October 14th 2003
Here's now the fresh news about the international exploitation about
ONG-BAK.
During the PUSAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL IN KOREA, the ONG-BAK press
book of GOLDEN NETWORK decrare that the international version will be
cutted. EUROPACORP (BESSON) who get the rights for the international
exploitation has decided this for the US and EUROPE. There will not
have any DVD with english subtitles without the rights by EUROPACORP
too.
September 1st 2003
A theme on give you the opportunity to talk about
this movie
After the success of Ong-Bak near Video Generation, you were more 500'000
people to have downloaded the videos put on line and more 3' 000 people
to have bought the DVD Thai on Ethaicd by the way of . Namely that at summer the first site to promote
Ong-Bak in an international way only by Iinternet (since February 2003), you will
be able to note that some videos put in remote loadings caused
the passion of step badly of people. Clips videos were born and
much of sites on the cinema communicated direct bonds on the site of
.
The reason for which vidéos were put on line is very simple.
If you had curiosity to visit the official site, you certainly were
very disappointed poor quality of the Trailer card put on line. It was
the reason for which Video Generation decided to initially put extracts
vidéos of definitely higher quality since mid-February 2003.
The extracts were very quickly accompanied by the setting on line of
Making Of which still made well more effect.
By this success, it was essential for to carry out
today a microsite for this film which with given again life with film
of the years 70-80.
Before the success of Ong-Bak
The film was shown for the first time at the time of the fence of Festival
of International Film of Bangkok on January 21 2003 where it very well
was accepted by criticisms foreign and was indicated like Blockbuster
Thaïlandais of l’année. Its official exit in room
31 Janvier, n’a makes that to confirm this designation. Of his
success, one could witness a projection of film at the time of the market
of film to the Festival of Cannes 2003 of which the distributor Europa
(Bangkok Dangerous, The Eye, Michel Vaillant, Fanfan the Tulip, Wasabi,
Taxi 3, the Conveyor), distributive firm of Luc Besson (great Blue,
Nikita, Leon...) did not let pass the opportutnity to miss the rights
of distribution on the French territory. Ong-Bak should make its appearance
in the European rooms running 2004. A beautiful
initiative in order to rediscover a cinema almost forgotten since nearly
10 years.
Ong-Bak 2
By the success of the first opus, before even its presentation at the
market of film of the festival of Cannes 2003, the producers did not
waste time and announced 19 th Mars 2003 on the Thai channel ITV during
a cinematographic conference, the operational startup of Ong-Bak 2.
At present, Ong-Bak 2 is in the course of turning and should finish
besides very soon. We will hold you obviously with the current of the
topicality on this second opus.
A film with the simple scenario but
with the effective scenes accompanied d’actions d’incroyables
cascades (without cables and with
unimportant protections), n’est not without pointing out films
of Jackie Chan of the Eighties, Bruce Lee and Jet Lee. Why this comparison?
These last stars being done growing old or quite simply deceased although
always also interesting, we wondered who could succeed to them well.
It's done with Phanom Yeerum (to pronounce Panome Yéroum) alias
Tony Ja.
One will still say: why to compare him with them? When you will see
this film as well as the making of, you will include/understand what
I want to say. Indeed, its agility and these cascades are not without
pointing out those of Jackie Chan, its serious at the time of engagements
points out that of Jet Lee and the majority of the blows really carried
are not either without pointing out those of late Bruce Lee. One can
say that this film is a kind of return to the sources with a technique
of current realization and assembly.
This film makes discover Muay Thai like never before on the screen.
Indeed they created and recreated more d’une hundred of blow of
l’ancian boxes Thai and our young talent prepared himself during
almost 4 years to be with the height of the requirements of film. You
will note it with the “making of“ at the time of its drives,
it appears much younger than in film. This young talent is not at its
first film, it also played in one of Mortal Kombat, but Ong Bak is the
first film which really emphasizes it.
