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Bangkok Hilton
Directed by Ken Cameron
Written by Ken Cameron (story),
Terry Hayes (story),
Tony Morphett (story),
Terry Hayes (screenplay)
Starring Nicole Kidman,
Denholm Elliott,
Hugo Weaving,
Joy Smithers
Release date(s) 1989
Running time 270 mins
Language English
IMDb profile

Bangkok Hilton is a six-part Australian mini-series, made in 1989 by director Ken Cameron. Terry Hayes is an English Screenwriter and producer born on the 8 October 1951. Tony Morphett (born 10 March 1938 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) created many Australian television series including Terry Hayes is an English Screenwriter and producer born on the 8 October 1951. Denholm Mitchell Elliott, CBE (31 May 1922 &ndash 6 October 1992 was a distinguished English Actor of stage and Screen, with Hugo Wallace Weaving (born 4 April 1960 is a Nigerian-born English, although naturalised Australian film stage and voice actor best known for films such as Joy Smithers (born 15 July 1963) is an Australian actress best known for her Television work Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Events Actress Kim Basinger and her brother Mick purchase Braselton Georgia for $20 million In 2000 it was released on DVD in the United Kingdom, with a four-and-a-half hour running time; there is also another DVD edition with a drastically shortened length. The title of the mini-series is, in the story, the nickname of a fictional Bangkok prison in which the protagonist is imprisoned. Bangkok, known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon (krūŋtʰêːp máhǎːnákʰɔn) or Krung Thep ( for short is the Capital, largest

There are actually three hotels in Bangkok currently affiliated with the Hilton Hotels Corporation: Millennium Hilton Bangkok, Conrad Bangkok and Conrad Residences. Hilton Hotels Corporation, a subsidiary of the Blackstone Group, is a global hospitality company At the time the movie was made, Hilton International Bangkok (opened in 1983) was also in business. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) It is now owned by Raffles International and is known as Nai Lert Park Bangkok. Fairmont Raffles Hotels International is a Toronto, Canada -based hotel chain owned by Kingdom Hotels and Los Angeles based Colony Capital LLC

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Plot

The central plot of Bangkok Hilton revolves around Katrina Stanton (Nicole Kidman), who is imprisoned and sentenced to death in Thailand for drug smuggling. The Kingdom of Thailand (ˈtaɪlænd ราชอาณาจักรไทย, râːtɕʰa-ʔaːnaːtɕɑ̀k-tʰɑj The drugs were planted on her by her boyfriend who was using her to smuggle the drugs out of the country.

Bangkok Hilton also contains a sub-plot focusing on Katrina Stanton's quest to find her father, Hal Stanton (Denholm Elliott). Denholm Mitchell Elliott, CBE (31 May 1922 &ndash 6 October 1992 was a distinguished English Actor of stage and Screen, with Hal Stanton had been a POW in World War II (as had Denholm Elliott), imprisoned in the very same jail that now holds his daughter. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including By the time the movie catches up to him, though, he has lapsed into alcoholism and seems on the verge of a melancholic demise. As the story unfolds, though, he becomes his daughter's last hope, and he is.

The plot has much in common with Alan Parker's Midnight Express, which was loosely based on the true story of an American caught smuggling drugs out of Turkey. Sir Alan William Parker, CBE (born 14th February, 1944) is a British Film director, producer, Writer, and Midnight Express is a 1978 film, based on Billy Hayes ' book of the same name adapted into screenplay by Oliver Stone. Bangkok Hilton arguably served as inspiration for two recent Hollywood releases, Return to Paradise, starring Anne Heche, Vince Vaughn and Joaquin Phoenix, and Brokedown Palace, starring Claire Danes and Kate Beckinsale. Return to Paradise is a 1998 film directed by Joseph Ruben, written by Wesley Strick and Bruce Robinson and starring Anne Heche Anne Celeste Heche (ˈheɪtʃ born May 25 1969 is an American actress, director and Screenwriter. Vincent Anthony "Vince" Vaughn (born March 28, 1970) is an American Film actor. Joaquin Rafael Phoenix (waˈkeen ˈfee-nɪks born October 28, 1974) formerly credited as Leaf Phoenix is an award-winning American and Puerto Rican Brokedown Palace is an American Film directed by Jonathan Kaplan, and starring Claire Danes and Kate Beckinsale. Claire Catherine Danes (born April 12, 1979) is a Golden Globe Award -winning and Emmy Award -nominated American Film Kathryn Bailey "Kate" Beckinsale (born 26 July 1973 is an English actress, known for her roles in the films Pearl Harbor (2001

Impact

After the series aired, the name Bangkok Hilton has regularly been used in the media to refer to any and all Thai prisons as if those prisons were actually nicknamed Bangkok Hilton in real life. Some news reports state that the Klong Prem women's prison carries the nickname Bangkok Hilton [1]

A 2004 BBC documentary about Bangkwang prison - a male only prison - was titled "The Real Bangkok Hilton" [2]. Bangkwang ( Thai บางขวาง is a jail in Nonthaburi Province, Thailand. Some news reports have claimed that Bangkwang prison itself carries the real-life nickname "Bangkok Hilton". [3]

Characters

References

  1. ^ Mark Baker (September 27, 2002). Denholm Mitchell Elliott, CBE (31 May 1922 &ndash 6 October 1992 was a distinguished English Actor of stage and Screen, with Hugo Wallace Weaving (born 4 April 1960 is a Nigerian-born English, although naturalised Australian film stage and voice actor best known for films such as Joy Smithers (born 15 July 1963) is an Australian actress best known for her Television work Norman James Kaye (17 January 1927 &ndash 28 May 2007 was an Australian actor and Musician. Noah George Taylor (born September 4, 1969) is a British-born Australian Actor. Richard Carter (born December 11, 1953) is an Australian Actor who has appeared in several Television series and Independent Gerda Nicolson, ( November 11 1937 - June 12 1992) was an Australian theatre and television actor best known for several long-running Judy Morris (born 1947 in Queensland, Australia) is an Australian Actor, Film director and Screenwriter, well known for the variety Events 489 - Odoacer attacks Theodoric at the Battle of Verona and is defeated again See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. That one bad trip to Bangkok. The Age. The Age is a Broadsheet daily Newspaper, which has been published in Melbourne, Australia since 1854 Retrieved on 2008-01-05. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1477 - Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France.
  2. ^ BBC Program on Bangkwang Prison [1]
  3. ^ James Hopkirk (October 23, 2005). Events 4004 BC - Creation of the world begins according to the calculations of Archbishop James Ussher 42 BC - Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Checking in to the Bangkok Hilton. The Observer. The Observer is a British Newspaper published on Sundays In about the same place on the political spectrum as its daily sister paper The Retrieved on 2008-02-08. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 421 - Constantius III becomes co- Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.

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