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Ong-bak : the Thai warrior [videorecording (DVD)]

Contributor(s): Publisher number: 20950 | Alliance AtlantisLanguage: English, Thai Original language: Thai Publication details: Montreal : distributed exclusively in Canada by Alliance Films, 2009.Description: 1 videodisc (105 min.) : 5.1 Dolby digital sd., col. ; 12 cmOther title:
  • Thai warrior [videorecording (DVD)]
  • Original title: Ong-bak [videorecording (DVD)]
  • Also known as: Ong-bak [videorecording (DVD)] : Muay Thai warrior
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 22
Production credits:
  • Magnolia Pictures ; Europa Corp. ; Sahamongkolfilm International presents a Baa-Ram-Ewe production ; a Prachya Pinkaew film ; producers, Prachya Pinkaew, Sukanya Vongsthapat ; written by Suphachai Sittiaumponpan ; directed by Prachya Pinkaew.
Cast: Tony Jaa with Mum Jokmok, Pumwazree Yodkamol, Suchoa Pongvilai and Chetwut Wacharakun.Summary: "One dark night a former native of a rural Thai village has his men steal the head of the town's Ong Bak (Buddha statue) to win favor with ruthless Bangkok crime boss Khom Tuan. The locals regard the theft as a catastrophe, and seek a champion to retrieve their lost treasure. They find their man in Ting, an orphaned youngster raised at the local temple, and schooled by Pra Ku, a kindly monk, in an ancient system of Muay Thai: 'Nine Body Weapons.' Ting travels to the mean streets of Bangkok, where he's forced to compete in illegal street fights, taking on both local and foreign opponents to win the head of Ong Bak from the pitiless underworld kingpin."--Container.
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DVD DVD Hanover Public Library Shelves DVDA ONG (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31906001098566

Originally released as a motion picture in 2003.

Special features: the 8 movements of Muay Thai ; rap music video with Tony Jaa ; behind-the-scenes stunt footage ; live Tony Jaa performance & more!

First film in the Ong-bak trilogy.

Magnolia Pictures ; Europa Corp. ; Sahamongkolfilm International presents a Baa-Ram-Ewe production ; a Prachya Pinkaew film ; producers, Prachya Pinkaew, Sukanya Vongsthapat ; written by Suphachai Sittiaumponpan ; directed by Prachya Pinkaew.

Tony Jaa with Mum Jokmok, Pumwazree Yodkamol, Suchoa Pongvilai and Chetwut Wacharakun.

"One dark night a former native of a rural Thai village has his men steal the head of the town's Ong Bak (Buddha statue) to win favor with ruthless Bangkok crime boss Khom Tuan. The locals regard the theft as a catastrophe, and seek a champion to retrieve their lost treasure. They find their man in Ting, an orphaned youngster raised at the local temple, and schooled by Pra Ku, a kindly monk, in an ancient system of Muay Thai: 'Nine Body Weapons.' Ting travels to the mean streets of Bangkok, where he's forced to compete in illegal street fights, taking on both local and foreign opponents to win the head of Ong Bak from the pitiless underworld kingpin."--Container.

Home use only.

Includes the original Thai (with some English) (5.1 Dolby Surround) and (dubbed) English (2.0 Dolby Surround) language tracks with optional English (SDH) or Spanish subtitles.

English (SDH) subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

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