Suriyothai (2001) depicts the 16th century ruined Kingdom of Ayutthaya, which later became Siam. During this period, there were 2 city states that encompassed Siam (Ayutthaya and Pitsanulok). This film takes place over a score of years where the Kingdom saw many invasions from the neighboring Honsawadi (Ancient Burma).The film features full scale outdoor sets, real temples, throne rooms, ancient palaces, and massive scenes with thousands of extras on camera in a scale not seen since Lawrence of Arabia. It was funded by the Thai royal crown, allowing them access to royal palaces and relics. It was directed by a Thai prince who went to film school with Francis Ford Coppola. Coppola later re-edited the film, trimming 3 hours from its runtime, changed its name, added his own name to the title and ruined it. It took 6 years to film. They conscripted 20,000 soldiers to play the extras, used 350 elephants, etc.This is the never before ripped non-export edition of Suriyothai that I recently bought. I have painstakingly and professionally re-written the entire English subtitle sourced from the export DVD, all 3,000 lines of dialog. Beforehand, the previous hard subtitle packaged with the export DVD was completely botched, with improper grammar, misspellings, mis-translations, and even several scenes without subtitle at all. I worked through the subtitle top to bottom. I believe you all will be pleased with the result.I continue my effort to resurrect this utterly lost film, a masterpiece that was ruined by none other than Francis Ford Coppola, that is now relegated to the dustbin of film history. I have contacted Arrow, Kino Lorber, Criterion, and just about everyone else about remastering this film in its full 5-hour long glory.>DOWNLOAD (NEW SUB):https://gofile.io/d/LldjJm>PREVIEW(s):https://www.viddler.com/QU8tzvhttps://www.viddler.com/EDsp58If you find errors in the sub please report them here so I can fix when I return from vacation and make a torrent
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>>214992893Stop spamming this shit, faggot. I say this as someone who loves Southeast Asian history and culture.
this thing sits at like 51% on rotten tomatoes, i dont know if its really worth preserving just for merely having grand sets costumes and props.
>a few horses, a throne, and a mask are considered "big budget production" for Thailand
It's Thaiing time
>>214993025Movie has like literally 10000 extras, but this is your brain on racism.
>>214992988That’s the 2 hour 15 minute fill. Did you even read the OP?
>>214992988Francis ford Coppola presents: the legend of suriyothai is rated 51% on rotten tomatoes. Keep in mind Hollywood reviewers were mentally ill at the time. They also gave the last samurai pretty poor reviews. Which honestly is one of the better Hollywood films of the time. The 300 minute original Thai cut has never been reviewed by any western media. The IMDb reviewers who saw the 300 minute cut all gave it a 10/10. such as it is.
are there ladyboys in this movie?
There’s a huge correlation between faggotry and the people who disliked the film. But I will say that the Coppola cut is FAR FAR AND AWAY inferior on every level to the Thai cut. Down to the very color grade of the film. I feel bad the critics never got the full spectacle.
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