey

*For info, seems Bangkok Dangerous remake will be available next year 2008 starring Nicholas Cage. (omg, y him)

better starring him than suteerak1099 right? hahaha.

[High till Dry]

Originally Posted by handsome2000

I wonder you guys have tried this site http://www.teletot.net
I always go to this site to watch Thai's news, sports news, TV dramas at 6..45pm and 8.30pm daily from Ch3 and Ch7, others Ch 5,9, 11 and TITV also available here. If you want to listen to Live Radio FM Channel, it is available here too. All are Live programme. Hope you guys find it useful! Cheers!

Pii, 1st posting since jan huh? nice contribution...

glad that u managed to get ur sbf access.

glad that man u won (dun condemn tevez ok.... )

oops, jwny may not be too happy cos he's a chelsea fan. i better stop.

anyway, bon voyage...

[Red_Tirak1099]

To TS bro JWNY, kindly issue a warning to this ignorant bro High Till Dry who engage in blantant OT PLP post in your thread. No double standards hor pls. JWNY is respected bro in SBF, hope there is no cronyism here.

Originally Posted by High till Dry

Pii, 1st posting since jan huh? nice contribution...

glad that u managed to get ur sbf access.

glad that man u won (dun condemn tevez ok....

oops, jwny may not be too happy cos he's a chelsea fan. i better stop.

anyway, bon voyage...

[JWNY]

Originally Posted by Red_Tirak1099

hope there is no cronyism here.

Noted - I have personally spoken to my friends personally not to post or encourage off-topic postings in my threads.

I have some PMs for thai radio...here is the link for your favourite stations!

http://www.atimemedia.com

JWNY

[Red_Tirak1099]

Originally Posted by JWNY

Noted - I have personally spoken to my friends personally not to post or encourage off-topic postings in my threads.

I have some PMs for thai radio...here is the link for your favourite stations!

http://www.atimemedia.com

JWNY

Thank you for your link & swift attention. My Thai not up to par yet to listen radio stations. Imho still easier to learn Thai from songs with lyrics in hand. Harder trying to pick up Thai from movies....usually end up pressing pause button too often & not enjoying the film

[JWNY]

This is one show i am looking out for...anyone viewed it yet?

JWNY

Citizen Dog - หมานคร

Director - Wisit Sasanatieng

Producer - Charoen Iamphungporn (exec) / Aphiradee Iamphungporn / Kiatkamon Iamphungporn / Rewat Vorarat

Starring - Mhasmuth Bhunyaruk / Sangthong Kaitauthong / Chuck Stephens

Plot:

Pod is a country boy who moves to Bangkok, despite his grandmother's warning that he'll grow a tail. He finds a small house to live in and takes a job in a sardine cannery, getting rides to work on the back of a motorcycle taxi, the rider of which has been made a zombie after one day it rained motorcycle helmets and he wasn't wearing one.

One hot day the assembly line at the cannery malfunctions. In the confusion, Pod chops his index finger off and it ends up in a can that is trucked away to a local grocery store. He searches everyday, buying can after can of sardines. Eventually he sees a can jumping around and opens it to find a finger. He attaches it simply by pressing it into place.

But something doesn’t feel right. He must have someone else’s finger. During a lunch break, he recognises his own finger on a co-worker who’s getting ready to pick his nose. He wrests the finger away and gives the man the other finger in return. The nose-picker is named Yod, and the two become friends.

Not wishing to lose any more fingers, Pod quits the factory and becomes a security guard. On the job in an office, he meets Jin, a maid who has her nose perpetually buried in a mysterious white book written in a foreign language that she dreams of someday understanding. The book literally landed at her feet one day while she was still living in the countryside, and since then she has been trying to decipher its meaning. She has obsessive-compulsive disorder, which makes her want to constantly clean and set things in order.

Pod is smitten and wishes to be closer to Jin. Inspired by Yod and his Chinese empress girlfriend, who consummated their relationship on a crowded bus, Pod asks Jin if she would like to ride the bus. But Jin refuses, saying she breaks out in a rash whenever she takes crowded public transport. Pod quits his job as a guard and becomes a taxicab driver so he can drive her to work.

Eventually, he expresses his true feelings for Jin, but she’s become obsessed with a hippie farang, whom she's seen reading the same white book she has. She imagines the man is named Peter and believes he is an environmental activist. Inspired, she starts collecting plastic bottles, gathering enough to create a mountain that towers over the city, and joins an environmental protest movement calling for a ban on plastic.

Meanwhile, Pod has adventures in his taxicab, giving rides to a little girl with a foul mouth who smokes cigarettes and plays videogames. She has a teddy bear who also swears, smokes and drinks whiskey, and she eventually throws the teddy bear away. Another passenger is a man who incessantly licks things, and Pod must find a solution to make him stop. He also meets his grandmother, reincarnated as a gecko, who repeats her premonition that he'll grow a tail if he stays in the city.

[vmtech]

Originally Posted by JWNY

This is one show i am looking out for...anyone viewed it yet?

JWNY

Citizen Dog - หมานคร

hmm nice movie, Showing in thailand now? will go watch later tonight , leaving SG in 2hours :P

[siamcutey]

The synopsis of Citizen Dog is more of slapstick, exaggerated story.

I watch the thriller before. Not nice.

SC