SHUTTER: Een Thais Griezelfestijn

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Op maandag 24 januari 2005 12:50 schreef Stallion75 het volgende:
Ik heb alwel een site gevonden waar je hem kan bestellen, wel zonder engelse subs.
Is er iemand bekend met deze site?

http://www.thaicdexpress.com/artist.asp?cdid=DVT0000241

Ik heb de film gistervond gezien en ik vond hem ook lekker creepy, veel schrikmomenten en leuk verhaal.

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‘Shutter’ horror flick snares big bucks in US

Published on May 12, 2005

The blockbuster horror movie “Shutter” will be the most expensive Thai film ever sold for a Hollywood remake – a deal worth twice as much as the sale of the script of the Japanese hit “The Ring”.

Hollywood’s Regency Company will sign a US$1-million (Bt39.4 million) deal with GTH Co, the Thai distributor, during the Cannes Film Festival in France where GTH will participate in a programme to sell films.

Korean-American Roy Lee is the key player behind the deal. As a representative of Regency Co, he has met with GTH during the past several months. Previously, Lee has brought other Asian remakes to the world’s movie buffs, including “The Ring”, “The Grudge” and “My Sassy Girl”. Lee’s deal for “The Ring” remake was worth $500,000.

“We used to be envious when other Asian movies were bought to be remade. Now it’s our turn, and moreover the chance comes with the highest price too,” GTH president Visute Poolvoralak said in a phone interview.

He added that the price of the deal reflected the value of the movie plot. “That means a lot for the Thai film industry as a whole,” he said.

“Shutter” is a co-production of GTH and Phenomena Motion Pictures. Directed by the young duo of Banjong Pisanthanakul and Parkpoom Wongpoom, the film was the Kingdom’s top box-office hit last year with Bt110 million in ticket sales.

The contract signing is slated for the end of this week at the Cannes International Film Festival, to which the company will bring four finished projects to sell: “Shutter”, “Maha’lai Muang Rae” (The Tin Mine), “Jaew” (Maid) and “Sai Lor Fah”.

“This negotiation is good experience for us in international legal contracts. It has a lot of detail that we have to look through carefully. The problem for Thai producers is that we lack a strategy to set a price. That is why Thai movies have never fetched a high price

for remake deals before,” Visute said.