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Important Notes:
*For titles that you do not find on this list, please search VOYAGER as well.
*Titles housed in YRL (Young Research Library) or in SRLF (Southern Regional Library Facility) can be checked out without a fee.
*If an entry in the list below does not show a location, the title is housed in the Instructional Media Library.
These titles may only be viewed in the Media Library or checked out for classes through your department.
FILMS:
Bangkok dangerous / Film Bangkok presents a Pang Brothers film; writers and directors, Oxide Pang and Danny Pang.
Los Angeles, CA: First Look Home Entertainment; First Look Pictures (distributor), 2000
1 videodisc (DVD); color; sound; 106 min.; in Thai, with English subtitles
Mute since childhood, Kong endures the world’s hostility. As a professional killer, he enacts his grisly task with sociopathic coldness. Then
his chance for redemption arrives—in the form of a woman who can provide the only tenderness he has ever known.
Bangkok zigzag / Immersion Film; conceived and written by Michael Dougherty & Sheryl Feldman; produced and directed by Michael
Dougherty & Robert Kirwan. (SRLF)
[Seattle, WA]: [Immersion Film]; New York, NY: Cinema Guild (distributor), 2001
1 videocassette (VHS); color; sound; 50 min.
This documentary portrays the lives of motorcycle taxi drivers who live and work in a courtyard of a working-class neighborhood in Bangkok.
Astride Kawasakis and Hondas, they endure polluted air, dangerous driving conditions, and threats from loan sharks while moving customers
through world-class traffic jams. Interviews with these men reveal how traditional Thai values and lifestyles are being transformed by the
forces of globalization.
Beautiful boxer / directed by Ekachai Uekrongtham; written by Desmond Sim and Ekachai Uekrongtham; starring Asanee Suwan.
(SRLF)
Special deluxe limited edition director's cut; anamorphic widescreen version
[S.l.]: [s.n.], 2003
1 videodisc (DVD; PAL); color; sound; 118 min.; in Thai
Based on a true story about the life of Parinya Charoenphol, a Thai martial artist who underwent a male-to-female sex
change operation. The film traces her life from boyhood, when she liked to wear lipstick and flowers, to her career as an
outstanding Muay Thai kickboxer, and finally to her struggle with her own sexual identity.
Born for the fight: The Art of Muay Thai / directed by Jon Matthews and Pru Colville.
Lindfield, N.S.W.: Film Australia, 1997
1 videocassette (VHS); color, with black & white sequences; sound; 51 min.
The history of Siamese kick-boxing, Muay Thai, and its cultural and economic place in modern Thai society. Instructors and exponents comments
are illustrated by excerpted fights. Narrated by David Ritchie.
The Dumb die fast, the smart die slow / a film by Manop Udomdej.
Los Angeles, CA: Connoisseur Meridian Films, 1991
1 videocassette (VHS); color; sound; 110 min.; in Thai, with English subtitles
Two poor mechanics decide to rob a wealthy household. But they are caught in the act. One flees; the other is captured but escapes from
custody. What follows includes blackmail, double-crosses, and the intervention of destiny.
Enchanting Thailand / Tourism Authority of Thailand.
Tourism Authority of Thailand (distributor), 1991
1 videocassette (VHS); color; sound; 30 min.
A travelog introducing aspects of Thailand and Thai culture. Surveys the history of the country, its geography, and important cultural
sites and works of art.
Hom rong = The Overture / directed by Ittisoontorn Vichailak; written by Peerasak Saksiri, Dolkamol Sattatip, and Ittisoontorn Vichailak.
(SRLF)
Widescreen version
[S.l.]: Gimmick Film, 2004
2 videodiscs (DVD; PAL); color; sound; 100 min.; in Thai
This film depicts the life and times of Luang Pradit Pairoh (Sorn Silapabanleng), a master musician of the traditional
Thai xylophone (ranad ek). Sorn began his career during the reign of King Rama V, when the classical music of Thailand
flourished. Defying a governmental ban on the performance of traditional music during the 1930s, Sorn continued to perform.
During the 1940s, his music provided solace to Thais oppressed by the Japanese occupation.
Komatsu today / Komatsu Ltd.
Komatsu Ltd. (distributor), 1982
1 videocassette (Umatic); color; sound; 25 min.
Profiles Japanese company Komatsu, manufacturer of earthmoving machinery and construction equipment. Demonstrates the company's commitment
to customer satisfaction, research and development, quality control and the latest in efficient manufacturing, visiting plants throughout
Japan, as well as in Brazil, and Mexico. Shows Komatsu products at work around the world, from Thailand, to Saudi Arabia, to operations
throughout North America.
Ladyboys / Water Bearer Films; a Harcourt Film production in association with TVF for Channel 4; directed by
Charles Herman-Wurmfeld.
[s.l.]: Harcourt Films, 1992
1 videocassette (VHS); color; sound; 112 min.
This film offers an intimate portrait of two teenage boys who leave their impoverished homes in the countryside of northern Thailand to
struggle for fame and fortune as transvestite performers in the glamorous cabarets of the south.
The Legend of Suriyothai / directed by Chatrichalerm Yukol; written by Sunait Chutintaranond; screenplay by Chatrichalerm Yukol.
(SRLF)
Anamorphic widescreen version
[S.l.]: [s.n.], 2001
1 videodisc (DVD; NTSC); color; sound; 142 min.; in Thai with English subtitles
(Francis Ford Coppola presents)
In the 16th century, the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Ayothaya was threatened by civil wars, a Burmese invasion, and many courtly intrigues.
This epic film portrays the life and times of the heroine Queen Suriyothai, whose actions brought honor and dignity to the entire country.
Funded by the Thai royal family, the film has been hailed as a "feast for the eyes."
Pak Bueng on fire / Visual Communications.
National Asian American Telecommunication (distributor), 1987
1 videocassette (VHS); color; sound; 25 min.; in English and Thai, with English subtitles
A look at the struggle of first generation Thai immigrants in Los Angeles. Two friends, one a college student and the other a worker in a
small grocery store, play cat-and-mouse with the INS. They struggle to establish themselves in the U.S., while constantly in fear of being
discovered by the INS.
Red jungle fowl in Thailand / producer, Nicholas Collias.
University of California Extension Media Center (distributor), 1966
1 film reel (16mm); color; sound; 8 min.
Studies the red junglefowl, originally domesticated in Asia. The ancestor of today's domestic fowl, it is one of the wildest and most colorful
species in the world. Illustrates eating, drinking and courting habits, preferred roosting places, habitat, and coloration. Photographed
in the bamboo jungles of west central Thailand.
Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and I / 20th Century Fox; directed by Walter Lang. (Music Library)
[Beverly Hills, Calif.]: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 1956
1 videodisc (DVD); color; sound; 133 min.; in English and French language soundtracks, with optional subtitles in English or Spanish
An English schoolteacher finds herself at odds with the King of Siam when she is hired as the teacher at the royal court in the 1860s.
Sacrifice: the story of child prostitutes from Burma / directed by Ellen Bruno.
Film Library (distributor), 1998
1 videocassette (VHS); color; sound; 47 min.
Each year thousands of girls are recruited from rural Burmese villages to work in brothels in Thailand. The trafficking of Burmese girls has
soared in recent years as a direct result of political repression in Burma. The filmmaker examines the social, cultural, and economic forces
at work in the trafficking of Burmese girls into prostitution. It is the story of the valuation and sale of human beings, the efforts of
teenage girls to survive a crisis born of economic and political repression.
Southeast Asia II : Thailand, Myanmar (Burma) / JVC-Victor Company of Japan.
Rounder Records (distributor), 1990
1 videocassette (VHS); color; sound; 50 min.
Series: JVC video anthology of world music and dance
Demonstrations of Thai and Burmese music and dance: Fawn tien - candle dance; Ram sat chatri - ceremonial introduction of dance-drama;
Khon - masked dance-drama: "Prince Rama's fight with the Devil King Thosakanth," from the Ramakian; Dance-drama: "Chui-chai Prahm"
("Chui-chai of a Brahmin"); Jakhe - three-string zither, with ensemble: "Lao Phaen"; Khlui - flute solo: "Phya kruan";
So sam sai - bowed lute solo: "Khaek mon"; Kruang sai - string ensemble: "Lao duong duen"; Molam - song and dance genre;
Classical music in the yo-daya style: "Mo bwe nan thein" ("Song of the rain god"); Monkey play; Hsaing-waing ensemble" Overture;
Salutation dance; Dance to pray for the protection of the spirits; Saung - harp solo; Drum dance; Dance performance: Pledge of love;
Puppet dance. Study guide available.
Suriyothai / director, Chatrichalerm Yukol.
[Bangkok: Prommitr Productions, 2001?]
3 videodiscs (DVD); color; sound; 180 min.; in Thai
Historical movie depicting the heroism of a queen from the kingdom of Ayothaya who sacrifices her life in battle. Her name appears in the
royal chronicles as "Phra Suriyothai."
Thailand before Buddha / Tele-Bon Film Production.
Films for the Humanities and Sciences (distributor), 1990
1 videocassette (VHS); color; sound; 22 min.
The old legends of Thailand's ancient peoples are traced using the waterways of the country as a guide. Stops are made to explore the
9,000-year-old funeral site known as the Caves of the Spirits, and the sacred origins of rice are explained. For the first time, Western
cameras are permitted to film the ceremony in which the king changes the robes of the wondrous jade Buddha, traditional protector of Thai
people.
Threads of life: hemp and gender in a Hmong village / Susan Morgan; Dr. Culhane-Pera.
Documentary Educational Resources (distributor), 1993
1 videocassette (VHS); color; sound; 28 min.
This documentary portrays the tension surrounding gender relationships as well as areas of cooperation in a remote village in the mountains of
Thailand. We see the year-long process of hemp production as women transform the raw hemp fiber into cloth and its multiple uses in life-cycle
rituals while men perform healing ceremonies, settle marriage agreements and conduct funeral rites.
Two faces of Thailand: A Musical portrait / [producer/director, Jeremy Marre ; a Harcourt Films production for Channel
Four]. (YRL and IML)
[Newton, NJ]: Shanachie Entertainment Corp., 1983
1 videodisc (DVD); color; sound; 60 min.
Series: Beats of the heart
This film examines the often strange world of Thai music, with its juxtapositions of Thai tradition and Western pop, and its connections with
both Buddhism and the criminal underworld. Much of the film focuses on the popular Luk Tung music scene.
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