Tears of the Black Tiger (Thai: ฟ้าทะลายโจร, or Fa Thalai Chon, literally, "the heavens strike the thief") is a 2000 Thai action-adventure film written and directed by Wisit Sasanatieng. The story of a tragic romance between Dum, a fatalistic, working-class hero, who has become an outlaw, and Rumpoey, the upper-class daughter of a provincial governor, it is equal parts homage to and parody of Thai action films and romantic melodramas of the 1950s and 1960s.
The film was the first from Thailand to be selected for competition at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival,[1][2] where it was critically hailed.[3][4] It was screened at several other film festivals in 2001 and 2002, including the Vancouver International Film Festival, where it won the Dragons and Tigers Award for Best New Director.[5] It also won many awards in Thailand for production and costume design, special effects and soundtrack.
Critics have noted the film's stylized use of color and conspicuous violence, and have compared it to the Revisionist Westerns of Sergio Leone and Sam Peckinpah.[3] It has also been compared to the works of such directors as Douglas Sirk, John Woo, Jean-Luc Godard, Sam Raimi and Quentin Tarantino.[4][6][7]
Miramax Films purchased the film for distribution in the United States, but changed the ending and then shelved it indefinitely. In 2006, the distribution rights were obtained by Magnolia Pictures, which screened the original version of the film in a limited release from January to April 2007 in several US cities.[8]
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^ abBradshaw, Peter (August 24, 2001). "Guardian Unlimited film reviews". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on January 25, 2008. Retrieved January 9, 2007.
^ abEdelstein, David (January 15, 2007). "Thai cowboys with rockets". New York Magazine. Archived from the original on January 12, 2007. Retrieved January 9, 2007.
^"19th Vancouver International Film Festival Report". Senses of Cinema. Archived from the original on September 12, 2006. Retrieved December 16, 2006.
^Korsner, Jason (August 23, 2001). "Tears of the Black Tiger (Fah talai jone)". BBC. Archived from the original on October 24, 2007. Retrieved January 10, 2007.
^Bourne, Christopher (2007). "Review: Tears of the Black Tiger". Meniscus. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved January 11, 2007.
^Goldstein, Greg (November 28, 2006). "Magnolia cages 'Tiger' in U.S." The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on October 1, 2007. Retrieved January 9, 2007.
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